RFK Akhmat Grozny vs FK Nizhny Novgorod, RFPL 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
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RFK Akhmat Grozny vs FK Nizhny Novgorod — RFPL at Akhmat Arena.
- RFK Akhmat Grozny 30 games · 37 pts (2025/26)
- FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 games · 23 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sergey Cheban (Russia)
- Assistant 1 Maksim Gavrilin
- Assistant 2 Denis Petrov (Russia)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 30 68 2 FK Krasnodar 30 66 3 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 30 53 4 FK Spartak Moskva 30 52 5 PFC CSKA Moskva 30 51 6 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 30 46 7 FK Dinamo Moskva 30 45 8 FK Rubin Kazan 30 43 9 RFK Akhmat Grozny 30 37 10 FK Rostov 30 33 11 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 30 32 12 FK Orenburg 30 29 13 FK Akron Tolyatti 30 27 14 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 30 26 15 FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 23 16 PFK Sochi 30 22 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May FK Nizhny Novgorod H 2–0 W 26 Apr FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg A 0–2 L 23 Apr FK Baltika Kaliningrad H 1–1 D 19 Apr FK Spartak Moskva A 1–3 L 11 Apr PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara A 2–2 D 04 Apr FK Krasnodar H 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 03 May RFK Akhmat Grozny A 0–2 L 26 Apr FK Spartak Moskva H 1–2 L 22 Apr FK Orenburg A 1–2 L 18 Apr FK Dinamo Moskva H 1–1 D 11 Apr FK Baltika Kaliningrad A 2–2 D 05 Apr FK Rostov H 0–1 L Season Stats
RFK Akhmat Grozny FK Nizhny Novgorod #9 Position #15 37 Points 23 30 Played 30 9 / 10 / 11 W / D / L 6 / 5 / 19 35 Scored 26 39 Conceded 50 -4 GD -24 1.23 PPG 0.77 30% Win % 20% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
RFK Akhmat Grozny this season17% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this seasonRFK Akhmat Grozny are 9th (37 pts). FK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (23 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
RFK Akhmat Grozny0-151/316-30–/231-452/246-602/261-75–/176+2/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFK Nizhny Novgorod0-151/116-301/231-453/146-60–/461-752/176+1/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: FK Nizhny Novgorod gets underway.
- 5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Lechi Sadulaev suffering a number of foals already.
- 10' RFK Akhmat Grozny seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 20' FK Nizhny Novgorod is showing some good football. However, FK Nizhny Novgorod are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Nizhny Novgorod that had 147 games and scored 132 goals.
- 30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Maksim Sidorov, as he is very good at scoring at Akhmat Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 34' It’s gonna be a card for Georgi Melkadze.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ilya Kirsh made 362 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 44' RFK Akhmat Grozny receives a card for a hard tackle on 44.
- 49' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 54' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. RFK Akhmat Grozny needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' RFK Akhmat Grozny is taking the lead after the goal scored by Lechi Sadulaev on 55.
- 60' Goal! Egas Cacintura scores his 6 goal in 125 matches.
- 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
- 70' Ousmane N'Dong needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 75' RFK Akhmat Grozny looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Lechi Sadulaev scoring 1 goals.
- 78' That looks like a foul for a card for Ismael.
- 83' Adrian Balboa has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 16 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 88' It’s high time Stanislav Cherchesov made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for RFK Akhmat Grozny players.
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Lineups
RFK Akhmat Grozny Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 88
- 8
- 7
- 77
- 17
- 81
- 11
- 20
- 19
- 5
- 90
Bench
- 82
- 40
- 13
- 9
- 42
- 80
- 72
- 2
- 22
- 27
- 37
- 23
Coach Stanislav CherchesovFK Nizhny Novgorod Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
- 30
- 10
- 25
- 22
- 88
- 21
- 78
- 70
- 4
- 29
- 3
Bench
- 27
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 77
- 17
- 16
- 69
- 14
- 51
Coach Aleksey Shpilevskiy -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Timur Suleimanov 4 Mohamed Konate 3 Lechi Sadulaev 2 Juan Boselli 2 Yaroslav Mikhailov 1 Daniil Utkin 1 Daniil Penchikov 1 Egas Cacintura 1 Head to Head
RFK Akhmat Grozny Form
2026-05-03 RFK Akhmat Grozny 2–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod W 2026-04-26 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–0 RFK Akhmat Grozny L 2026-04-23 RFK Akhmat Grozny 1–1 FK Baltika Kaliningrad D 2026-04-19 FK Spartak Moskva 3–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny L 2026-04-11 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 2–2 RFK Akhmat Grozny D 2026-04-04 RFK Akhmat Grozny 0–1 FK Krasnodar LFK Nizhny Novgorod Form
2026-05-03 RFK Akhmat Grozny 2–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2026-04-26 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–2 FK Spartak Moskva L 2026-04-22 FK Orenburg 2–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2026-04-18 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–1 FK Dinamo Moskva D 2026-04-11 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 2–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod D 2026-04-05 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–1 FK Rostov L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 41.76 RFK Akhmat Grozny xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.84 FK Nizhny Novgorod xGI would bet for: RFK Akhmat Grozny to win 57%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: RFK Akhmat Grozny winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.6Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 91% 9% ± 1.5 73% 27% ± 2.5 48% 52% ± 3.5 27% 73% ± 4.5 13% 87% Double Chance
RFK Akhmat Grozny or Draw 82%Draw or FK Nizhny Novgorod 43%RFK Akhmat Grozny or FK Nizhny Novgorod 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 0 12.2%1 – 1 11.8%2 – 0 Actual0 – 0 9.3%2 – 1 9.3%3 – 0 6.4%3 – 1 5.5%0 – 1 5.3%1 – 2 4.4%2 – 2 4%4 – 0 2.9%0 – 2 2.6%Asian Handicap — RFK Akhmat Grozny
Handicap RFK Akhmat Grozny covers Push FK Nizhny Novgorod covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 18% 67% -1.5 33% — 67% -1 33% 24% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 11% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
RFK Akhmat Grozny keeps clean sheet 44% ✗FK Nizhny Novgorod keeps clean sheet 18% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.