Betting prediction and preview: Zenit fancied to be better team when visiting Krylya Sovetov

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Samara Arena (44918 seats)

We have to say that both squads are in pretty good shape, Zenit having a 16 point lead on Krylya Sovetov in the tables. Game on!

Insights:
  • Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (49) in Premier League

It's quite the trip for Zenit when visiting Sovetov as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Krylya Sovetov form and stats

When playing at home in the Premier League, Krylya Sovetov have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

The spoils were shared in Krylya Sovetov's previous game, also at home. Visiting Arsenal Tula (placed 12th) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Glushenkov, an attacker, was the highest rated performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Glushenkov served one assist and hit two key passes.

Before that, Krylya Sovetov had a home game versus Rubin Kazan which ended with a victory 2-0.

Sovetov have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Samara Arena with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Krylya Sovetov have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zenit form and stats

Playing away, Zenit, who have the most scored goals (49) in Premier League, have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 1 defeat in the Premier League this season.

Zenit won their last game, 2-0 versus Ufa played at home. Santos, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.13. Santos hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

The travelling fans enjoy Zenit's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 9 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Zenit - Sovetov 2-1 was the result in these participants' previous H2H match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - zero - nine (Krylya Sovetov wins - draws - Zenit wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. One of the players to grab the headlines has been Dzyuba with 9 goals scored against Krylya Sovetov in these 10 matches.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitA. Dzyuba
A. Dzyuba
10 goals
SovetovV. Sarveli
V. Sarveli
7 goals
ZenitC. Rodrigues Parise Leonel
C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel
7 goals

Krylya Sovetov missing players

Zenit missing players

Krylya Sovetov Zenit
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 2 Played P 2 9 20
8 5 1 Won W 1 4 13
4 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
7 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
24 16 1 Scored S 4 16 49
20 9 1 Conceded C 2 9 22
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
68% 70% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 90%
42% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 44% 65%
16% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 50%
5% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 30%
47% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 78% 80%
37% 40% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 20%
21% 20% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 5%
 
5 5.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.8 5.5
4.6 3.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 3.9 3.8
1.9 1.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.3 1.6
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
13 14.5 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 16 15.2 16.6
3.6 3.8 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5.8 6.1
35% 42% 10% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 31% 40%
 
13.2 10.5 10 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 11.1 11.8
5.2 4.3 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.6 3.7
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Krylya Sovetov.
  • Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (49) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+27) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+7) away in Premier League
  • Zenit is in the best form (4-2-0) in Premier League

  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 20 13 5 2 49 22 11 9 1 1 33 13 9 4 4 1 16 9 27 44
2 Dinamo Moskva 20 12 3 5 36 22 11 6 2 3 19 10 9 6 1 2 17 12 14 39
3 Sochi 20 12 1 7 33 21 10 7 0 3 22 9 10 5 1 4 11 12 12 37
4 CSKA Moskva 20 11 3 6 24 16 10 6 2 2 11 5 10 5 1 4 13 11 8 36
5 Krasnodar 19 9 5 5 31 19 9 5 2 2 13 7 10 4 3 3 18 12 12 32
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 19 8 7 4 27 21 10 6 1 3 17 11 9 2 6 1 10 10 6 31
7 Akhmat Grozny 20 10 0 10 27 27 11 7 0 4 18 12 9 3 0 6 9 15 0 30
8 Krylya Sovetov 19 8 4 7 24 20 10 5 2 3 16 9 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 28
9 Spartak Moskva 20 7 5 8 22 28 10 4 3 3 14 12 10 3 2 5 8 16 -6 26
10 Rubin Kazan 20 7 4 9 27 31 9 4 2 3 14 11 11 3 2 6 13 20 -4 25
11 FK Nizjni Novgorod 20 6 4 10 19 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 10 3 3 4 9 15 -12 22
12 Arsenal Tula 20 5 5 10 23 39 9 3 4 2 11 11 11 2 1 8 12 28 -16 20
13 Ural 20 4 7 9 13 21 9 1 5 3 5 8 11 3 2 6 8 13 -8 19
14 Rostov 19 4 6 9 30 36 10 2 2 6 17 20 9 2 4 3 13 16 -6 18
15 Ufa 20 3 7 10 18 30 9 2 4 3 11 12 11 1 3 7 7 18 -12 16
16 Khimki 20 2 8 10 18 37 10 1 6 3 10 14 10 1 2 7 8 23 -19 14

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.