Orenburg vs Zenit Preview & Prediction 20 May 2023

Orenburg will plan to employ their home advantage to help in closing the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Zenit.

Insights:

Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Zenit have the most scored goals (70) in Premier League

Happy, happy days for Zenit who are already winners of the Premier League. This could affect their motivation.

It's quite the trip for Zenit when visiting Orenburg as the cities are 2100 kilometers apart.

This looks to be an action-packed fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!

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Orenburg form and stats

Orenburg have performed here at Stadion Gazovik this season with 9 wins from 13 Premier League matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.

In their previous game, the manager Liczka led his Orenburg to a defeat away at Ural. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Gazovik. Gojković, defender, was given a rating of 7.43/10 in that game, top of the team. Gojković won 9 of 11 duels.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting CSKA Moskva (1-2).

Sports bettors should know that 13 of the most recent 17 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both teams.

The Orenburg manager Liczka has got the team scoring with 32 from 13 home games in the league. Orenburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Zenit form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 4 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.

Zenit delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Krasnodar (placed 5th) in their previous game. As mentioned above, Zenit drew the match against Krasnodar. Manager Semak brought on Cassierra to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Malcom, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.61. Malcom scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 42 successful passes (of 50 total).

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Spartak Moskva.

Zenit has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 23 goals from 13 games. Zenit's manager Semak has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {6 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The 7 most recent games featuring these opponents have all finished as Zenit wins. Another one?

The two combatants have played before this season: Zenit - Orenburg 8-0.

Top Goalscorers

M. Silva de Oliveira

23 goals

I. Sergeev

9 goals

M. Valle da Silva

8 goals

Orenburg missing players

Zenit missing players

Total First Half Second Half

Orenburg				Zenit
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
27	13	4	Played	P	3	13	27
12	9	2	Won	W	2	8	20
3	2	2	Drew	D	1	4	5
12	2	0	Lost	L	0	1	2
50	32	11	Scored	S	4	23	70
52	17	5	Conceded	C	1	6	17
100%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	85%	93%
93%	85%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	67%	69%	85%
74%	77%	75%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	33%	38%	63%
56%	62%	75%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	15%	37%
33%	38%	25%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	8%	22%
67%	69%	75%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	38%	44%
22%	31%	25%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	54%	52%
11%	0%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	23%	11%

5.6	6.5	5.8	Corners for (avg)	C F	6.7	5.8	6.1
4.7	3	3	Corners against (avg)	C A	3.7	3.9	3.6
2.8	2.5	2.5	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	1.3	1	1
2	0	0	Red cards	R C	1	1	1

16.1	20.1	18	Shots (avg)	S (	17.3	15.6	17.4
6	7.6	7.5	Shots on Target (avg)	S O	4	4.9	6.7
31%	32%	37%	Goal Efficiency	G E	33%	36%	39%

14.4	12.2	13	Shots against (avg)	S A	9.3	8.2	7.8
4.9	4.2	4.2	Shots on Target against (avg)	S O	2.7	2.8	2.4

Orenburg			First Half	Zenit
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
27	13	4	Played	P	3	13	27
11	8	3	Won	W	1	4	14
6	2	0	Drew	D	2	8	11
10	3	1	Lost	L	0	1	2
26	18	8	Scored	S	2	8	28
27	8	3	Conceded	C	1	4	7
85%	85%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	54%	67%
56%	62%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	33%	31%	33%
37%	38%	50%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	8%	19%
15%	15%	25%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	7%
4%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	4%
33%	31%	50%	BTTS	BTTS	33%	23%	15%
44%	62%	50%	Clean Sheets	C S	67%	69%	78%
37%	23%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	54%	41%

Orenburg			Second Half	Zenit
Total	Home	vs top	Statistics	Stat	vs mid	Away	Total
27	13	4	Played	P	3	13	27
10	7	2	Won	W	2	8	17
7	3	1	Drew	D	1	3	7
10	3	1	Lost	L	0	2	3
24	14	3	Scored	S	2	15	42
25	9	2	Conceded	C	0	2	10
89%	85%	75%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	67%	77%	85%
59%	54%	50%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	31%	59%
26%	23%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	15%	33%
4%	8%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	8%	11%
4%	8%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	4%
30%	23%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	0%	22%
44%	62%	75%	Clean Sheets	C S	100%	85%	70%
37%	31%	50%	Failed to Score	F T	33%	38%	22%

