Anzhi expected to fight losing battle when facing Krasnodar

Competition: Russia Premier League
Date: Sun 31.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion FK Krasnodar

Only a win will satisfy Krasnodar supporters in this Stadion FK Krasnodar clash with Anzhi, having a healthy lead in the Premier League table.

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.

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Krasnodar form and stats

5-3-2 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Krasnodar, who have the most scored goals (34) in Premier League, so far this season. The Krasnodar fans aren't used to losing here at Stadion FK Krasnodar and will expect new points from this game. Krasnodar has played eleven games in a row here without a defeat. All in all it has been a very rough period for Krasnodar who hasn’t won a game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Ural.

In their previous game, the manager M. Musaev led his Krasnodar to a defeat in the Premier League match away at Lokomotiv Moskva. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion FK Krasnodar. The points were shared before that, a Europa League home game that ended 1-1 versus Valencia.

Krasnodar are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Stadion FK Krasnodar with maximum points. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. eight earlier games are comparable to this one, and Krasnodar has won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 2. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Krasnodar has won by at least two goals 3 times when in this position.

The Krasnodar fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 10 matches. From these home matches, Krasnodar have conceded only 8 goals.

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Anzhi form and stats

The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Anzhi so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 3-1-6 (win-draw-lose).

The manager M. Adiev was unhappy after their last game, a Premier League match played at their home ground Stadion FK Krasnodar. Anzhi suffered a 0-2 loss to Krylya Sovetov (placed 11th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Lokomotiv Moskva.

Nobody expects Anzhi to collect points from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath 18 times before, with the overall statistics of won 4, draw 2 and lost 12. When defeated, 3 matches have been lost by two or more goals.

Goals are few and far between in Anzhi's away games. Only 4 goals from 10 travels. Anzhi have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Anzhi - Krasnodar 0-4, played this season. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: 6 wins for Krasnodar, 4 draws and 0 wins for Anzhi.

Top Goalscorers

Ari
7 goals / 4 assists
V. Claesson
6 goals / 3 assists

Krasnodar missing players

Anzhi missing players

Krasnodar Anzhi
Total Home Statistic Away Total
20 10 Played 10 20
100% 100% Over 0.5 90% 90%
80% 80% Over 1.5 90% 60%
60% 60% Over 2.5 50% 35%
15% 20% Over 3.5 20% 10%
0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0%
50% 40% Both teams to score 40% 25%
35% 40% Clean Sheet 10% 25%
15% 20% Failed To Score 60% 60%

  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 20 13 2 5 31 19 9 7 1 1 18 8 11 6 1 4 13 11 12 41
2 CSKA Moskva 20 10 6 4 27 10 9 5 1 3 16 6 11 5 5 1 11 4 17 36
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 20 10 5 5 28 19 10 6 3 1 16 9 10 4 2 4 12 10 9 35
4 Krasnodar 20 10 5 5 34 17 10 5 3 2 18 8 10 5 2 3 16 9 17 35
5 Spartak Moskva 20 9 6 5 25 19 11 5 2 4 15 13 9 4 4 1 10 6 6 33
6 Rostov 20 7 8 5 17 12 10 3 5 2 7 3 10 4 3 3 10 9 5 29
7 Rubin Kazan' 20 6 10 4 18 19 11 5 4 2 10 8 9 1 6 2 8 11 -1 28
8 Akhmat Grozny 20 7 6 7 17 19 9 3 5 1 8 6 11 4 1 6 9 13 -2 27
9 Arsenal Tula 20 7 6 7 27 25 11 6 4 1 22 9 9 1 2 6 5 16 2 27
10 Orenburg 19 7 5 7 20 18 9 4 2 3 6 5 10 3 3 4 14 13 2 26
11 Krylya Sovetov 19 7 3 9 18 24 10 4 1 5 8 10 9 3 2 4 10 14 -6 24
12 Dinamo Moskva 20 5 8 7 18 16 9 4 2 3 12 5 11 1 6 4 6 11 2 23
13 Ural 20 6 5 9 19 31 11 3 4 4 11 12 9 3 1 5 8 19 -12 23
14 Anzhi 20 5 3 12 10 29 10 2 2 6 6 19 10 3 1 6 4 10 -19 18
15 Ufa 20 3 7 10 14 23 11 3 2 6 9 12 9 0 5 4 5 11 -9 16
16 Yenisey 20 2 5 13 12 35 9 1 4 4 7 13 11 1 1 9 5 22 -23 11

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