National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Akhmat Grozny or Baltika that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's quite the trip for Baltika when visiting Akhmat as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
It's no vacation for neither Akhmat Grozny nor Baltika as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Last season, Akhmat's Russian Cup journey ended in the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.0 victories, 0 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Akhmat Grozny have to build on here at Akhmat Arena in the Premier League.
A strong away win for Akhmat Grozny against Sochi the last match, as Timofeev and Iljin were on target. Midfield player Timofeev got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, the max score being 10. Timofeev scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to CSKA Moskva (2-3).The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Akhmat Grozny have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 4 matches with the results: Won 0, drawn 2 and lost 2.
Akhmat are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Olimpiyets awaits in four days.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Akhmat Grozny at home in the league. 3 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Baltika form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - 4th round.It's not happening yet for Baltika on their Premier League travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
Baltika had fun at their own home (Akhmat Arena) last time out, beating Fakel 2-1. Musaev scored. Musaev came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Fakel last time out, making the manager Ignashevich feel like a tactical genius. Radmanovac, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.43. Radmanovac hit one key pass and won 7 of 8 duels.
A 1-2 defeat away at Spartak Moskva before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Baltika in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Baltika, 2 draws and 1 defeat.
Baltika have another fixture away in just three sleeps, a Premier League game vs Dinamo Moskva. A difficult diary for them!
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Baltika has managed {1 goals} and let in 4 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Akhmat Grozny-Baltika H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Akhmat Grozny three wins, Baltika one win, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  M. Konaté 2 goals |  G. Agalarov 1 goals | V. Ilyin 1 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Baltika missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Baltika | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 7 | 15 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 42 | 21 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 35 | 18 | Conceded | C | 11 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 88% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 68% | ||
| 68% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 54% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 2.8 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.6 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.5 | 4 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 45% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 81% | ||
| 11.3 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.1 | 4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Baltika | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 4 | Akhmat Grozny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 | Ural | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Zenit | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Rostov | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Sochi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Baltika | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 13 | Rubin Kazan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 2 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Olimpiyets | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Fakel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
