It's still early in the Pfl season, but we are learning more and more about the teams. Here is the Zenit Irkutsk - Znamya Truda preview!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Irkutsk and Znamya Truda.
Irkutsk's stadium, Stadion Trud Irkutsk, has a artifical turf surface. Znamya Truda have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Znamya Truda when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses from ten matches. They have scored 10 goals in these games and conceded 18.
These teams have little in common geographically as Znamya Truda have to travel 5100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Zenit Irkutsk form and stats
The hosts won their first Pfl game here at Stadion Trud Irkutsk, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Zenit Irkutsk last season were 3 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses from 7 games.
Irkutsk's last game was hosting Kolomna (placed 15th) and winning 4-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Irkutsk played a great game against Kolomna and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Zenit Irkutsk at home in the league. 4 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
Znamya Truda form and stats
Znamya Truda are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Pfl, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
It's the second away game in a row for Znamya, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Chita (placed 16th) in the Pfl last time out. A 0-2 loss hosting Kazanka before that.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Znamya Truda has managed 4 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Nasadyuk 1 goals | D. Pytlev 1 goals | M. Yakovlev 1 goals |
Zenit Irkutsk missing players
Znamya Truda missing players
| Zenit Irkutsk | Znamya Truda | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 9 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 14 | 14 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 34 | 44 |
| 12 | 9 | 9 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 15 | 16 |
| 42% | 44% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 27% | 25% |
| Zenit Irkutsk | Last season | Znamya Truda | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 12 | 7 | Played | P | 8 | 17 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 14 | ||
| 16 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 23 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 58% | 43% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | ||
| 17% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 53% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | ||
| 17% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 38% | 47% | ||
| 17% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 29% | ||
| 67% | 43% | Failed to Score | F T | 62% | 47% | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 1.9 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 89 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 153 | ||
| 32 | 20 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 57 | ||
| 19% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Dolgie Prudy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | Leningradets | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Tver | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Kazanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva II | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Murom | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Rodina Moskva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
| 8 | Zenit Irkutsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Smolensk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 10 | Luki-Energiya | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Zvezda Sint Petersburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Znamya Truda | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Zenit II | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Torpedo Vladimir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Kolomna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 0 |
| 16 | Chita | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -7 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Irtysh | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 29 |
| 2 | Sakhalin | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 18 |
| 3 | Novosibirsk | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 17 |
| 4 | Chita | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Dinamo Barnaul | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -7 | 11 |
| 6 | Zenit Irkutsk | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | -10 | 9 |