The Premier League tie at Solidarnost Samara Arena on Friday sees hosts Akron Tolyatti up against opponents in Dinamo Makhachkala.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for Akron Tolyatti v Dinamo Makhachkala can be found here - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Akron Tolyatti
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Akron Tolyatti head into this match after a 2-2 Premier League drawn game vs FC Khimki.
In that game, Akron Tolyatti managed 54% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 3 on target. For Akron Tolyatti, goals were scored by Artem Dzyuba (12'), Konstantin Savichev (25' Own goal) and Rodrigo Escoval (67'). At the other end, Khimki got 14 shots on goal with 4 on target. Lucas Vera (29') was the scorer for FC Khimki.
It has been all too rare in recent times where Akron Tolyatti have shown defensive steel. In fact, Akron Tolyatti have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals in the process.
Dinamo Makhachkala
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Following on from being beaten in their last game against FC Krasnodar in Premier League competition, Dinamo Makhachkala and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.
In that match, Dinamo Makhachkala had 43% possession and 16 shots at goal with 4 on target. For Dinamo Makhachkala, the goalscorers were Mohammadjavad Hosseinnejad (25') and Kirill Zinovich (86'). Krasnodar had 9 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Moses Cobnan (6') and Eduard Spertsyan (65') scored for FC Krasnodar.
In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes featuring Dinamo Makhachkala, a minimum of three goals have been hit. The overall average goals scored per game within that time is 3.67, with the average number of goals for Dinamo Makhachkala standing at 2.17. That pattern won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, of course.
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Head to head
The previous league match between the two was Premier League match day 13 on 26/10/2024 when the final score was Dinamo Makhachkala 1-1 Akron Tolyatti.
On that occasion, Dinamo Makhachkala had 43% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 2 on target. The scorer was Gamid Agalarov (68').
Akron Tolyatti got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Vladimir Khubulov (93') was the scorer.
The match was refereed by Artyom Chistyakov.
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Team News: Akron Tolyatti
We are thinking that Akron Tolyatti should use a 4-3-3 system for the game, beginning the first half with Aleksandr Vasyutin, Konstantin Savichev, Ionut Nedelcearu, Marat Bokoev, V. Bardybakhin, Maksim Kuzmin, Aleksa Djurasovic, Stefan Loncar, Kirill Danilin, Artem Dzyuba and Dmitriy Pestryakov.
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Team News: Dinamo Makhachkala
Owing to an otherwise full-strength squad, there is only the lone fitness issue for the Dinamo Makhachkala gaffer Khasanbi Bidzhiyev to be concerned with. Aleksandr Sandrachuk (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out for this game.
We reckon that Dinamo Makhachkala seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation by sending out Timur Magomedov, Valentin Paltsev, Idar Shumakhov, Ilya Kirsh, Temirkan Sundukov, Houssem Mrezigue, Victorien Angban, Mohamed Azzi, M. Hosseinnejad, Egas Cacintura and Gamid Agalarov.
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Prediction
Our feeling is that Dinamo Makhachkala will likely be able to get a goal against this Akron Tolyatti team, but that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for Akron Tolyatti after 90 minutes. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.
Andre Moura,
11:01 28/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Akron Tolyatti
Formed: 2018
Stadium: Solidarnost Samara Arena (44,918)
Captain: Konstantin Savichev
Chairman: Aleksey Vlasov
Manager: Zaur Tedeyev
Competitions: Premier League position 9
⭐ Key Man: Artem Dzyuba
Typically taking up the Striker position, Artem Dzyuba was born in Moscow, Russia. After making a first senior appearance for Spartak Moscow in the 2006 season, the skilful Forward has netted 8 league goals in the Premier League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date in 18 appearances.