Key stats in Premier League this season:

Orenburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
Orenburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
Orenburg have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
Orenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premier League
Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in Premier League
Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
Zenit have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
Zenit have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
Zenit have the most points (28) away in Premier League
Zenit have the most scored goals (70) in Premier League
Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (42) in Premier League
Zenit have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Premier League
Zenit have the the best goal difference (+53) 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	27	20	5	2	70	17	14	12	1	1	47	11	13	8	4	1	23	6	53	65
2	CSKA Moskva	27	16	6	5	51	24	14	10	3	1	34	10	13	6	3	4	17	14	27	54
3	Spartak Moskva	27	14	8	5	58	36	13	8	4	1	33	16	14	6	4	4	25	20	22	50
4	Rostov	26	14	8	4	44	34	14	8	3	3	22	18	12	6	5	1	22	16	10	50
5	Krasnodar	27	12	7	8	57	44	13	7	3	3	26	18	14	5	4	5	31	26	13	43
6	Akhmat Grozny	26	13	4	9	41	34	13	6	2	5	16	15	13	7	2	4	25	19	7	43
7	Dinamo Moskva	26	12	6	8	44	35	13	8	2	3	23	13	13	4	4	5	21	22	9	42
8	Orenburg	27	12	3	12	50	52	13	9	2	2	32	17	14	3	1	10	18	35	-2	39
9	Lokomotiv Moskva	26	10	5	11	45	42	13	4	3	6	26	22	13	6	2	5	19	20	3	35
10	Sochi	26	10	4	12	35	48	13	7	3	3	24	17	13	3	1	9	11	31	-13	34
11	Ural	27	8	6	13	29	42	14	5	1	8	16	23	13	3	5	5	13	19	-13	30
12	Krylya Sovetov	26	6	7	13	26	42	12	2	5	5	9	16	14	4	2	8	17	26	-16	25
13	Fakel	26	4	12	10	33	45	13	2	8	3	19	21	13	2	4	7	14	24	-12	24
14	Olimpiyets	26	6	5	15	27	49	13	3	3	7	16	28	13	3	2	8	11	21	-22	23
15	Khimki	27	4	6	17	25	59	14	3	4	7	13	22	13	1	2	10	12	37	-34	18
16	Torpedo Moskva	27	3	4	20	20	52	13	2	1	10	8	24	14	1	3	10	12	28	-32	13

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	Zenit	27	20	5	2	70	17	14	12	1	1	47	11	13	8	4	1	23	6	53	65
2	CSKA Moskva	27	16	6	5	51	24	14	10	3	1	34	10	13	6	3	4	17	14	27	54
3	Spartak Moskva	27	14	8	5	58	36	13	8	4	1	33	16	14	6	4	4	25	20	22	50
4	Rostov	26	14	8	4	44	34	14	8	3	3	22	18	12	6	5	1	22	16	10	50
5	Krasnodar	27	12	7	8	57	44	13	7	3	3	26	18	14	5	4	5	31	26	13	43
6	Akhmat Grozny	26	13	4	9	41	34	13	6	2	5	16	15	13	7	2	4	25	19	7	43
7	Dinamo Moskva	26	12	6	8	44	35	13	8	2	3	23	13	13	4	4	5	21	22	9	42
8	Orenburg	27	12	3	12	50	52	13	9	2	2	32	17	14	3	1	10	18	35	-2	39
9	Lokomotiv Moskva	26	10	5	11	45	42	13	4	3	6	26	22	13	6	2	5	19	20	3	35
10	Sochi	26	10	4	12	35	48	13	7	3	3	24	17	13	3	1	9	11	31	-13	34
11	Ural	27	8	6	13	29	42	14	5	1	8	16	23	13	3	5	5	13	19	-13	30
12	Krylya Sovetov	26	6	7	13	26	42	12	2	5	5	9	16	14	4	2	8	17	26	-16	25
13	Fakel	26	4	12	10	33	45	13	2	8	3	19	21	13	2	4	7	14	24	-12	24
14	Olimpiyets	26	6	5	15	27	49	13	3	3	7	16	28	13	3	2	8	11	21	-22	23
15	Khimki	27	4	6	17	25	59	14	3	4	7	13	22	13	1	2	10	12	37	-34	18
16	Torpedo Moskva	27	3	4	20	20	52	13	2	1	10	8	24	14	1	3	10	12	28	-32	13