Possible nail-biting contest in Krylya Sovetov - Akhmat Grozny game

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

This is the Premier League season opener for these teams, who are finally competing for points again. Will Krylya Sovetov or Akhmat Grozny get that important first win?

These teams have little in common geographically as Akhmat Grozny have to travel 1600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

It's the first season at a new level for Sovetov as they were promoted from FNL last season. Happy days that were secured through 32 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 42 games. The team scored 66 goals at home last season and conceded 8. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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 Krylya Sovetov have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost four.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Krylya Sovetov, who have participated in six training matches. Krylya Sovetov have won 3 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 3 games.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

Let's have a look at how Akhmat Grozny performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 11th position in the league table after playing out 11 victories, 7 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 36 and conceded 38 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 3 and lost 8 with 13/23 goals scored/conceded.

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 twelve relevant matches. Results were seven Akhmat Grozny wins, two draws and three defeats.

Just as the home team, Akhmat Grozny have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 0 Akhmat Grozny wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Sovetov won one game, three matches ended with a draw and Akhmat Grozny has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

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Total First Half Second Half
Krylya Sovetov Akhmat Grozny
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Krylya Sovetov Last season Akhmat Grozny
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
42 21   Played P   15 30
32 19   Won W   4 11
5 1   Drew D   3 7
5 1   Lost L   8 12
100 66   Scored S   13 36
26 8   Conceded C   23 38
98% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 90%
81% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 73%
60% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 47%
36% 43%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 30%
14% 29%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 7%
40% 33%   BTTS BTTS   27% 37%
57% 62%   Clean Sheets C S   20% 27%
5% 10%   Failed to Score F T   60% 47%
 
6.4 7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.7
3.5 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 3.9
2 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.9 3.4
6 0   Red cards R C   5 7
 
12.1 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   11.7 13.2
5.5 7.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.1 4.5
44% 44%   Goal Efficiency G E   21% 26%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arsenal Tula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rubin Kazan' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ufa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krylya Sovetov 42 32 5 5 100 26 21 19 1 1 66 8 21 13 4 4 34 18 74 101
2 Orenburg 42 28 10 4 78 33 21 14 5 2 42 18 21 14 5 2 36 15 45 94
3 Olimpiyets 42 27 7 8 67 28 21 15 2 4 38 12 21 12 5 4 29 16 39 88
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 42 22 11 9 74 40 21 12 6 3 45 21 21 10 5 6 29 19 34 77
5 Baltika 42 22 7 13 49 35 21 11 2 8 24 15 21 11 5 5 25 20 14 73
6 Torpedo Moskva 42 21 9 12 65 41 21 12 3 6 33 16 21 9 6 6 32 25 24 72
7 Neftekhimik 42 20 10 12 64 44 21 12 6 3 42 17 21 8 4 9 22 27 20 70
8 Veles 42 18 12 12 54 46 21 10 7 4 34 24 21 8 5 8 20 22 8 66
9 Fakel 42 17 13 12 57 43 21 8 10 3 26 13 21 9 3 9 31 30 14 64
10 Yenisey 42 19 6 17 52 54 21 11 1 9 33 27 21 8 5 8 19 27 -2 63
11 SKA Khabarovsk 42 17 9 16 52 47 21 10 6 5 23 15 21 7 3 11 29 32 5 60
12 Chayka 42 15 11 16 44 53 21 8 3 10 22 28 21 7 8 6 22 25 -9 56
13 Volgar Astrakhan 42 14 12 16 47 45 21 10 8 3 29 18 21 4 4 13 18 27 2 54
14 Spartak Moskva II 42 14 7 21 53 77 21 6 5 10 27 37 21 8 2 11 26 40 -24 49
15 Tekstilshchik 42 12 11 19 32 51 21 6 8 7 13 21 21 6 3 12 19 30 -19 47
16 Krasnodar II 42 11 12 19 46 68 21 9 6 6 33 25 21 2 6 13 13 43 -22 45
17 Akron 42 10 12 20 35 54 21 5 7 9 19 25 21 5 5 11 16 29 -19 42
18 Tom' Tomsk 42 10 11 21 32 50 21 5 5 11 18 26 21 5 6 10 14 24 -18 41
19 Irtysh 42 9 8 25 33 61 21 5 3 13 12 32 21 4 5 12 21 29 -28 35
20 Dinamo Bryansk 42 10 5 27 24 66 21 7 1 13 14 30 21 3 4 14 10 36 -42 32
21 Chertanovo 42 7 6 29 35 80 21 3 3 15 16 36 21 4 3 14 19 44 -45 27
22 Shinnik 42 5 10 27 39 90 21 3 4 14 20 39 21 2 6 13 19 51 -51 25
Last season 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 30 19 8 3 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan' 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 13

Krylya Sovetov:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Arsenal Tula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rubin Kazan' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ufa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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