This promises to be another interesting encounter at Kazan' Arena in the Premier League. Rubin Kazan' is in 2nd position and welcome Akhmat Grozny in 7th place. Read all about the match here!
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Kazan' Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rubin Kazan' last season were 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses from 15 games.
Kazan' are confident in defense, having played 192 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Kazan' are returning here after visiting Arsenal Tula in a Premier League game and winning with a 3-0 scoreline. In-Beom Hwang, Đorđe Despotović and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored the goal(s). The goalie Yuri Dyupin was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.82 out of ten. Dyupin stopped the opponent with seven saves and topped it up with a clean sheet. The 3-0 win against Arsenal Tula was decided after a strong and deadly first half, making the second half more of a journey towards the final whistle. Kazan' goalkeeper Yuri Dyupin did an outstanding job against Arsenal Tula with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Before that, Kazan' had a home game versus Spartak Moskva which ended with a victory 1-0.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Kazan' have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost two.
Early season league goal statistics from Rubin Kazan''s 1 home game: 1 goal, 0 conceded.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats from 15 matches.
Akhmat Grozny might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Sochi proved too strong as Akhmat slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Akhmat Arena. Marat Bystrov, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Bystrov hit two key passes and won 9 of 16 duels. Akhmat Grozny goalkeeper Georgi Shelia had a great day against Sochi, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.
Preceding that game was the away victory against Krylya Sovetov with the score of 2-1.Akhmat are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, one draw and three defeats. From a total of seven matches.
2 goals so far away for Akhmat Grozny, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Kazan' won three, Akhmat Grozny won three and four draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, eight matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Samoshnikov 1 goals | I. Hwang 1 goals | K. Kvaratskhelia 1 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Akhmat Grozny missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Akhmat Grozny | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 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% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2.5 | 3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9.5 | 10 | 10 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 15.5 |
| 5.5 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 36% | 17% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| Rubin Kazan' | Last season | Akhmat Grozny | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 30 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 30 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 36 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 23 | 38 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 90% | ||
| 73% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 73% | ||
| 43% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 47% | ||
| 27% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 30% | ||
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 13% | 7% | ||
| 47% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 37% | ||
| 37% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 47% | ||
| 5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 3.9 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.9 | 3.4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 5 | 7 | ||
| 13.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 27% | 23% | 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 | Zenit | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Rubin Kazan' | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Olimpiyets | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Akhmat Grozny | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | CSKA Moskva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sochi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Spartak Moskva | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Khimki | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Ural | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Ufa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Krylya Sovetov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 15 | Rostov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Arsenal Tula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -5 | 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 | 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 |