About Match
Akhmat Grozny go into the game 9th in the table on 10 points; Zenit sit 5th on 15 — a 5-point gap. In league terms the two rates read 1.63/1.38 for Akhmat Grozny and 2/0.88 for Zenit (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.39. A win would lift Akhmat Grozny to 13 points and up to 6th (other results unchanged).
15 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Akhmat Grozny 1, draws 0, Zenit 14, at 3.27 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%. The recent editions have closed up — 2.4 goals per game over the last five against 3.27 all-time.
Akhmat Arena in Groznyi stages the fixture, a ground that holds 30,597.