Aug 14th features a match where Khimki plays host to Akhmat Grozny in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 27 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Khimki is fresh off their 3-1 win against Torpedo Moskva. Aleksandr Rudenko struck first for Khimki in the 15th minute, but Aleksei Pomerko got the equalizer for Torpedo Moskva in the 25th minute. Khimki is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while akhmat Grozny is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Zenit. Neither Akhmat Grozny nor Zenit could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 13 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Akhmat Grozny is looking for direction having 1 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Akhmat Grozny hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Mohamed Konate and Artem Timofeev, and they each have 1 goal. Khimki’s most prolific scorer has been Aleksandr Dolgov. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.