Sochi and Akhmat Grozny have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the Premier League.
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Akhmat Grozny has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi have collected 13 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-4-0.
Sochi lost their last game at Ural (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Before that, Sochi played out a draw 1-1 when visiting CSKA Moskva.
This is expected to be a close game, with Sochi perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sochi as a small favourite), we find eight games. Sochi has won three of these, drawn four and lost one.
The Sochi fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Sochi have conceded 8 in these home matches.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Akhmat's last game was the home draw against Lokomotiv Moskva (0-0). Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Zenit.
Goalkeeper Vitaliy Gudiev made a total of seven saves, making him a hero against Lokomotiv Moskva. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by Akhmat Grozny in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Akhmat Grozny, one draw and three defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Akhmat as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Akhmat have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Akhmat Grozny - Sochi 0-1. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's two Sochi victories, two draws and zero Akhmat Grozny wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Noboa Tello 7 goals |   B. Berisha 6 goals |  N. Burmistrov 5 goals |
Sochi missing players
Akhmat Grozny missing players
| Sochi | Akhmat Grozny | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 22 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| 94% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 50% | 43% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 38% | 44% |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 12% | 25% |
| 19% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 12% | 6% |
| 75% | 86% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 31% |
| 12% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 12.4 | 12.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.1 | 14.4 |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 32% | 34% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 21% | 24% |
- Akhmat Grozny has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Premier League
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
| 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sochi | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Ural | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 15 | Ufa | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -18 | 8 |