On Sat Apr 23rd, Sochi and Akhmat Grozny will play a match in Sochi in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 4th placed Sochi, recorded a 2-2 draw against Locomotiv Moscow. Timofey Margasov scored the first goal for Sochi in the 11th minute, but Wilson Isidor got the equalizer for Locomotiv Moscow in the 36th minute . Sochi is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while 8th placed Akhmat Grozny is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Dinamo Moscow. Fedor Smolov struck first for Dinamo Moscow in the 59th minute on a feed from Denis Makarov, then Konstantin Tyukavin added another in the 79th minute on a feed from Anton Shunin At the end of 90 a dissapointed Akhmat Grozny couldn’t manage to score, and Dinamo Moscow took the shutout win. Akhmat Grozny is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches.
Sochi and Akhmat Grozny last played eachother at the Akhmat Arena on the 2nd of August. Sochi was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Daniil Utkin struck first for Sochi on an own goal in the 26th minute, then Marko Dugandžić added another in the 59th minute.
Akhmat Grozny is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Daniil Utkin and Aleksandr Troshechkin each only have 1 goal in their last five. Artem Makarchuk and Georgi Melkadze are the top scorers for Sochi in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.