It's the Russian Cup: Zenit and Akhmat Grozny face off

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Competition: Russia Russian Cup
Competition: Tue 25.Jul
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)
Venue: Saint Petersburg Stadium (68000 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zenit & Akhmat Grozny 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 Akhmat Grozny have to travel 2500 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

It's no vacation for neither Zenit nor Akhmat Grozny 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.

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Zenit form and stats

Zenit participated in Russian Cup the last season, where they reached the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.

A good away victory last time out for Zenit, who won 2-0 against Olimpiyets. Midfielder Bakaev was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.6 (out of ten) in that game. Bakaev served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 43 successful passes (of 53 total).

A 0-0 scoreline against CSKA Moskva (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) before that one, played at home in the Super Cup.

The manager Semak will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Rostov in only four days.

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Akhmat Grozny form and stats

Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the regions path - quarter-finals - 2nd round.

Home advantage was not enough for Akhmat Grozny in their previous game as they lost hosting Krylya Sovetov, 1-2. Oleynikov got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Oleynikov dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).

Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Krasnodar in the Premier League.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Zenit, five draws and one win for Akhmat Grozny. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitZ. Cassierra Cabezas
Z. Cassierra Cabezas
2 goals
Akhmat GroznyG. Agalarov
G. Agalarov
1 goals

Zenit missing players

Akhmat Grozny missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zenit Akhmat Grozny
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
14 8   Won W   5 12
9 5   Drew D   3 4
2 0   Lost L   4 9
46 24   Scored S   21 42
20 10   Conceded C   18 35
84% 77%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
76% 69%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 80%
52% 54%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 68%
36% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 32%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   33% 20%
52% 54%   BTTS BTTS   67% 60%
44% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   25% 28%
20% 23%   Failed to Score F T   17% 16%
 
4.6 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.6
3.4 3.8   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 4.7
1.4 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 2.5
2 2   Red cards R C   1 2
 
12.2 11.3   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 12.1
4.8 5.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4
37% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 43%
 
7.9 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   14.2 11.1
2.9 2.5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
5 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Orenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Olimpiyets 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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