The Premier League match at Akhmat Arena on Sunday sees home team Terek Grozny play Dinamo Makhachkala.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Terek Grozny v Dinamo Makhachkala game - plus the latest match odds.
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Terek Grozny
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Terek Grozny won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 3-2 Premier League loss in their previous game against Akron Tolyatti.
In that game, Terek Grozny managed 46% possession and 28 shots on goal with 10 on target. For Terek Grozny, the scorers were Amine Talal (8') and Georgi Melkadze (72'). At the other end, Akron Tolyatti had 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Dmitriy Pestryakov (17'), Ifet Đakovac (45') and Vladimir Khubulov (85') scored for Akron Tolyatti.
It’s been seldom in recent times that Terek Grozny have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Terek Grozny have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 9 goals on the way. Previous results aside, time will tell whether that pattern shall be maintained here in this match.
Going into this encounter, Terek Grozny are unbeaten in their last 6 home league matches.
Dinamo Makhachkala
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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Zenit St Petersburg in Premier League competition, Dinamo Makhachkala will be aiming to make amends here.
In that match, Dinamo Makhachkala had 49% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For their opponents, Zenit got 6 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Nino (37') scored for Zenit St Petersburg.
The numbers tell their own story, and Dinamo Makhachkala have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals overall. Defensively, Dinamo Makhachkala have not been doing too well.
Coming into this fixture, Dinamo Makhachkala are without an away win for the past 2 league games.
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Head to head
The previous league game between the two was Premier League match day 5 on 19/08/2024 and the score finished Dinamo Makhachkala 1-0 Terek Grozny.
That day, Dinamo Makhachkala managed 50% possession and 5 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (87').
For their opponents, Terek Grozny had 6 shots at goal with 2 on target.
The match was refereed by Pavel Shadykhanov.
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Team News: Terek Grozny
It looks as if The Wolves could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Giorgi Shelia, Arsen Adamov, Turpal-Ali Ibishev, Aleksandr Zhirov, Miroslav Bogosovac, Ismael Silva, Vladislav Kamilov, Maksim Samorodov, Amine Talal, Lechi Sadulaev and Georgiy Melkadze.
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Team News: Dinamo Makhachkala
Thanks to a mainly available group, there’s just the lone fitness worry for the Dinamo Makhachkala manager Khasanbi Bidzhiyev to contend with. Aleksandr Sandrachuk (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.
It’s our belief that Dinamo Makhachkala might begin the game with a 3-5-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Timur Magomedov, Mutalip Alibekov, Valentin Paltsev, Jemal Tabidze, Mohamed Azzi, M. Hosseinnejad, Nikita Glushkov, Houssem Mrezigue, Temirkan Sundukov, Gamid Agalarov and Egas Cacintura.
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Prediction
We’re of the view that Terek Grozny will likely create the chances to score more than once when they meet Dinamo Makhachkala, who will be up against it to score themselves.
We’re therefore anticipating a pretty comfortable 2-0 winning score for Terek Grozny at the end of this one.
Peter Guest,
10:03 14/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Terek Grozny
Formed: 1946
Stadium: Akhmat Arena (30,597)
Captain: Rizman Utsiev
Chairman: Akhmat Kadyrov
Manager: Sergei Tashuev
Competitions: Premier League position 14
⭐ Key Player: Lechi Sadulaev
Typically played in the Centre Midfield position, Lechi Sadulaev was born in Russia. Having played his first senior match for Terek Grozny in the 2018 - 2019 season, the accomplished Midfielder has managed 3 league goals in the Premier League 2024 - 2025 season so far from a total of 26 appearances.