The visiting Zenit side should be favourites in this visit to Rubin Kazan', as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 16 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
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
Rubin Kazan', who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Premier League, have collected 11 points from their Premier League home games so far after 3-2-3.
Rubin Kazan''s previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Dinamo Moskva (placed 12th). A 0-0 draw away before that, with Krylya Sovetov the opponent.
The lack of attacking qualities in Rubin Kazan' means that they have only scored 4 goals in 8 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Rubin Kazan' have conceded only 6 goals.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Zenit, who have the most scored goals (31) in Premier League, collect 21 points from their 9 away matches in the Premier League. 7 victories and 0 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). It’s been three wins in a row for Zenit on their travels, an amazing performance which inspire hopes of making this one the fourth consecutive victory.
Zenit play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Arsenal Tula (placed 8th). A loss against RB Leipzig was the result prior to that, in a Champions League home game.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Olympique Lyonnais in just four days.
Zenit find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 13 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. The Zenit defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (3 goals in 9 games).
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Zenit - Rubin Kazan' 5-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Rubin Kazan' 1 win, 2 draws and Zenit 7 victories. As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 4 games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 11 goals |  S. Azmoun 9 goals |  A. Dzyuba 8 goals |
Rubin Kazan' missing players
Zenit missing players
| Rubin Kazan' | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 31 |
| 17 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 56% | 69% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 11% | 31% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 25% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 11% | 38% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 67% | 50% |
| 56% | 62% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| 3.7 | 3.8 | 2 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
| 4.7 | 3.9 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.9 | 3.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.2 | 3 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
- Rubin Kazan' have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Rubin Kazan'.
- Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 31 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 30 |
| 5 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 7 | Orenburg | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 8 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Ural | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -8 | 19 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Ufa | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 18 |
| 12 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Tambov | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan' | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 17 |
| 15 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -11 | 15 |
| 16 | Sochi | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 13 |