This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Zenit at Saint Petersburg Stadium when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Juventus with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
These teams have little in common geographically as Juventus have to travel 2800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit was eliminated in the group stage last season in the Champions League.When playing at home in the Premier League, Zenit have managed 4 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
Zenit lost their last game at Arsenal Tula after a 1-2 scoreline. Malcom, who plays in attack, was the top player for the team in that fixture, scoring a rating of 9.12 (out of 10). Malcom served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Preceding that match was a Premier League defeat to Sochi (1-2).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Spartak Moskva are coming to town in four days.
The Zenit manager S. Semak has got the team scoring with 10 from 5 home games in the league. On the other hand, Zenit have conceded 6 goals.
Juventus form and stats
Juventus was sent out of Champions League in the 8th finals last season, when Porto turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Juventus have produced an overall stat of 2-1-1 so far. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Juventus hope to make it five in this match.
187 minutes! That's how long the Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Juventus go into this game after a win, the home game against Roma that ended 1-0. Leonardo Bonucci was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.63. The defender Bonucci hit one key pass and won 3 of 5 duels.
A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Chelsea.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Juventus manager M. Allegri as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Inter.
The travelling fans enjoy Juventus's attacking play in away games, having scored 7 goals in 4 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Juventus have conceded 6 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Zenit wins - draws - Juventus wins). As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Erokhin 5 goals |  S. Azmoun 5 goals |  A. Dzyuba 5 goals |
Zenit missing players
Juventus missing players
| Zenit | Juventus | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 62 | 32 | Scored | S | 24 | 49 | ||
| 25 | 7 | Conceded | C | 13 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 17.7 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 13.6 | ||
| 7.5 | 8.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | ||
| 33% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 40% | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Zenit | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -7 | 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 | Zenit | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 23 |
| 2 | Sochi | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 18 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Spartak Moskva | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| 8 | Krylya Sovetov | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 16 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan' | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -3 | 14 |
| 11 | Arsenal Tula | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -6 | 12 |
| 12 | Akhmat Grozny | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Khimki | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Ufa | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Rostov | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -8 | 9 |
| 16 | Ural | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 9 |
| 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Milan | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Inter | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Lazio | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Juventus | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Bologna | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Udinese | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Empoli | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Torino | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Spezia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Genoa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Venezia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 4 |