Juventus and Zenit get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
It's no vacation for neither Juventus nor Zenit as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Juventus form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the 8th finals against Porto.The story so far in the Serie A for Juventus at their home stadium (Allianz Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. On the other hand, in the Champions League, Juventus has performed like this (both home and away): 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
No payout for Juventus in their previous match, an away game at Hellas Verona that ended in defeat 1-2. Defender Giorgio Chiellini got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.62/10. Chiellini won 9 of 13 duels.
Preceding that match was a Serie A defeat to Sassuolo (1-2).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Fiorentina are coming to town in four days.
Juventus are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Juventus's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 6 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit was sent out of Champions League in the group stage last season.Playing away, Zenit have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season. When we have look at the Champions League statistics, we find 1W-0D-2L. This is both home and away.
Wendel, Artem Dzyuba, Yaroslav Rakitskiy and Claudinho scored in Zenit's previous match, the home game against Dinamo Moskva that ended 4-1. Yaroslav Rakitskiy, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.04. Rakitskiy scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 3 of 6 duels.
Before that, Zenit secured a home win against Spartak Moskva with the score 7-1.The Zenit manager S. Semak has got the team scoring on the road, with 13 away goals in 6 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded by Zenit in these games.
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other previously this season, with the result Zenit - Juventus 0-1 registered in the official records. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's two Juventus victories, one draw and zero Zenit wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 7 goals |  A. Dzyuba 7 goals |  A. Erokhin 6 goals |
Juventus missing players
Zenit missing players
| Juventus | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 44 | 18 | Scored | S | 25 | 65 | ||
| 31 | 14 | Conceded | C | 15 | 25 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 68% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16.8 | 17 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.6 | 6.9 | ||
| 38% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 38% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Zenit | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -11 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | Milan | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | Inter | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 21 |
| 4 | Roma | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 19 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Juventus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Empoli | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | -6 | 12 |
| 13 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Udinese | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 8 |
| 17 | Spezia | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 8 |
| 18 | Genoa | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 7 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -12 | 7 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Zenit | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | Sochi | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -6 | 15 |
| 11 | Olimpiyets | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -7 | 14 |
| 12 | Rostov | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 11 |
| 15 | Ufa | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 10 |
| 16 | Ural | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 9 |