Rostov Arena: Rostov vs Zenit Premier League data sheet

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 29.Jul
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rostov Arena

Match week two of the Premier League season and the participants have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's the ultimate Rostov - Zenit pre-match guide:

These teams have little in common geographically as Zenit have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Rostov form and stats

The previous season, Rostov's league stats were 15 wins, 8 draws and 7 losses, leading to 4th position in the Premier League. During these 30 matches they scored {48 goals} and gave away 44. Appearing at their own stadium in the previous season Rostov produced 9-3-3 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 20 conceded. The hosts won their first Premier League game here at Rostov Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Rostov last season were 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses from 15 games.

Rostov's previous fixture was a Russian Cup game also played at their own arena, finishing 1-0 versus Rubin Kazan. The home team hope to to build on that result.

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Fakel.

Rostov has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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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 21 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. In total they scored 74 and conceded {20 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 6 and lost 1 with 26/9 goals scored/conceded. Only one away game in the Premier League so far for Zenit and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 8 victories, 6 draws and 1 loss from 15 travels.

Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Zenit goalkeeper Mikhail Kerzhakov is eager to challenge this, with his 269 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.

The regulars enjoyed Zenit's previous match versus Akhmat Grozny, a Russian Cup win (2-0) played at home.

Preceding that game was the away Premier League victory against Olimpiyets with the score of 2-0.

Zenit have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Zenit have put together a streak of 8 consecutive matches without losing (5-3-0) when playing Rostov.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitZ. Cassierra Cabezas
Z. Cassierra Cabezas
2 goals
RostovR. Tugarev
R. Tugarev
1 goals
RostovM. Osipenko
M. Osipenko
1 goals

Rostov missing players

Zenit missing players

Rostov Zenit
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
2 2 0 Scored S 0 2 2
1 1 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 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%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 4 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
4 4 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 1 1
2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16 16 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
6 6 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 100% 100%
 
17 17 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 5 5
5 5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 2 2
Rostov Last season Zenit
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
15 9   Won W   8 21
8 3   Drew D   6 7
7 3   Lost L   1 2
48 25   Scored S   26 74
44 20   Conceded C   9 20
93% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   87% 93%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 83%
67% 73%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 60%
40% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 37%
17% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 20%
73% 73%   BTTS BTTS   47% 47%
17% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 50%
17% 20%   Failed to Score F T   20% 10%
 
4.5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 6.2
4.2 3.5   Corners against (avg) C A   3.7 3.5
2.3 2.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.1 1
3 3   Red cards R C   1 1
 
11.9 12.6   Shots (avg) S (   15.7 17.2
4.6 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 6.4
35% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 39%
 
14.2 13.5   Shots against (avg) S A   8.4 7.8
4.9 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.1 2.5

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Krasnodar 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
2 Zenit 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Spartak Moskva 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Ural 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Krylya Sovetov 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
6 Rostov 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Rubin Kazan 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
9 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Baltika 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orenburg 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
12 Fakel 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
13 Akhmat Grozny 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
14 CSKA Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Dinamo Moskva 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Olimpiyets 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 21 7 2 74 20 15 13 1 1 48 11 15 8 6 1 26 9 54 70
2 CSKA Moskva 30 17 7 6 56 27 15 11 3 1 38 11 15 6 4 5 18 16 29 58
3 Spartak Moskva 30 15 9 6 60 38 15 9 5 1 35 17 15 6 4 5 25 21 22 54
4 Rostov 30 15 8 7 48 44 15 9 3 3 25 20 15 6 5 4 23 24 4 53
5 Akhmat Grozny 30 15 5 10 51 39 15 7 3 5 21 17 15 8 2 5 30 22 12 50
6 Krasnodar 30 13 9 8 62 46 15 8 4 3 29 18 15 5 5 5 33 28 16 48
7 Orenburg 30 14 4 12 58 55 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 1 10 21 36 3 46
8 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 13 6 11 54 46 15 6 3 6 30 23 15 7 3 5 24 23 8 45
9 Dinamo Moskva 30 13 6 11 49 45 15 8 2 5 25 20 15 5 4 6 24 25 4 45
10 Sochi 30 11 5 14 37 54 15 8 4 3 26 18 15 3 1 11 11 36 -17 38
11 Ural 30 10 6 14 33 45 15 6 1 8 17 23 15 4 5 6 16 22 -12 36
12 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 8 14 32 45 15 4 6 5 14 17 15 4 2 9 18 28 -13 32
13 Fakel 30 6 12 12 36 48 15 4 8 3 22 22 15 2 4 9 14 26 -12 30
14 Olimpiyets 30 8 6 16 33 50 15 5 3 7 22 28 15 3 3 9 11 22 -17 30
15 Khimki 30 4 6 20 25 67 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 1 2 12 12 42 -42 18
16 Torpedo Moskva 30 3 4 23 22 61 15 2 1 12 9 30 15 1 3 11 13 31 -39 13

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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.