The visiting Zenit side should be favourites in this visit to Akhmat Grozny, as the away team holds a 35 point advantage from their 27 league games this season.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Zenit have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Relegation threatens Akhmat Grozny who should definitely be looking for some points here. Happy, happy days for Zenit who are already winners of the Premier League. This could affect their motivation.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Akhmat Grozny's results here at Akhmat Arena in the Premier League have been very modest with 2 victories, 7 draws and 5 defeats. With twelve home Premier League games in a row without a win, the Akhmat Grozny fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Orenburg game long ago, can be stopped today.
Akhmat are returning here after visiting Tambov in a Premier League game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ismael Silva Lima and Felipe Vizeu scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was the home game against CSKA Moskva that was lost 0-4.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Akhmat have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won three, drawn two and lost three.
The manager I. Shalimov will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Spartak Moskva in only four days.
Akhmat have scored 12 league goals here from 14 matches, not a lot. Akhmat have conceded 20 in these home matches.
Zenit form and stats
Rock solid. That's the only way to describe the travels of Zenit so far, with 11-0-2 (wins-draws-losses) so far. Those are Premier League statistics. Things are running smoothly for Zenit who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Lokomotiv Moskva. Zenit are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
Zenit won their last game, 2-1 versus Sochi played at home. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Krasnodar at their stadium, the result 4-2.
Sardar Azmoun came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Sochi last time out, making the manager S. Semak feel like a tactical genius.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Zenit in our archives, and the results are: one win for Zenit, three draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Orenburg in just four days.
The travelling fans enjoy Zenit's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 13 league matches away. It's not easy to score on Zenit as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Zenit - Akhmat Grozny 0-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Akhmat Grozny three wins, three draws and Zenit four victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 16 goals |  S. Azmoun 14 goals |   O. Roshi 7 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Zenit missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | 20 |
| 9 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 9 | 25 | 58 |
| 38 | 20 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 74% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 70% |
| 41% | 29% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 38% | 48% |
| 19% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 26% |
| 7% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 56% | 64% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 31% | 44% |
| 15% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 54% | 48% |
| 37% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 19% |
| 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 335 | 186 | 42 | Total Shots | T S | 101 | 208 | 453 |
| 103 | 52 | 13 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 69 | 157 |
| 25% | 23% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | 37% |
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (15)
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (7) away
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4)
- Zenit has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Zenit has the most points (33) away
- Zenit has the most scored goals (58)
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the first half (27)
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the second half (31)
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+18) away
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+43)
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Akhmat Grozny.
- Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zenit is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 27 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 58 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 7 | 43 | 65 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 50 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 46 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 45 |
| 5 | Rostov | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 43 |
| 6 | Ufa | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 36 |
| 7 | Ural | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 22 | -11 | 35 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan' | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 33 |
| 10 | Dinamo Moskva | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -7 | 32 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 27 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | -7 | 31 |
| 12 | Sochi | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 27 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 38 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -12 | 30 |
| 14 | Tambov | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 28 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 27 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -22 | 23 |