In a weekend match in week 9, on Sat Sep 10th, FC Nizhny Novgorod will travel to Groznyi to battle Akhmat Grozny in a meeting of these two evenly matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. 8th placed Akhmat Grozny is fresh off their 2-1 win against Locomotiv Moscow. Mohamed Konate struck first for Akhmat Grozny in the 3rd minute on a feed from Bernard Berisha, but Anton Miranchuk got the equalizer for Locomotiv Moscow in the 42nd minute. Akhmat Grozny is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while fC Nizhny Novgorod sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Fakel. Maksimov scored the first goal for Fakel in the 5th minute, but Nikolay Kalinsky got the equalizer for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the 66th minute Finally they completed the comback in the 73rd minute on a penalty goal by Kalinsky to cap off a wild match. FC Nizhny Novgorod is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Akhmat Grozny won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
FC Nizhny Novgorod is fortunate enough to have Kalinsky in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals. Mohamed Konate has been the most prolific scorer on Akhmat Grozny in his last 5 matches with 3 goals.