Delightful dogfight as daring Spartak Moskva duels with determined Akhmat Grozny

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Fri 14.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Otkrytiye Arena (16500 seats)

Game week two of the Premier League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Spartak Moskva - Akhmat Grozny preview:

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

These teams have little in common geographically as Akhmat Grozny have to travel 1800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Spartak Moskva form and stats

A Premier League draw at home so far for Spartak Moskva. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats from 15 matches.

The spoils were shared in Spartak's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sochi (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Rubin Kazan'.

Opportunity lost for Spartak Moskva in the Sochi match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Spartak matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, two draws and one defeat (from five games).

Spartak Moskva has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

Last season, Spartak Moskva's league statistics were 11 wins, 6 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 7th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 35 goals and conceded 33. Playing at home last season Spartak Moskva managed 4-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 16 conceded.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

One match played away so far in the Premier League for Akhmat Grozny and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses from 15 games.

Akhmat have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 354 minutes ago. O. Ivanov was the goal scorer.

Akhmat has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Arsenal Tula for a Premier League game that ended a draw (0-0). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Krasnodar wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Akhmat when being an outsider away as they are today, we find three matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing two and winning zero games.

It's early days yet, but Akhmat Grozny has scored 0 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Let's have a look at how Akhmat Grozny performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 15th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 27 and conceded 46 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 8 with 14/25 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: seven wins for Spartak, zero draws and three wins for Akhmat Grozny. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

SpartakJ. Larsson
J. Larsson
1 goals
Spartak MoskvaA. Sobolev
A. Sobolev
1 goals

Spartak Moskva missing players

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spartak Moskva Akhmat Grozny
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 1 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 0
2 2 2 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
2 2 2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5
5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4
6 6 6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15 15 Total Shots T S 11 11 11
6 6 6 Shots on Target S O 2 2 2
33% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Spartak Moskva Last season Akhmat Grozny
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
11 4   Won W   5 7
6 4   Drew D   2 10
13 7   Lost L   8 13
35 14   Scored S   14 27
33 16   Conceded C   25 46
87% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   93% 93%
63% 53%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 77%
47% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   60% 43%
20% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 20%
10% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 7%
43% 40%   BTTS BTTS   40% 53%
30% 40%   Clean Sheets C S   13% 13%
40% 40%   Failed to Score F T   53% 40%
 
5.5 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.3
4.3 3.9   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.8
3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.7
4 2   Red cards R C   2 4
 
491 261   Total Shots T S   173 374
154 81   Shots on Target S O   56 112
23% 17%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 24%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sochi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Arsenal Tula 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Tambov 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Khimki 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Rotor Volgograd 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Rubin Kazan' 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 22 6 2 65 18 15 10 5 0 37 9 15 12 1 2 28 9 47 72
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 16 9 5 41 29 15 7 5 3 19 14 15 9 4 2 22 15 12 57
3 Krasnodar 30 14 10 6 49 30 15 8 5 2 28 14 15 6 5 4 21 16 19 52
4 CSKA Moskva 30 14 8 8 43 29 15 7 4 4 17 14 15 7 4 4 26 15 14 50
5 Rostov 30 12 9 9 45 50 15 8 3 4 24 18 15 4 6 5 21 32 -5 45
6 Dinamo Moskva 30 11 8 11 27 30 15 4 4 7 12 15 15 7 4 4 15 15 -3 41
7 Spartak Moskva 30 11 6 13 35 33 15 4 4 7 14 16 15 7 2 6 21 17 2 39
8 Ufa 30 8 14 8 22 24 15 5 6 4 15 13 15 3 8 4 7 11 -2 38
9 Arsenal Tula 30 11 5 14 37 41 15 4 3 8 21 24 15 7 2 6 16 17 -4 38
10 Rubin Kazan' 30 8 11 11 18 28 15 5 3 7 8 13 15 3 8 4 10 15 -10 35
11 Ural 30 9 8 13 36 53 15 5 2 8 22 28 15 4 6 5 14 25 -17 35
12 Sochi 30 8 9 13 40 39 15 6 3 6 28 16 15 2 6 7 12 23 1 33
13 Tambov 30 9 4 17 37 41 15 6 1 8 21 17 15 3 3 9 16 24 -4 31
14 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 7 15 33 40 15 3 5 7 16 18 15 5 2 8 17 22 -7 31
15 Akhmat Grozny 30 7 10 13 27 46 15 2 8 5 13 21 15 5 2 8 14 25 -19 31
16 Orenburg 30 7 6 17 28 52 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 4 2 9 15 27 -24 27

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 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
2 CSKA Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
5 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
7 Sochi 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Spartak Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
10 Arsenal Tula 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Tambov 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
12 Khimki 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
13 Rotor Volgograd 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
14 Rubin Kazan' 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
15 Ural 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Ufa 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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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.