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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 21.August
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Neftyanik (15234 seats)

Ufa get ready to host Zenit for another appealing Premier League match here at Stadion Neftyanik.

Insights:
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

It's quite the trip for Zenit when visiting Ufa as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.

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Ufa form and stats

Ufa are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Premier League games here at Stadion Neftyanik.

A good away victory last time out for Ufa, who won 2-1 against Olimpiyets (placed 5th). Defender Yuri Zhuravlev got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Zhuravlev hit two key passes and won 5 of 8 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lokomotiv Moskva that ended 1-1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Ufa at home in the league. 3 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.

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Zenit form and stats

Zenit, who have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League, are happy with their away performances in the Premier League so far, having secured two victories and one draw from their first three travels.

Zenit has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Lokomotiv Moskva for a Premier League game that ended a draw (1-1). Midfield player Malcom was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Malcom hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 32 total). As mentioned above, Zenit drew the match against Lokomotiv Moskva. Manager S. Semak brought on Aleksei Sutormin to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Krasnodar.

Zenit are a potent attacking force on the road with their 8 goals in 3 league games. 4 goals have been conceded by Zenit in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Ufa victory, three draws and six Zenit wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitA. Erokhin
A. Erokhin
4 goals
ZenitS. Azmoun
S. Azmoun
4 goals
UfaG. Agalarov
G. Agalarov
3 goals

Ufa missing players

Zenit missing players

Ufa Zenit
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 2 Played P 2 3 4
1 0 0 Won W 2 2 3
1 1 1 Drew D 0 1 1
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 0
5 3 3 Scored S 7 8 11
6 4 4 Conceded C 3 4 6
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 75%
25% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 75%
25% 50% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 50%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 4.5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.3 4.2
7 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.7 5.2
3.2 4.5 4.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.2 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 16.5 15.3 13.8
3.5 3.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 6.3 6.5
36% 43% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 42% 42%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Zenit have the most points (7) away in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (11) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (8) away in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (6) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+4) away in Premier League
Ufa Last season Zenit
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
6 3   Won W   6 19
7 4   Drew D   7 8
17 8   Lost L   2 3
26 15   Scored S   23 76
46 19   Conceded C   13 26
90% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   80% 90%
67% 67%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 87%
50% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   40% 67%
20% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   27% 53%
10% 7%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   13% 23%
37% 40%   BTTS BTTS   53% 63%
23% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   40% 33%
50% 47%   Failed to Score F T   27% 13%
 
4 4.1   Corners for (avg) C F   6.7 6.2
5.1 4.9   Corners against (avg) C A   2.8 2.8
2.9 2.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
4 2   Red cards R C   3 3
 
9.4 10.7   Shots (avg) S (   16.2 18.4
3.2 3.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.9 7.5
27% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   26% 34%

  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 4 3 1 0 11 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 2 1 0 8 4 5 10
2 Rubin Kazan 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 10
3 Dinamo Moskva 4 3 0 1 8 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 9
4 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
5 Olimpiyets 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
6 Krasnodar 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
7 Sochi 3 2 0 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
8 CSKA Moskva 4 2 0 2 6 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 1 6
9 Akhmat Grozny 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 6
10 Spartak Moskva 4 2 0 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 6
11 Ufa 4 1 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 4
12 Khimki 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 4
13 Arsenal Tula 4 1 0 3 5 10 2 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 3
14 Krylya Sovetov 4 0 1 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
15 Rostov 4 0 1 3 4 10 3 0 0 3 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 -6 1
16 Ural 4 0 1 3 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 1
Last season 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 30 19 8 3 76 26 15 13 1 1 53 13 15 6 7 2 23 13 50 65
2 Spartak Moskva 30 17 6 7 56 37 15 9 3 3 31 16 15 8 3 4 25 21 19 57
3 Lokomotiv Moskva 30 17 5 8 45 35 15 11 2 2 24 9 15 6 3 6 21 26 10 56
4 Sochi 30 15 8 7 49 33 15 10 4 1 31 12 15 5 4 6 18 21 16 53
5 Rubin Kazan 30 16 5 9 42 33 15 6 4 5 18 17 15 10 1 4 24 16 9 53
6 CSKA Moskva 30 15 5 10 51 33 15 8 4 3 31 17 15 7 1 7 20 16 18 50
7 Dinamo Moskva 30 15 5 10 44 33 15 10 2 3 27 10 15 5 3 7 17 23 11 50
8 Khimki 30 13 6 11 35 39 15 9 2 4 17 13 15 4 4 7 18 26 -4 45
9 Rostov 30 13 4 13 37 35 15 6 2 7 18 16 15 7 2 6 19 19 2 43
10 Krasnodar 30 12 5 13 52 45 15 7 4 4 34 23 15 5 1 9 18 22 7 41
11 Akhmat Grozny 30 11 7 12 36 38 15 7 4 4 23 15 15 4 3 8 13 23 -2 40
12 Ural 30 7 13 10 26 36 15 6 6 3 14 11 15 1 7 7 12 25 -10 34
13 Ufa 30 6 7 17 26 46 15 3 4 8 15 19 15 3 3 9 11 27 -20 25
14 Arsenal Tula 30 6 5 19 28 51 15 6 4 5 22 20 15 0 1 14 6 31 -23 23
15 Rotor Volgograd 30 5 7 18 15 52 15 3 2 10 5 23 15 2 5 8 10 29 -37 22
16 Tambov 30 3 4 23 19 65 15 2 2 11 11 29 15 1 2 12 8 36 -46 13

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The Premier League, or the Russian Football Championship, is the top level football league in Russia. It has 16 teams who play each other home and away for a total of 30 matches each. After this the top team in the league table is the champion, the bottom two relegated directly while two teams play a relegation playoff.