Premier League match prediction: Little separates Orenburg and Akhmat Grozny in quality

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 09.October
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Gazovik (4950 seats)

Orenburg are all set for a new task after their 4-1 vs Sochi in the previous game. Akhmat Grozny are coming to town!

Insights:
  • Orenburg have the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League
  • Akhmat Grozny have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's quite the trip for Akhmat Grozny when visiting Orenburg as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

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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Orenburg form and stats

4-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Orenburg so far this season.

The Orenburg followers enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Sochi and win 4-1. The attacker Sychevoy was declared "man of the match" for Orenburg with a rating of 8.1/10. Sychevoy scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

A 2-2 result against Dinamo Moskva (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Russian Cup.

Orenburg are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (13 goals in 5 games). Orenburg have conceded 6 in these home matches.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

3 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Akhmat Grozny playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.

Impressive finishing from Shvets and Sadulaev secured the home win 2-1 against Dinamo Moskva in their previous game. Midfield player Sadulaev was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.83/10. Sadulaev scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Before that game, the victory at home against Rostov in the Russian Cup (3-1). 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.

Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 10 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Akhmat have conceded 9 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Akhmat Grozny have won every one of the 4 latest battles versus this team. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

OrenburgT. Ayupov
T. Ayupov
3 goals
OrenburgJ. Marín
J. Marín
3 goals

Orenburg missing players

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Orenburg Akhmat Grozny
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 5 1 Played P 1 5 11
5 4 1 Won W 0 3 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 2
6 1 0 Lost L 1 2 4
18 13 4 Scored S 1 10 17
27 6 1 Conceded C 2 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
91% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 82%
55% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 40% 27%
45% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 9%
55% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 91%
27% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 9%
 
5.5 7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 2 2.8 3.7
4.4 3.8 4 Corners against (avg) C A 12 8.6 5.8
3.2 2.6 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
16.2 21.8 20 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12.2 12.5
6.7 8.8 10 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 5.6 5.3
24% 30% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 36% 29%
 
15.7 12.4 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15 16 13.7
5.9 4.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.8 4.9
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • 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.
  • Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Orenburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Orenburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Orenburg have the most conceded goals (27) in Premier League
  • Orenburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 11 9 2 0 32 4 6 6 0 0 23 2 5 3 2 0 9 2 28 29
2 CSKA Moskva 11 7 2 2 23 10 5 5 0 0 17 4 6 2 2 2 6 6 13 23
3 Spartak Moskva 11 7 1 3 24 12 4 3 0 1 9 3 7 4 1 2 15 9 12 22
4 Rostov 11 6 4 1 20 15 6 4 2 0 11 6 5 2 2 1 9 9 5 22
5 Krasnodar 10 6 2 2 21 14 6 4 1 1 13 8 4 2 1 1 8 6 7 20
6 Akhmat Grozny 11 5 2 4 17 17 6 2 2 2 7 8 5 3 0 2 10 9 0 17
7 Sochi 11 5 2 4 18 20 5 4 1 0 11 5 6 1 1 4 7 15 -2 17
8 Dinamo Moskva 11 4 4 3 17 13 6 3 2 1 8 4 5 1 2 2 9 9 4 16
9 Orenburg 11 5 0 6 18 27 5 4 0 1 13 6 6 1 0 5 5 21 -9 15
10 FK Nizjni Novgorod 11 3 3 5 17 20 6 1 2 3 11 13 5 2 1 2 6 7 -3 12
11 Krylya Sovetov 10 2 4 4 10 14 4 0 2 2 2 5 6 2 2 2 8 9 -4 10
12 Fakel 11 1 6 4 15 22 5 1 3 1 8 9 6 0 3 3 7 13 -7 9
13 Lokomotiv Moskva 11 2 3 6 15 22 6 1 3 2 12 11 5 1 0 4 3 11 -7 9
14 Khimki 11 2 2 7 12 21 6 1 2 3 6 9 5 1 0 4 6 12 -9 8
15 Ural 11 2 1 8 9 21 6 1 0 5 4 12 5 1 1 3 5 9 -12 7
16 Torpedo Moskva 11 1 2 8 7 23 5 1 0 4 4 11 6 0 2 4 3 12 -16 5

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.