Rostov vs Zenit: Soccer betting preview

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sun 01.August
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rostov Arena

Game week two of the Premier League season and the teams have had a few days to digest the first match. Here's the Rostov - Zenit preview:

Rostov and Zenit should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

Zenit have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Rostov form and stats

Last season, Rostov's league statistics were 13 wins, 4 draws and 13 losses, resulting in a 9th position in the Premier League. Over these 30 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 35. Playing at home last season Rostov managed 6-2-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 16 conceded. The home fans saw their team lose the first Premier League game of the season here at Rostov Arena. Last season these fans witnessed 6 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses from Rostov's 15 home games.

Rostov's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Dinamo Moskva (placed 3rd). Goalkeeper Sergey Pesyakov got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.55 out of ten. Pesyakov stopped the opponent with seven saves. Sergey Pesyakov had a busy but productive day in the Dinamo Moskva match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.

Ahead of that match, Rostov lost 1-3 at home to Krasnodar.

At Rostov Arena, Rostov has the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Zenit form and stats

Let's have a look at how Zenit performed last season in the Premier League: They landed a 1st position in the league table after playing out 19 victories, 8 draws and 3 defeats. In total they scored 76 and conceded 26 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 7 and lost 2 with 23/13 goals scored/conceded. A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the Premier League, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 6 wins, 7 draws and 2 defeats from 15 matches.

It's the second away game in a row for Zenit, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Khimki (placed 15th) in the Premier League last time out. Attacker Sardar Azmoun got a player rating of 7.72 in the game. "Man of the match" Azmoun scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Tambov at their stadium, the result 5-1.

It's early days yet, but Zenit has scored 3 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings between the teams: Rostov won two, Zenit won five and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitA. Sutormin
A. Sutormin
1 goals
ZenitA. Erokhin
A. Erokhin
1 goals
ZenitS. Azmoun
S. Azmoun
1 goals

Rostov missing players

Zenit missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rostov Zenit
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 1 1 Played P 1 1 1
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 3 3 3
2 2 2 Conceded C 1 1 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8 8
7 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 6
2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 13 13
3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 6
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 50%
Rostov Last season Zenit
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
13 6   Won W   6 19
4 2   Drew D   7 8
13 7   Lost L   2 3
37 18   Scored S   23 76
35 16   Conceded C   13 26
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 90%
60% 60%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 87%
37% 40%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 67%
30% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 53%
17% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 23%
30% 27%   BTTS BTTS   53% 63%
43% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 33%
33% 40%   Failed to Score F T   27% 13%
 
5.1 6.2   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6.2
4.1 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.8
2.4 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
6 1   Red cards R C   3 3
 
11.9 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   16.2 18.4
3.9 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.9 7.5
31% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 34%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Rubin Kazan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA Moskva 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 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ufa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Arsenal Tula 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Khimki 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Rostov 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 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 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 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 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Dinamo Moskva 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Rubin Kazan 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Akhmat Grozny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 CSKA Moskva 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 Olimpiyets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Ufa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Ural 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spartak Moskva 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Arsenal Tula 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2 0
15 Khimki 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Rostov 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.