Zenit — Akhmat Grozny 3:2, 18 October: match result

match finished Russian Premier League · Matchday 11 Sunday 18 October · 11:00 UTC

Zenit 2th · 24 pts WWWWW

3 : 2 1st half 0:1

Akhmat Grozny 14th · 11 pts WLLLD

Gazprom Arena · referee R. Shafeev

Match predictionSafe

No goal fest expected

90% · Zenit games average 3.5 goals

Prediction missed. We predicted “No goal fest expected”, and the match finished 3:2.

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our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Zenit 57% draw 21% Akhmat Grozny 22%

The model was right

The most likely outcome was Zenit win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed Zenit win — they got it right.

fans 46 votes

Zenit 73% draw 8% Akhmat Grozny 19%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

L. Sadulaev assist: E. Cacintura [0-1] 25'

Jhon Jhon for Pedrinho 46'

A. Adamov (OG) [1-1] 47'

M. Samorodov for K. Shchetinin 57'

M. Glushenkov assist: A. Karpukas [2-1] 62'

M. Konate for G. Melkadze 67'

M. Keliano for T. Ibishev 68'

A. Kasadzhikov for E. Cacintura 72'

K. Andrade for Nino 84'

M. Konate assist: M. Bogosavac [2-2] 86'

Jhon Jhon [3-2] 90'

Felipe Augusto for Luiz Henrique 90+3'

R. Vega for M. Glushenkov 90+3'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Zenit 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-1 Akhmat Grozny

Denis Adamov  
Gustavo Mantuan  33 Nino  28 Nuraly Alip  3 Douglas Santos  
Wílmar Barrios  93 Artem Karpukas  
Luiz Henrique  10 Maksim Glushenkov  20 Pedro  
Aleksandr Sobolev  

Georgiy Melkadze  
Lechi Sadulaev  17 Egas Cacintura  10 Kirill Shchetinin  
Turpal-Ali Ibishev  11 Ismael Silva  
Arsen Adamov  6 Kalidou Sidibé  5 Klisman Cake  8 Miroslav Bogosavac  
Vadim Ulyanov  

Zenit bench

21Alexandr Erokhin
38Amir Musaev
57Bogdan Moskvichev
61Daniil Kondakov
9Felipe Augusto
14Jhon Jhon
25Kevin Andrade
96Maksim Zaytsev
66Román Vega
82Sergey Volkov
51Vadim Shilov
15Vyacheslav Karavaev

Akhmat Grozny bench

70Abakar Gadzhiev
97Aleksey Kasadzhikov
76Erald Maksuti
54Kirill Kistenev
20Maksim Samorodov
81Maksim Sidorov
42Manuel Keliano
13Mohamed Konaté
71Rasul Mitsaev

Match stats

14 metrics for the full match

57%Possession43%

14Shots10

5Shots on target3

8Shots off target2

1Blocked shots5

8Shots inside box6

6Shots outside box4

7Corners4

2Offsides3

14Fouls13

5Yellow cards3

1Saves3

460Passes351

387Accurate passes273

Zenit

Akhmat GroznyThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Zenit and Akhmat Grozny met on matchday 11 of the Russian Premier League on 18 October at Gazprom Arena. Final score — 3:2.

Zenit sit 2th on 24 points after 13 matches (10 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), unbeaten in 6 matches, 6 matches without conceding. Akhmat Grozny sit 14th on 11 points after 14 matches (3 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses), 3 matches without conceding.

Of the last 4 meetings Zenit won 3, Akhmat Grozny won 1. Aggregate score — 6:3.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Zenit last five Akhmat Grozny

WWWWW form WLLLD

13 Matches 14

10 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 3 — 5 — 6

30 — 13 Scored — conceded 16 — 19

2.31 Points per game 1

2.31 Goals scored per game 1.14

6 Clean sheets 3

1 Failed to score 6

unbeaten in 6 Current streak unbeaten in 1

Zenit at home: 6 matches, 4 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 12—7, 2 points per match.

Akhmat Grozny away: 7 matches, 0 wins, 3 draws, 4 losses, goals 4—10, 0.43 points per match.

Head-to-head

4 matches in our database

3 Zenit wins 0 draws 1 Akhmat Grozny win goals 6:3 Zenit — Akhmat Grozny

26/04/2026	Zenit — Akhmat Grozny	2:0	Russian Premier League
17/09/2025	Zenit — Akhmat Grozny	2:1	Russian Cup
09/08/2025	Akhmat Grozny — Zenit	1:0	Russian Premier League
30/07/2025	Akhmat Grozny — Zenit	1:2	Russian Cup

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Dinamo Moskva	14	10	1	3	23—13	31
2	Zenit	13	10	0	3	30—13	30
3	Krasnodar	14	7	5	2	25—18	26
…
10	Krylya Sovetov	13	3	6	4	17—20	15
11	Akhmat Grozny	14	3	5	6	16—19	14
12	Dinamo Makhachkala	13	4	1	8	16—26	13

Full Russian Premier League table

Zenit — Akhmat Grozny, 18 October 2026, 11:00 UTC : score 3:2