Betting preview: Khimki faced with a tough challenge when Zenit visits

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Fri 15.July
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Arena Khimki (30457 seats)

Khimki and Zenit supporters have their most valued supporter outfits on for this first game week of a new Premier League campaign. GO!

This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well recovered since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's get started!

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Khimki form and stats

The previous season, Khimki's league statistics were 7 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses, results that produced 13th position in the Premier League. From these 30 matches they scored 34 goals and conceded 47. Appearing as the host team in the former season Khimki managed 4-8-3 (win-draw-lost) with 21 goals and 19 conceded.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Khimki, who have participated in four training matches. Khimki have won 1 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 1 game.

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Zenit form and stats

Last season was a triumph for Zenit in the national league as they took home the Premier League trophy. The championship was secured after 19 wins, 8 draws and only 3 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 6, drew 7 and lost 2.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Zenit have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Numbers for the previous ten meetings involving these two sides are: zero wins for Khimki, zero draws and ten wins for Zenit. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Khimki missing players

Zenit missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Khimki Zenit
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Khimki Last season Zenit
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
7 4   Won W   6 19
11 8   Drew D   7 8
12 3   Lost L   2 3
34 21   Scored S   23 66
47 19   Conceded C   13 28
80% 80%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
70% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   80% 83%
53% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   33% 57%
33% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 43%
27% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 20%
57% 67%   BTTS BTTS   67% 70%
30% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 27%
33% 27%   Failed to Score F T   20% 10%
 
4.4 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   5.4 6
5.5 5.9   Corners against (avg) C A   3.5 3.4
2.5 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.5
6 5   Red cards R C   3 4
 
10.8 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   15.1 16.4
3.8 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.1 5.9
30% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 37%
 
14.5 14   Shots against (avg) S A   9.9 10.7
6.2 6.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.7 3.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Orenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Zenit 30 19 8 3 66 28 15 13 1 1 43 15 15 6 7 2 23 13 38 65
2 Sochi 30 17 5 8 54 30 15 8 3 4 29 16 15 9 2 4 25 14 24 56
3 Dinamo Moskva 30 16 5 9 53 41 15 7 3 5 25 19 15 9 2 4 28 22 12 53
4 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 42 29 15 9 3 3 24 9 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 50
5 Krasnodar 30 14 8 8 42 30 15 8 3 4 19 13 15 6 5 4 23 17 12 50
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 9 8 43 39 15 9 2 4 25 17 15 4 7 4 18 22 4 48
7 Akhmat Grozny 30 13 3 14 36 38 15 9 0 6 23 17 15 4 3 8 13 21 -2 42
8 Krylya Sovetov 30 12 5 13 39 36 15 7 3 5 25 15 15 5 2 8 14 21 3 41
9 Rostov 30 10 8 12 47 51 15 6 2 7 28 26 15 4 6 5 19 25 -4 38
10 Spartak Moskva 30 10 8 12 37 41 15 6 5 4 22 17 15 4 3 8 15 24 -4 38
11 Ural 30 8 9 13 27 35 15 3 6 6 11 14 15 5 3 7 16 21 -8 33
12 Olimpiyets 30 8 9 13 26 39 15 4 3 8 12 19 15 4 6 5 14 20 -13 33
13 Khimki 30 7 11 12 34 47 15 4 8 3 21 19 15 3 3 9 13 28 -13 32
14 Ufa 30 6 12 12 29 40 15 3 8 4 16 17 15 3 4 8 13 23 -11 30
15 Rubin Kazan 30 8 5 17 34 56 15 5 2 8 19 25 15 3 3 9 15 31 -22 29
16 Arsenal Tula 30 5 8 17 30 59 15 3 7 5 17 22 15 2 1 12 13 37 -29 23

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fakel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Krylya Sovetov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Orenburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Torpedo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Zenit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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