Akhmat - Novi Pazar: betting tip for a friendly match
Akhmat and Novi Pazar will play in a friendly match on January 16. The Grozny team is failing the season in the Russian Premier League and is in the penultimate place in the standings. The Serbian team is also not having the best season and so far cannot get into the upper half of the Serbian Super League standings. Which of the opponents will be stronger in the training sparring? The answer is in our betting tip

Command Analysis

FK Akhmat

Current form
Akhmat had a terrible start to the season and only won their first victory in the 13th round of the Premier League. Then they managed to beat Rostov away (3:2). After that, the team suffered three more defeats - from Pari NN (0:2), Krylia Sovetov (1:2) and Zenit (1:2). Only in the last two rounds before the winter break did they manage to score points again - the Grozny team tied with Moscow Dynamo (1:1), and then beat one of their main competitors, Orenburg (1:0), at home. At the same time, Sergei Tashuev charges managed to reach the playoffs of the Russian Cup, where they lost to St. Petersburg Zenit (0:3, 1:2) and will now go on the journey of the regions.
Disqualifications and injuries
The team has no problems with the squad ahead of the friendly match.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won only one of its last seven matches.
- The nominal hosts have scored one goal in each of their last five matches
Estimated lineup: Oparin - Adamov, Zhirov, Ibishev, Utsiev - Camilo, Silva Lima - Sadulaev, Utkin, Samorodov - Felipe

Novi Pazar

Current form
Novi Pazar is a solid mid-table team in the Serbian championship. The club is currently only in 10th place, but is only two points behind the top 8. In 20 matches, the team managed to score 25 points, and the club also remains the most productive in the lower half of the table with a result of 30 goals scored. In the last official match of 2024, the nominal guests managed to beat Mladost from fourth place. In January, the club has already played two friendly matches and both ended in a draw - with South Korean Gangwon (1:1) and Bucharest Dynamo (1:1).
Disqualifications and injuries
The nominal guests have no problems with the lineup ahead of the friendly match.
Interesting trends for betting
- The team has won only one of its last five matches.
- The last two matches of the visitors ended with a score of 1:1
Probable lineup: Popovic - Miletic, Mrsic, Djuric, Boyat - Vidakovic, Adeshina - Ljajic, Mesarovich, Antvi - Djuranovic
Tip and bets
In a friendly match, the main thing for the opponents will be to get into shape, not to achieve a result. It is obvious that no one will try to win by all means possible. Novi Pazar last two friendly matches ended in a draw, and it is quite possible that such a result will be repeated in the match with Akhmat from Grozny.
Our prediction is a draw at 3.60
Bet on total
Grozny managed to play well in defense in the last two Premier League matches, conceding only one goal. The hosts scored one goal in the last two friendly games and are unlikely to improve the result in the match with Akhmat. We believe that no more than two goals will be scored in this match.
Our prediction is total under 2.5 goals for 1.82
Bet on corners
Most likely, the opponents will bet on defense, so you should not expect many corner kicks from this match. We suggest betting on the total under on this indicator as well.
Our prediction is under 9.5 corners for 1.85