Spartak Moskva vs Akhmat Grozny preview: Away team will have a strenuous task at Otkrytiye Arena

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

The home team, Spartak Moskva, should be expected winners in this game, but Akhmat Grozny have exhibited both talent and intrepidity. Read more about the fixture!

Insights:
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) 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 Spartak as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.

Both teams have had sufficient rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's wish for an active fixture!

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

Spartak Moskva have performed here at Otkrytiye Arena this season with 7 wins from 9 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.

Spartak Moskva lost their last game at Orenburg (placed 7th) after a 0-2 scoreline. This team accomplished a ten league rounds long consecutive run without a defeat until that game!

A 1-1 result against Ural before that one, played at their own home stadium in the Russian Cup.

The manager Perez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Ural in only three days.

Spartak are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (25 goals in 9 games).

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

6-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Akhmat Grozny in their Premier League matches away.

Akhmat Grozny play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Krylya Sovetov (placed 13th). Goalkeeper Shelia was absolutely vital in the Akhmat Grozny victory against Krylya Sovetov, making eight saves. Shelia was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.24. The agile goalkeeper Shelia topped it up with a clean sheet.

The game before that was the Russian Cup-duel against Krasnodar, a home defeat (0-3).

Goal hungry football fans should note that 13 of this team's 16 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.

The travelling fans enjoy Akhmat's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 10 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Akhmat Grozny have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Spartak Moskva have managed a streak of 8 consecutive matches without defeat (6-2-0) when playing Akhmat Grozny.

It's not the first time these two sides meet this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Akhmat Grozny - Spartak Moskva 1-1. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Spartak MoskvaQ. Promes
Q. Promes
16 goals
SpartakA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
7 goals
Akhmat GroznyM. Konaté
M. Konaté
7 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Spartak Moskva Akhmat Grozny
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 3 Played P 2 10 20
12 7 2 Won W 1 6 10
4 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
4 1 0 Lost L 1 4 8
45 25 9 Scored S 4 19 31
24 9 3 Conceded C 5 17 29
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
85% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 90% 80%
65% 78% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 90% 75%
45% 56% 67% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 40% 30%
35% 44% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 30% 15%
65% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 90% 80%
25% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 15%
10% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 10%
 
4.7 4.4 5.3 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4 4.8
4.3 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7 5.4
2.5 1.6 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 2.3 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
16.9 17.4 19.7 Shots (avg) S ( 10 12.1 13.8
6.5 7.3 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.1 5.1
35% 38% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 67% 37% 30%
 
10.8 9.1 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 19 17.4 14.2
4 3.8 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 6.5 4.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • 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.
  • Spartak Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Spartak Moskva have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Spartak Moskva have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Spartak Moskva have the most points from losing position (12) in Premier League
  • Spartak Moskva 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 20 15 3 2 53 10 10 9 0 1 37 6 10 6 3 1 16 4 43 48
2 Rostov 20 12 5 3 36 27 11 7 2 2 20 15 9 5 3 1 16 12 9 41
3 Spartak Moskva 20 12 4 4 45 24 9 7 1 1 25 9 11 5 3 3 20 15 21 40
4 CSKA Moskva 20 10 5 5 35 20 10 7 2 1 25 8 10 3 3 4 10 12 15 35
5 Dinamo Moskva 20 10 5 5 36 24 10 7 2 1 20 8 10 3 3 4 16 16 12 35
6 Akhmat Grozny 20 10 2 8 31 29 10 4 2 4 12 12 10 6 0 4 19 17 2 32
7 Orenburg 20 10 1 9 40 40 10 8 1 1 28 11 10 2 0 8 12 29 0 31
8 Krasnodar 20 8 5 7 38 35 10 5 2 3 20 15 10 3 3 4 18 20 3 29
9 Sochi 20 8 4 8 29 39 10 6 3 1 20 12 10 2 1 7 9 27 -10 28
10 Ural 20 7 4 9 24 31 11 4 1 6 12 17 9 3 3 3 12 14 -7 25
11 Lokomotiv Moskva 20 6 4 10 27 37 10 2 3 5 17 19 10 4 1 5 10 18 -10 22
12 FK Nizjni Novgorod 20 5 5 10 24 35 10 2 3 5 15 21 10 3 2 5 9 14 -11 20
13 Krylya Sovetov 20 5 5 10 20 31 9 2 3 4 7 10 11 3 2 6 13 21 -11 20
14 Fakel 20 2 11 7 27 37 10 2 7 1 17 15 10 0 4 6 10 22 -10 17
15 Khimki 20 3 4 13 19 41 10 2 3 5 8 12 10 1 1 8 11 29 -22 13
16 Torpedo Moskva 20 1 5 14 10 34 10 1 1 8 4 17 10 0 4 6 6 17 -24 8

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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.