The visiting Zenit side should be favourites in this visit to Tambov, as the away team holds a 31 point advantage from their 24 league games this season.
The hosts Tambov saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Premier League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ural.
These teams have little in common geographically as Zenit have to travel 1100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Tambov form and stats
Tambov have collected 16 points from their Premier League home games so far after 5-1-6.
Tambov lost their last game at Ural (placed 11th) after a 1-2 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Ufa.
Tambov are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Spartak Moskva awaits in three days.
Tambov has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. On the other hand, Tambov have conceded 13 goals.
Zenit form and stats
The away team, who have the most scored goals (50) in Premier League, have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 9 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Premier League. In general it has been a productive period now for Zenit as they haven't lost any of their last 13 games. Zenit has been amazing away for a time now, winning five in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Lokomotiv Moskva.
Artem Dzyuba (2) scored in Zenit's previous match, the home game against Krylya Sovetov that ended 2-1. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at CSKA Moskva.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Zenit manager S. Semak as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Krasnodar.
Zenit has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. The Zenit defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (4 goals in 11 games).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Zenit - Tambov 2-1 earlier this season. Last two meetings between the teams: Tambov won zero, Zenit won two and zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 15 goals |  S. Azmoun 10 goals |   M. Kostyukov 6 goals |
Tambov missing players
Zenit missing players
| Tambov | Zenit | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 28 | 16 | 4 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 50 |
| 31 | 13 | 8 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 83% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 64% | 67% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 42% |
| 8% | 8% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 18% | 25% |
| 4% | 8% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 18% | 38% |
| 25% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 64% | 54% |
| 33% | 42% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 |
| 5.1 | 4.4 | 6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 5 | 3.7 |
| 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 269 | 161 | 49 | Total Shots | T S | 67 | 176 | 411 |
| 89 | 51 | 14 | Shots on Target | S O | 29 | 59 | 143 |
| 31% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 32% | 35% |
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (11)
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (4) away
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
- Zenit has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Zenit has the most clean sheets (13)
- Zenit has the most scored goals (50)
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the second half (27)
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+15) away
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+39)
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zenit is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 39 | 56 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 24 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 42 | 45 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -3 | 41 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 37 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 7 | Ufa | 24 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 31 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Sochi | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 37 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 28 |
| 10 | Arsenal Tula | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 11 | Ural | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -15 | 28 |
| 12 | Rubin Kazan' | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -11 | 26 |
| 13 | Tambov | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 14 | Akhmat Grozny | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 24 |
| 15 | Orenburg | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov | 24 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 25 | 35 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -10 | 22 |