Sochi 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.
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
The hosts Sochi saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Russian Cup. Thankfully the previous game, versus Lokomotiv Moskva, was also a home game here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. The away team is better rested.
It's quite the trip for Zenit when visiting Sochi as the cities are 2300 kilometers apart.
Sochi form and stats
Sochi are steadily winning Premier League games and points here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. 8 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats is the summary from 12 games. In general it's been a long time since Sochi tasted defeat here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Rubin Kazan (0-1).
The Sochi manager V. Fedotov has got the team scoring with 26 from 12 home games in the league. From these home matches, Sochi have conceded only 8 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Zenit form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League, are W4-D5-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
The supporters enjoyed Zenit's previous game versus Khimki (placed 9th), a Premier League 2-0 win played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at CSKA Moskva.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Zenit have scored 14 goals in 11 league games away. It's not easy to score on Zenit as they have only conceded 9 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Sochi and Zenit have met before this season: Zenit - Sochi 3-1. Last four meetings between the teams: Sochi won zero, Zenit won four and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 13 goals |  A. Dzyuba 13 goals |   C. Noboa Tello 8 goals |
Sochi missing players
Zenit missing players
| Sochi | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | 26 | 5 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 55 |
| 26 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 92% |
| 71% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 88% |
| 46% | 42% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 27% | 62% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 18% | 50% |
| 17% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 54% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 62% |
| 38% | 50% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 45% | 33% |
| 17% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2.5 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 13.1 | 14.6 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.3 | 14.8 | 17.6 |
| 5.1 | 6.2 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.9 |
| 31% | 35% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 25% | 33% |
- Sochi have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sochi have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (21) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (55) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+34) 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 | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 51 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 47 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 43 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 43 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 42 |
| 6 | Sochi | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 40 |
| 7 | Rubin Kazan | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 40 |
| 8 | Rostov | 24 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 37 |
| 9 | Khimki | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | -4 | 35 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 34 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -2 | 32 |
| 12 | Ural | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 22 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -8 | 29 |
| 13 | Rotor Volgograd | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -26 | 18 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 28 | -23 | 17 |
| 15 | Ufa | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 26 | -26 | 14 |
| 16 | Tambov | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 45 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 26 | -30 | 13 |