On Sep 4th, Locomotiv Moscow will host Akhmat Grozny at Rzd Arena in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. In their last match, 8th placed Locomotiv Moscow, recorded a 5-1 win against Orenburg. Ivan Ignatiev scored the first goal for Locomotiv Moscow in the 8th minute, then Ivan Ignatiev added another in the 11th minute on a feed from Nayair Tiknizyan. Locomotiv Moscow is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while 10th placed Akhmat Grozny is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Krylya Sovetov. Mohamed Konate scored the first goal for Akhmat Grozny in the 5th minute, then in the 20th minute, Glenn Bijl sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ezhov Finally they completed the comback victory in the 72nd minute on a goal by Aleksandr Kovalenko to cap off a wild match. Akhmat Grozny is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Akhmat Grozny is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Aleksandr Troshechkin and Mohamed Konate each having 2 goals in their last 5. Locomotiv Moscow’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Ignatiev. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.