Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Akhmat Grozny & Orenburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Orenburg have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither Akhmat nor Orenburg 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
Akhmat Grozny participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the group stage.1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Premier League numbers at home for Akhmat Grozny so far this season.
Akhmat's previous match was a Russian Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 3-1 versus Orenburg. The home side are looking to continue in that form.
Ahead of that match, Akhmat Grozny lost 1-2 at home to Krylya Sovetov.At Akhmat Arena, Akhmat Grozny has the goal stats of 4-4 (for/against) from 4 league fixtures.
Orenburg form and stats
They also participated in Russian Cup last season. This ended in the group stage.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 4 defeats.
Two away games in a row for Orenburg, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 vs Akhmat Grozny in the Russian Cup.
It was a Premier League defeat before that one as the away game against Lokomotiv Moskva wasn't a success with a 1-5 loss.The attacking power of Orenburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Orenburg can't defend away. 13 goals have been scored by the opposition in 4 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Akhmat Grozny have won or drawn the last 4 games (3-1-0) against Orenburg.Top Goalscorers
  V. Sychevoy 4 goals |   A. Timofeev 2 goals | M. Konaté 2 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Orenburg missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Orenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 10 | ||
| 33 | 21 | Scored | S | 26 | 42 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 33 | 46 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 87% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 7% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 6.6 | ||
| 4.5 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.7 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.8 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 17.1 | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 27% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 19% | ||
| 12 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.5 | 17.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 6.1 | ||
| 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 16 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | Sochi | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 9 | Krylya Sovetov | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Khimki | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 7 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 6 |
| 13 | Orenburg | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 13 | -8 | 6 |
| 14 | Fakel | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 15 | Torpedo Moskva | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | -14 | 1 |
| 16 | Ural | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -14 | 1 |
