Akhmat Grozny will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 22 points behind Zenit.
Akhmat Grozny and Zenit should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
It's quite the trip for Zenit when visiting Akhmat Grozny as the cities are 2500 kilometers apart.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
3-6-3 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Akhmat Grozny so far this season.Akhmat Grozny manager R. Rakhimov and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Dinamo Moskva in the Premier League. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Krasnodar.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Akhmat Grozny here at Akhmat Arena, with less than one goal per game on average (11 from 12 games). Akhmat Grozny have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Zenit form and stats
Playing away, Zenit, who have the most scored goals (49) in Premier League, have won 7 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats so far this season. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Zenit hope to make it five in this match.Zenit won their last game, 4-2 versus Krylya Sovetov played at home. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Dinamo Moskva.
Zenit are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 13 games. 14 goals have been conceded by Zenit in these games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Zenit - Akhmat Grozny 1-0. Akhmat Grozny-Zenit H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Akhmat Grozny 4 wins, Zenit 4 wins, 2 draws.Top Goalscorers
 
A. Dzyuba
8 goals / 6 assists
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S. Azmoun
8 goals / 1 assists
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S. Driussi
6 goals / 4 assists
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Akhmat Grozny missing players
Zenit missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Zenit | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs
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Statistic | Away vs
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Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Won | 2 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Drew | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Lost | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Scored | 5 | 17 | 49 |
| 27 | 13 | 9 | Conceded | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 69% | 73% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | 67% | 31% | 46% |
| 15% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | 33% | 15% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 23% |
| 50% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | 67% | 46% | 50% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 33% | 38% | 42% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Failed To Score | 0% | 15% | 12% |
| 4.4 | 5.3 | 6 | Corners For (avg) | 5 | 5.2 | 6.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners Against (avg) | 6 | 4.2 | 3.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.3 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red Cards | 0 | 2 | 3 |
- Zenit hasn't played a single 0-0 game away.
| 30-03-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 1 - 3 | Spartak Moskva |
| 08-04-19 |
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Orenburg | 1 - 3 | Akhmat Grozny |
| 13-04-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 1 - 3 | Lokomotiv Moskva |
| 19-04-19 |
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Anzhi | 0 - 1 | Akhmat Grozny |
| 24-04-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 1 - 1 | Krasnodar |
| 27-04-19 |
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Dinamo Moskva | 0 - 0 | Akhmat Grozny |
| 04-05-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 13:30 | Zenit |
| 11-05-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 13:30 | Krylya Sovetov |
| 18-05-19 |
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CSKA Moskva | 13:30 | Akhmat Grozny |
| 26-05-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 11:00 | Rostov |
| 31-03-19 |
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Zenit | 3 - 1 | Orenburg |
| 07-04-19 |
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Lokomotiv Moskva | 1 - 1 | Zenit |
| 14-04-19 |
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Zenit | 5 - 0 | Anzhi |
| 20-04-19 |
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Krasnodar | 2 - 3 | Zenit |
| 24-04-19 |
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Zenit | 2 - 0 | Dinamo Moskva |
| 28-04-19 |
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Zenit | 4 - 2 | Krylya Sovetov |
| 04-05-19 |
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Akhmat Grozny | 13:30 | Zenit |
| 12-05-19 |
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Zenit | 16:00 | CSKA Moskva |
| 19-05-19 |
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Rostov | 16:00 | Zenit |
| 26-05-19 |
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Zenit | 11:00 | Yenisey |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 49 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 57 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 49 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 24 | 46 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 26 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 18 | 44 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 39 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| 7 | Rostov | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -3 | 35 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 3 | 35 |
| 10 | Ural | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 25 | -13 | 33 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan' | 25 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -3 | 31 |
| 12 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -13 | 27 |
| 14 | Ufa | 26 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 25 |
| 15 | Anzhi | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | 44 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 22 | -32 | 20 |
| 16 | Yenisey | 26 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -26 | 16 |
