Akhmat Grozny hosts Sochi in round 2 of the Russian Premier League. The match will be played on Monday, August 2nd at Akhmat-Arena (Grozny)
Akhmat Grozny represents a wealthy region whose management is seriously passionate about football. But ironically, the best results were shown under the name "Terek". Then the team stopped literally one step away from the trophies. Now the representative of Chechnya is more likely a middle peasant, and not one of those who can claim something serious. There were considerable hopes for Andrei Talalayev, who was invited to Grozny in the last offseason. But he did not particularly impress the fans and bosses with the final results of the 2020/2021 season (only 11th place). Before the new start, the club managed to slightly strengthen all the positions. They invited goalkeeper Shelia, defender Putsko, central midfielder Timofeev, and forward Melkadze. And, most importantly, the Green-Whites were able to start with a victory. Ironically, they won in Samara, where Talalayev worked brightly but not for long before Akhmat. The club from Grozny scored twice by the 20th minute. Then it could play the score, and all that Krylia Sovetov managed to do was to respond with one goal. But it didn’t save the hosts from a 1-2 defeat.
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Sochi will play its 4th official match in the new season, while Akhmat will hold only the 2nd game. The Leopards are now making their debut in the UEFA Conference League. Yes, after a 3-0 victory in the 1st match against Keshla, the voyage to Baku has already become a formality. And Azerbaijan is not located so far. Still, this is a new and unusual schedule for Sochi, and the mentor complained about the workload of the players. The artificial pitch on which they had to play was also criticized. Perhaps the Leopards lacked strength a week ago. In the first round, Sochi also played on Monday, facing a debutant Nizhny Novgorod. At first, the Leopards did not manage to score themselves (the crossbar after Noboa's shot is especially memorable). And when the newcomer organized its goal, it seemed that they simply could not step up and equalize.
Curiously, Sochi is constantly playing successfully against one of its neighbors. Back in September of the year before last, the Leopards gained one of their first victories in the RPL just in the game against Akhmat. In June last year, the clubs tied 1-1, and the Leopards were stronger in both matches of the last championship. Bookmakers consider the coefficients in this pair to be almost equal. Such a confrontation is unlikely to please with a productive football, so we bet on Under 2.5 goals scored.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals scored
