Dynamo Moscow vs Akhmat GroznyPrediction, probable lineups, recent form & season stats

At the VTB Arena in Moscow, Dynamo host Akhmat in the cup. The home side arrive on the back of a notable win, 1-0 away at Lokomotiv, preceded by a 3-1 at home over Rodina Moskva. Before that came two setbacks in a row, a 0-1 at home to FC Krasnodar and a 0-3 in Saint Petersburg against Zenit, while the fifth game of the run is a 3-1 over Dinamo Makhachkala. Three wins and two defeats in the last five, in games that almost always produced goals. Akhmat have not lost in three rounds: their latest outing is a 3-3 at home with Krylia Sovetov, preceded by a 4-1 over FC Rostov and a 2-1 over Fakel. The other two games of the spell are a 0-1 away at FC Krasnodar and a 0-0 away at Fakel. There are five previous meetings and they point to a fine balance. In November 2025 Akhmat won 2-1 on their own ground, while the three encounters before that in Moscow produced a 2-2 in October 2025, a 1-1 in July of the same year and, going further back, Dynamo's 4-2 in September 2024. In December 2024 in Grozny it finished 1-1. The prediction may change in the hours before kick-off. Confirmed line-ups, late injuries, suspensions, rotation ahead of other fixtures and the state of the pitch and the weather can all alter the picture described above. In those cases the selection may be reviewed and updated within 12 to 24 hours of the match: this happens rarely, but when it does, the version published on this page is always the current one. The data and assessments here are provided for information and statistical purposes.