The visiting Zenit side should be favourites in this visit to Khimki, as the away team holds a 15 point advantage from their twelve league games this season.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League. That game was also an away game, at Borussia Dortmund. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Khimki form and stats
When playing at home in the Premier League, Khimki have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
A strong away win for Khimki against Rostov the last match, as Bryan Idowu and Reziuan Mirzov were on target. A 1-1 draw away in the Russian Cup before that, with Olimpiyets (after extra-time) the opponent.
Khimki goalkeeper Ilya Lantratov did an outstanding job against Rostov with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory.
Khimki has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Khimki defense is not exactly impregnable. 8 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Zenit form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Zenit, who have the most scored goals (25) in Premier League, have produced an overall stat of 2-3-1 so far. One point away has become something of a habit for Zenit who have played out draws in their last three away games.
Two away games in a row for Zenit, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League. The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Rubin Kazan.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Lazio in just three days.
Zenit find the net regularly in their away games. 6 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Zenit are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 3 goals away.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Khimki zero wins, one draw and Zenit seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 6 goals |  A. Dzyuba 6 goals |  A. Erokhin 4 goals |
Khimki missing players
Zenit missing players
| Khimki | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 12 | 5 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| 23 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 83% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 83% |
| 42% | 40% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 25% | 20% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 60% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 33% | 58% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 17% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 158 | 85 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 34 | 95 | 205 |
| 51 | 26 | 17 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 31 | 75 |
| 25% | 19% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 19% | 33% |
- Khimki haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit has the most scored goals (25) in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+16) in Premier League
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Spartak Moskva | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 25 |
| 3 | Zenit | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Rostov | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 20 |
| 7 | Sochi | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Tambov | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 12 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -7 | 12 |
| 13 | Ural | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 11 |
| 14 | Khimki | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 9 |
| 15 | Rotor Volgograd | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -15 | 6 |
| 16 | Ufa | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 6 |