Season ticket holders at Mordovia Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Tambov languishing in the 12th position so far. The guesting Akhmat Grozny will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Tambov and Akhmat Grozny should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Tambov form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Premier League this season. Tambov have only managed 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses from their games here at Mordovia Arena.
The Tambov fans got no joy from their last match, a Premier League game also here at Mordovia Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Dinamo Moskva (placed 4th). Preceding that game was the away draw at Ural that finished 0-0.
Tambov's goalkeeper Sergey Ryzhikov was extremely busy against Dinamo Moskva, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. The defeat against Dinamo Moskva was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by N. Komlichenko). The penalty miss from German Onugkha in the defeat against Dinamo Moskva was a source of irritation for some fans, but these things happen.
Tambov aren't scoring a lot here at Mordovia Arena in the league, with only 5 goals from 7 games. Tambov have conceded 7 in these home matches.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
2-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Akhmat Grozny in their Premier League matches away.
Akhmat Grozny won their last game, 2-0 versus Krasnodar played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Ufa.
The attacking power of Akhmat when travelling is not overwhelming with 6 goals scored from 7 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Akhmat Grozny in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Tambov wins - draws - Akhmat Grozny wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Berisha 4 goals | V. Ilyin 4 goals |  A. Karapetyan 3 goals |
Tambov missing players
Akhmat Grozny missing players
| Tambov | Akhmat Grozny | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 16 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 86% | 92% |
| 62% | 57% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 71% | 77% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 46% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 23% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 38% | 29% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 38% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 23% |
| 38% | 43% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 57% | 46% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 5.1 | 4 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 103 | 59 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 78 | 188 |
| 36 | 17 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 27 | 62 |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 26% |
- Tambov haven’t played a single 0-0 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 | CSKA Moskva | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Zenit | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 27 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Rostov | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Sochi | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan' | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 11 | Ural | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 14 |
| 12 | Tambov | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 12 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -9 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 9 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -16 | 6 |
| 16 | Ufa | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -19 | 6 |