Rubin Kazan' will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 11 points behind Zenit.
- Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League
Rubin Kazan' 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
The story so far in the Premier League for Rubin Kazan' at their home stadium (Kazan' Arena) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Yury Dyupin not having conceded a league goal in 274 minutes.
Happy days for Kazan' in their previous game, a Premier League match away at Spartak Moskva (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. 0-0 away at Akhmat Grozny before that.
Kazan' made it very difficult for themselves, when Oliver Abildgaard got a red card in the 71st minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Rubin Kazan' won the match 2-0!
Kazan' has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Kazan''s goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zenit form and stats
3-5-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Zenit, who have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League, in their Premier League matches away. Zenit has drawn their two previous away games.
Zenit's last game was the home draw against Rostov (2-2). A 1-2 loss hosting Arsenal Tula before that.
Zenit have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Zenit are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Zenit - Kazan' 1-2 entered in the official records. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - one - seven (Kazan' wins - draws - Zenit wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 11 goals |  A. Dzyuba 11 goals |   Đ. Despotović 9 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Zenit missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 26 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 45 |
| 25 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 90% |
| 80% | 89% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 85% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 60% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 50% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 15% |
| 50% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 65% |
| 30% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 56% | 30% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 33% | 15% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 14.4 | 14.6 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.9 | 17.2 |
| 5 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
| 26% | 21% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 57% | 26% | 34% |
- Rubin Kazan' 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 the fewest conceded goals (17) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (5) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (45) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+28) 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 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 42 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 37 |
| 3 | Sochi | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 36 |
| 4 | Spartak Moskva | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 35 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 33 |
| 6 | Rostov | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 33 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 16 | 31 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan' | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Khimki | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | -3 | 26 |
| 12 | Ural | 20 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -19 | 17 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 20 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 24 | -17 | 14 |
| 15 | Ufa | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 16 | Tambov | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -18 | 13 |