About Match
5 points and 4 places separate them: Zenit 5th with 15, Akhmat Grozny 9th with 10. Per game in the league, Zenit score 2 and conceding 0.88, Akhmat Grozny 1.63 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game. A win here leaves Zenit on 18 points and up to 2nd, other results permitting.
Across 15 recorded meetings, Zenit have 14 wins to Akhmat Grozny's 1, with 0 draws, at 3.27 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 73% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%. Where history says 3.27 goals per meeting, the last five say 2.4.
Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg, capacity 68,000, hosts the game.