Zenit visit Sochi and Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht packed with confidence, but the hosting team is no pushover. More news on the fixture here!
- Sochi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (72) in Premier League
Sochi can neither be promoted or relegated from Premier League. Happy, happy days for Zenit who are already winners of the Premier League. This could affect their motivation.
Zenit have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Sochi form and stats
8 victories, 3 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Sochi have to build on here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht in the Premier League. Sochi has recorded two wins in a row here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
In their previous game, the manager Berdyev led his Sochi to a defeat away at Olimpiyets. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht. As you see from the result above, Sochi suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfield player Makarchuk got a match rating of 7.03 in that game, the max score being 10. Makarchuk hit two key passes.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Rostov in a game that was won 1-0.It should be noted that a look at the 12 latest league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the teams scored a goal).
A decent goal production from Sochi in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 14 league matches. On the other hand, Sochi have conceded 17 goals.
Zenit form and stats
The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 8 wins, 5 draws and only 1 loss in the Premier League.
Zenit are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Orenburg (placed 8th). The draw against Orenburg came from a losing position. The Zenit manager Semak brought on Sergeev as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Midfield player Mantuan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.15/10. Mantuan scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Krasnodar.Lots of goals? This club have played 5 consecutive league fixtures all having three or more goals (over 2.5 goals).
The travelling fans enjoy Zenit's attacking play in away games, having scored 25 goals in 14 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting ended Zenit - Sochi 7-0, earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Sochi victories, one draw and seven Zenit wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Silva de Oliveira 23 goals |   C. Noboa Tello 11 goals |  I. Sergeev 10 goals |
Sochi missing players
Zenit missing players
| Sochi | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 13 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 25 | 72 |
| 52 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 86% | 93% |
| 93% | 93% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 86% |
| 68% | 64% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 64% |
| 36% | 36% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 21% | 39% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 21% |
| 46% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 43% | 46% |
| 18% | 21% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| 36% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 11% |
| 5 | 6.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8.5 | 6.2 | 6.2 |
| 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.1 | 14.9 | 12.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.2 | 15.8 | 17.5 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | 6.6 |
| 30% | 34% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 12.8 | 10 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.9 |
| 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 |
- Sochi have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Premier League
- Sochi have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in Premier League
- Sochi have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Sochi haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (7) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the most points (29) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (72) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (43) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+17) away in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+53) 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 | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 72 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 53 | 66 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 52 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 26 | 54 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 53 |
| 4 | Rostov | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 50 |
| 5 | Akhmat Grozny | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 13 | 49 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 60 | 44 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 16 | 46 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 47 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 45 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 52 | 54 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 35 | -2 | 40 |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 39 |
| 10 | Sochi | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 36 | 52 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 35 | -16 | 37 |
| 11 | Ural | 28 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -16 | 30 |
| 12 | Krylya Sovetov | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -13 | 29 |
| 13 | Fakel | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -12 | 27 |
| 14 | Olimpiyets | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 31 | 50 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -19 | 26 |
| 15 | Khimki | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 62 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 40 | -37 | 18 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 55 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -35 | 13 |
