Chita hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 10 points and a 5th position in the Pfl table. Visiting Zenit Irkutsk holds 3rd place with 13 pts.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Zenit Irkutsk's home stadium. The visitors last five games on grass have ended in 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. It's quite the trip for Zenit Irkutsk when visiting Chita as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Chita form and stats
Chita have played 5 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).In their previous game, the manager I. Makienko led his Chita to a defeat in the Pfl match away at Dinamo Barnaul. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here . Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Irtysh (0-3).
The Chita fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 6 in 5 matches. Chita have conceded 10 goals in these home games, a significant number.
Zenit Irkutsk form and stats
2-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zenit Irkutsk in their matches away.Zenit Irkutsk are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Dinamo Barnaul. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Dinamo Barnaul that ended 0-0.
Zenit Irkutsk are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 5 games. Zenit Irkutsk are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 4 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Zenit Irkutsk - Chita 3-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 2 - 0 - 3 (Chita wins - draws - Zenit Irkutsk wins).Top Goalscorers
  E. Shcherbakov 5 goals |   E. Chernyshev 3 goals |  V. Markov 2 goals |
Chita missing players
Zenit Irkutsk missing players
| Chita | Zenit Irkutsk | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 14 | 5 | Played | 7 | 12 |
| 17 | 6 | Scored | 6 | 14 |
| 27 | 10 | Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 71% | 67% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 71% | 58% |
| 86% | 80% | Over 2.5 | 57% | 50% |
| 29% | 40% | Over 3.5 | 14% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 8% |
| 64% | 80% | Both teams to score | 43% | 33% |
| 14% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 29% | 42% |
| 21% | 20% | Failed To Score | 57% | 58% |
- Chita hasn't played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit Irkutsk is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
- Chita has failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Irtysh | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 21 |
| 2 | Sakhalin | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Zenit Irkutsk | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Dinamo Barnaul | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 5 | Chita | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 6 | Sibir II | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
