All you need to know about the Rotor Volgograd - Zenit game:

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Tue 11.August
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Volgograd Arena (3500 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Rotor Volgograd and Zenit. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

It's quite the trip for Zenit when visiting Volgograd as the cities are 1600 kilometers apart.

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Rotor Volgograd form and stats

Volgograd are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Dinamo Moskva awaits in four days.

Rotor Volgograd have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and seven practice matches played. These training games have ended with 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Volgograd scored 14 goals and let in 8 goals during these seven games.

It's the first season at a new level for Volgograd as they were promoted from FNL last season. Happy days that were secured through 17 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses from 27 games. The team scored 23 goals at home last season and conceded 15. It will be interesting to see how they perform at this level.

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Zenit form and stats

The schedule is very tough for Zenit now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Rostov is waiting in only four days.

Zenit played nine friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 6 victories, 2 draws and 1 defeat. In these nine matches Zenit scored 26 and conceded 14 goals.

Last season was a triumph for Zenit in the national league as they took home the Premier League trophy. The championship was secured after 22 wins, 6 draws and only 2 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 12, drew 1 and lost 2.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Volgograd won zero, Zenit won two and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitA. Dzyuba
A. Dzyuba
17 goals
ZenitS. Azmoun
S. Azmoun
17 goals
ZenitS. Driussi
S. Driussi
4 goals

Rotor Volgograd missing players

Zenit missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Rotor Volgograd 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 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Rotor Volgograd Last season Zenit
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
27 13   Played P   15 30
17 7   Won W   12 22
5 4   Drew D   1 6
5 2   Lost L   2 2
41 23   Scored S   28 65
21 15   Conceded C   9 18
93% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 90%
67% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 73%
37% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 50%
11% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 27%
11% 23%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 17%
41% 62%   BTTS BTTS   40% 50%
52% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   47% 43%
15% 15%   Failed to Score F T   13% 17%
 
5.5 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.9 5.2
3.7 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4
2.1 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2.1
2 1   Red cards R C   1 3
 
332 179   Total Shots T S   230 485
143 87   Shots on Target S O   79 172
29% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 38%

  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 Arsenal Tula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rotor Volgograd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rubin Kazan' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tambov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ufa 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 Rotor Volgograd 27 17 5 5 41 21 13 7 4 2 23 15 14 10 1 3 18 6 20 56
2 Khimki 27 16 6 5 50 19 13 11 0 2 28 7 14 5 6 3 22 12 31 54
3 Chertanovo 27 15 9 3 37 19 13 7 4 2 21 10 14 8 5 1 16 9 18 54
4 Torpedo Moskva 27 16 5 6 39 25 15 11 1 3 25 14 12 5 4 3 14 11 14 53
5 Neftekhimik 27 13 9 5 38 25 13 5 6 2 17 14 14 8 3 3 21 11 13 48
6 SKA Khabarovsk 27 12 7 8 42 30 14 8 3 3 21 9 13 4 4 5 21 21 12 43
7 Baltika 27 12 7 8 34 23 13 7 2 4 17 10 14 5 5 4 17 13 11 43
8 Shinnik 27 12 7 8 43 35 13 5 2 6 17 18 14 7 5 2 26 17 8 43
9 Tom' Tomsk 27 10 9 8 32 26 13 7 4 2 19 7 14 3 5 6 13 19 6 39
10 Chayka 27 10 8 9 31 29 14 6 4 4 15 12 13 4 4 5 16 17 2 38
11 Olimpiyets 27 9 9 9 28 29 14 4 5 5 13 17 13 5 4 4 15 12 -1 36
12 Armavir 27 7 9 11 23 29 14 5 7 2 13 10 13 2 2 9 10 19 -6 30
13 Avangard Kursk 27 5 14 8 29 39 14 4 7 3 18 21 13 1 7 5 11 18 -10 29
14 Krasnodar II 27 6 10 11 32 34 12 2 6 4 16 15 15 4 4 7 16 19 -2 28
15 Yenisey 27 7 7 13 23 40 13 4 4 5 15 19 14 3 3 8 8 21 -17 28
16 Luch Vladivostok 27 6 9 12 28 40 14 2 5 7 14 22 13 4 4 5 14 18 -12 27
17 Spartak Moskva II 27 6 8 13 38 45 13 4 2 7 20 22 14 2 6 6 18 23 -7 26
18 Mordovia Saransk 27 4 7 16 21 44 14 2 4 8 10 20 13 2 3 8 11 24 -23 19
19 Tekstilshchik 27 5 4 18 25 52 14 3 3 8 14 27 13 2 1 10 11 25 -27 19
20 Fakel 27 4 7 16 14 44 14 2 5 7 5 18 13 2 2 9 9 26 -30 19
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 22 6 2 65 18 15 10 5 0 37 9 15 12 1 2 28 9 47 72
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 16 9 5 41 29 15 7 5 3 19 14 15 9 4 2 22 15 12 57
3 Krasnodar 30 14 10 6 49 30 15 8 5 2 28 14 15 6 5 4 21 16 19 52
4 CSKA Moskva 30 14 8 8 43 29 15 7 4 4 17 14 15 7 4 4 26 15 14 50
5 Rostov 30 12 9 9 45 50 15 8 3 4 24 18 15 4 6 5 21 32 -5 45
6 Dinamo Moskva 30 11 8 11 27 30 15 4 4 7 12 15 15 7 4 4 15 15 -3 41
7 Spartak Moskva 30 11 6 13 35 33 15 4 4 7 14 16 15 7 2 6 21 17 2 39
8 Ufa 30 8 14 8 22 24 15 5 6 4 15 13 15 3 8 4 7 11 -2 38
9 Arsenal Tula 30 11 5 14 37 41 15 4 3 8 21 24 15 7 2 6 16 17 -4 38
10 Rubin Kazan' 30 8 11 11 18 28 15 5 3 7 8 13 15 3 8 4 10 15 -10 35
11 Ural 30 9 8 13 36 53 15 5 2 8 22 28 15 4 6 5 14 25 -17 35
12 Sochi 30 8 9 13 40 39 15 6 3 6 28 16 15 2 6 7 12 23 1 33
13 Tambov 30 9 4 17 37 41 15 6 1 8 21 17 15 3 3 9 16 24 -4 31
14 Krylya Sovetov 30 8 7 15 33 40 15 3 5 7 16 18 15 5 2 8 17 22 -7 31
15 Akhmat Grozny 30 7 10 13 27 46 15 2 8 5 13 21 15 5 2 8 14 25 -19 31
16 Orenburg 30 7 6 17 28 52 15 3 4 8 13 25 15 4 2 9 15 27 -24 27

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 Arsenal Tula 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 CSKA Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Dinamo Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Khimki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Krasnodar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Lokomotiv Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Rostov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Rotor Volgograd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Rubin Kazan' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sochi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Spartak Moskva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Tambov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Ufa 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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