It's looking good for Krasnodar at this point, with their 5th spot in the Premier League table and eagerly waiting for Akhmat Grozny (who are in 9th).
- Krasnodar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Krasnodar form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Premier League games here at Stadion FK Krasnodar for Krasnodar. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Krasnodar lost their last game at Rostov (placed 3rd) after a 2-3 scoreline. A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Rostov) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3. Safonov had a busy but productive day in the Rostov match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Midfield player Spertsyan got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Spertsyan served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 26 successful passes (of 32 total).
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Krylya Sovetov the opponent.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 Krasnodar have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Goal party? We don't know the future, but we do know that 9 of the 12 most recent league matches with this side has seen three goals or more.
Krasnodar are traveling soon after this match as the Russian Cup match at Olimpiyets awaits in four days.
Krasnodar can score goals in their home matches. After 6 league matches they have found the net 13 times. 8 goals have been conceded.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Akhmat Grozny have produced an overall stat of 3-0-3 so far.
Akhmat lost away at Orenburg (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. The attacker Konate got a match rating of 7.3 in that game. Konate scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Dinamo Moskva.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Akhmat Grozny playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 6 Akhmat Grozny wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Observe that 10 of this team's 11 latest league matches have ended with three goals or more.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Akhmat Grozny manager Talalaev as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Orenburg.
Akhmat are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 6 away games so far. As for defending, Akhmat Grozny rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 11 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Krasnodar four wins, two draws and Akhmat Grozny four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Spertsyan 8 goals |  M. Konaté 4 goals |
Krasnodar missing players
Akhmat Grozny missing players
| Krasnodar | Akhmat Grozny | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 17 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 83% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 75% | 83% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 58% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 25% |
| 33% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 8% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 33% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 10 | 8.2 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.5 | 16.7 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.2 | 12.5 |
| 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.7 | 5.3 |
| 36% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 32% | 28% |
| 15.2 | 13.8 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 16.3 | 14.1 |
| 6.3 | 6.2 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 6.8 | 5.1 |
- Akhmat Grozny have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Akhmat Grozny have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Akhmat Grozny have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Akhmat Grozny have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Akhmat Grozny haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- All of Akhmat Grozny's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- All of Krasnodar's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Krasnodar have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Krasnodar have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Krasnodar haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 28 | 30 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Rostov | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 25 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Sochi | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Orenburg | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -8 | 18 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 13 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -7 | 11 |
| 12 | Fakel | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Ural | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 10 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | -11 | 9 |
| 15 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -10 | 8 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | -16 | 6 |
