Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Akhmat Grozny & Rostov 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 Rostov have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both sides have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's trust this will be an animated game!
Akhmat Grozny form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the group stage.Akhmat Grozny have collected 5 points from their Premier League home games so far after 1-2-2.
It's back home for Akhmat Grozny, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ural away with the result 2-1. Berisha and Kharin found the net in that victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Talalaev when Berisha scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 80th minute. Midfielder Timofeev was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.72 (out of ten) in that game. Timofeev hit three key passes.
Before that match, a defeat in the away fixture against Dinamo Moskva in the Russian Cup. 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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 9 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 2 and lost 5.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Akhmat Grozny, as the Premier League home game vs Dinamo Moskva is only three days away.
On the other hand, Akhmat have conceded 7 goals.
Rostov form and stats
Rostov's mission in Russian Cup last season failed in the group stage.The visitors are W2-D2-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Rostov won their last game, 2-1 versus Krylya Sovetov played at home. Bayramyan, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.25. Bayramyan scored one goal.
Before that one, the win at home hosting Orenburg in the Russian Cup (3-1). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Rostov in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Rostov, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Zenit.
As for defending, Rostov rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 6 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two sides are: five wins for Akhmat Grozny, one draw and four wins for Rostov. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Poloz 6 goals |  N. Komlichenko 6 goals |  M. Konaté 3 goals |
Akhmat Grozny missing players
Rostov missing players
| Akhmat Grozny | Rostov | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Scored | S | 11 | 45 | ||
| 35 | 15 | Conceded | C | 15 | 30 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 56% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 16% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.9 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.7 | ||
| 25% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 38% | ||
| 12.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 12 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.7 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 26 |
| 2 | Rostov | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | Krasnodar | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 5 | Spartak Moskva | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 6 | Sochi | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 16 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 9 | Olimpiyets | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Orenburg | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 21 | -12 | 12 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 13 | Fakel | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 14 | Khimki | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -8 | 8 |
| 15 | Ural | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -14 | 4 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | -16 | 4 |
