Terek Grozny v Luch-Energiya Vladivostok match preview

By: j | August 30th, 2008

All I have to say of this is the dreaded road-trip to Vladivostok where points are rarely earned by visitors. This is one of the sports most challenging road trips within domestic leagues and visiting performances are consistently below their standard.

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Terek Grozny - combined (2 W, D,3 L)(4 GS, 8 GA)
Aug 3 Terek Grozny 1 - 0 Saturn Moscow Oblast
Aug 10 Spartak Nalchik 2 - 0 Terek Grozny
Aug 13 Zenit St Petersburg 3 - 1 Terek Grozny
Aug 17 CSKA Moscow 2 - 0 Terek Grozny
Aug 23 Terek Grozny 2 - 1 Lokomotiv Moscow

Terek Grozny - away (0 W,2 D, 3 L)(2 GS, 8 GA)
Jul 13 FC Moscow 0 - 0 Terek Grozny
Jul 27 Shinnik Yaroslav 1 - 1 Terek Grozny
Aug 10 Spartak Nalchik 2 - 0 Terek Grozny
Aug 13 Zenit St Petersburg 3 - 1 Terek Grozny
Aug 17 CSKA Moscow 2 - 0 Terek Grozny

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok - combined (1 W, 2 D, 2 L)(4 GS, 7 GA)
Jul 27 Spartak Moscow 3 - 0 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Aug 3 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 - 1 Rubin Kazan
Aug 9 Shinnik Yaroslav 1 - 2 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Aug 16 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 0 - 0 Samara Kryliya Sovetov
Aug 24 Saturn Moscow Oblast 2 - 1 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok

Luch-Energiya Vladivostok - home (1 W, 4 D, L)(3 GS, 2 GA)
Jul 5 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 - 1 Khimki
Jul 16 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 0 - 0 Zenit St Petersburg
Jul 20 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 - 0 Dynamo Moscow
Aug 3 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 1 - 1 Rubin Kazan
Aug 16 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok 0 - 0 Samara Kryliya Sovetov

Hopes for Terek Grozny reversing their dismal record on the road will lay in the hands of Florentin Petre, Andrei Mărgăritescu and Daniel Pancu who have done a remarkable job changing the club since joining last month. However to do so they will need to do what even top-of-the table Rubin Kazan could do - win. This has all the makings of a draw but highly unpredictable. I will report on it as it concludes.