Akhmat Grozny will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 7 points behind Zenit.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Akhmat Grozny are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Akhmat Arena. 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 6 games. Akhmat are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Akhmat Grozny are confident in defense, having played 214 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Akhmat are returning here after visiting Tambov in a Premier League game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Artem Timofeev scored the goal(s). Ahead of that match, Akhmat won a home game hosting Krasnodar (2-0).
A decent goal production from Akhmat in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. On the other hand, Akhmat have conceded 6 goals.
Zenit form and stats
Playing away, Zenit, who have the most scored goals (30) in Premier League, have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.
Zenit had fun at their own home (Akhmat Arena) last time out, beating Krasnodar 3-1. Artem Dzyuba, Daler Kuzyaev and Aleksei Sutormin scored. A draw for Zenit before that, at their own venue hosting Lazio (1-1).
Zenit has another fixture away, a Champions League game, against Lazio in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The visiting Zenit have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 8 goals from 7 games. Zenit are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - four - three (Akhmat wins - draws - Zenit wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 7 goals |  S. Azmoun 6 goals |  A. Erokhin 5 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Zenit missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | 10 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 30 |
| 16 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 93% |
| 71% | 83% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 86% |
| 43% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 21% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 36% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 57% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 57% | 36% |
| 43% | 33% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 29% | 14% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9 | 2.7 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 207 | 110 | 46 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 104 | 235 |
| 69 | 35 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 33 | 88 |
| 25% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 24% | 34% |
- Akhmat Grozny has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Akhmat Grozny haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zenit has the most scored goals (30) in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the second half (17) in Premier League
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | CSKA Moskva | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Zenit | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 30 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 28 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 26 |
| 5 | Sochi | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 23 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 23 |
| 7 | Rostov | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 23 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 21 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 18 |
| 11 | Ural | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 15 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Tambov | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 12 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -16 | 7 |
| 16 | Ufa | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -19 | 7 |