4th position in the Premier League table for Krasnodar so far, a good achievement. The home team ticketholders hope for more fun as 8th-placed Akhmat Grozny visit Stadion FK Krasnodar.
- Krasnodar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier League
- Akhmat Grozny have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Premier League
For Akhmat Grozny most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Krasnodar and Akhmat Grozny 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.
Krasnodar form and stats
8 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Krasnodar have to build on here at Stadion FK Krasnodar in the Premier League. Krasnodar are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
The Krasnodar fans enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host CSKA Moskva and win 1-0. Krasnodar goalkeeper Safonov did an outstanding job against CSKA Moskva with eight saves, so vital to securing the victory. Safonov, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.93 out of 10 in that game. Safonov topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Krasnodar played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Arsenal Tula.This is expected to be a close game, with Krasnodar perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Krasnodar as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Krasnodar has won 2 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.
The Krasnodar fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 14 matches. From these home matches, Krasnodar have conceded only 12 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Akhmat Grozny have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 4-2-8 (14 played).
Akhmat Grozny have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Georgi Sheliya. It's been 276 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Akhmat Grozny had fun at their own home (Stadion FK Krasnodar) last time out, beating Krylya Sovetov 1-0. Konate scored. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Talalaev when Konate scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Shelia was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.3. The agile goalkeeper Shelia saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the away victory against FK Nizjni Novgorod with the score of 1-0.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 11 relevant matches. Results were 7 Akhmat wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Akhmat Grozny as they have only managed to score 12 times from 14 away games in the league. 20 goals have been conceded by Akhmat Grozny in these games.
Head 2 Head
These opponents have battled earlier this season: Akhmat Grozny - Krasnodar 0-2. Krasnodar-Akhmat Grozny H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Krasnodar four wins, Akhmat Grozny five wins, one draw. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Utkin 9 goals |  E. Spertsyan 7 goals | M. Konaté 7 goals |
Krasnodar missing players
Akhmat Grozny missing players
| Krasnodar | Akhmat Grozny | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 29 |
| 14 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | 14 |
| 41 | 18 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 12 | 35 |
| 29 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 10 | 20 | 37 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 69% | 57% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 76% |
| 45% | 43% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 14% | 17% |
| 14% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 7% | 10% |
| 52% | 43% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 52% |
| 31% | 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 24% |
| 24% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 43% | 31% |
| 4.8 | 5.3 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 4.5 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 15.1 | 16.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 11.9 | 14.1 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 28% | 23% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 22% | 26% |
| 12.9 | 13.9 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.1 | 11.2 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
- Akhmat Grozny have the fewest points from losing position (3) in Premier League
- Krasnodar have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
- Krasnodar have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier League
| 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 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 66 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 39 | 65 |
| 2 | Sochi | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 20 | 53 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 49 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 47 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 45 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 39 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 29 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 37 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 41 |
| 9 | Rostov | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 38 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 22 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 | Ural | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 34 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 30 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 25 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -14 | 30 |
| 13 | Khimki | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 28 | -14 | 29 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan' | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 33 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 31 | -21 | 29 |
| 15 | Ufa | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 27 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 57 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 37 | -28 | 23 |
