Lokomotiv to win or draw

In Russian football, there has long been a stereotype that Akhmat is a very “at home” team. However, this season, the Grozny club has scored even more points in away matches and, according to this indicator, shares the 3rd line with Rostov in the RPL. Akhmat played a very good match against Orenburg, but Lichka’s team is clearly not in optimal form, and Akhmat got lucky in the episode with a controversial penalty kick and removal. Tashuev’s use of veteran Utsiev on the right flank of the defense still raises some questions. To what extent will he be able to keep up with, for example, Pinyaev? Shatara’s level has also not yet been tested by the best Russian strikers.

In turn, Lokomotiv gained new power, as evidenced by the match against Rostov (3:1). Dziuba was even able to score a hat-trick, Pinyaev and Glushenkov were active. After the disqualification, Miranchuk will return, Rifat Zhemaletdinov has recovered from the injury, which will allow Galaktionov to refresh the attack line in time. Of course, Dmitriy Barinov will miss this game because of too many yellow cards, but to be honest, he has been important to Loko lately more for his leadership than for his incredibly high-quality defensive play. Thus, it is difficult to talk about a direct analogy affecting the potential outcome of the upcoming game between the loss of Barinov to the railwaymen and the loss of Florentin to Orenburg.

Of course, winning in Grozny is not easy, but the chances of Galaktionov’s team being able to take away at least 1 point from Chechnya are still very valuable, and fans of more risky bets may well opt for the zero handicap option on the away team.