Premier League duel: Close contest expected between Zenit and CSKA Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Date: Sun 12.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stade Pennaguer Bihan 1

The managers S. Semak and V. Goncharenko are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Premier League league table.

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.

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Zenit form and stats

11-1-1 is the performance here at Stade Pennaguer Bihan 1 so far, giving Zenit a total of 34 from their 13 games here. Outstanding results! Ever since the Villarreal game Zenit has been unbeatable here at Stade Pennaguer Bihan 1 producing five straight wins.

Zenit manager S. Semak and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Akhmat Grozny in the Premier League. Ahead of that match, Zenit won a home game hosting Krylya Sovetov (4-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Zenit have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

With an average of more than two goals per home game (32 in 13 games), Zenit's attacking play is working. From these home matches, Zenit have conceded only 11 goals.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Premier League, are W6-D6-L2 on the road this term.

There were no winners in CSKA Moskva's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 2-2 vs Dinamo Moskva. A 0-2 defeat away at Krasnodar before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by CSKA Moskva in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for CSKA Moskva, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

CSKA Moskva are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 14 away goals from 14 games. CSKA Moskva are tighter than a frog's bottom, as only 7 away goals have been conceded so far.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the CSKA Moskva - Zenit 2-0 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 4 Zenit victories, 5 draws and 1 CSKA Moskva win. 3 of these games ended with three goals or more, 7 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Chalov
12 goals / 7 assists
A. Dzyuba
8 goals / 6 assists
S. Azmoun
8 goals / 1 assists

Zenit missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Zenit CSKA Moskva
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played 3 14 27
18 11 3 Won 0 6 12
4 1 0 Drew 1 6 9
5 1 0 Lost 2 2 6
50 32 8 Scored 1 14 38
26 11 4 Conceded 5 7 20
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 100% 79% 89%
74% 77% 67% Over 1.5 100% 64% 74%
44% 62% 67% Over 2.5 0% 7% 33%
26% 38% 33% Over 3.5 0% 0% 15%
22% 31% 33% Over 4.5 0% 0% 4%
52% 54% 67% BTTS 33% 21% 33%
41% 46% 33% Clean Sheets 0% 64% 52%
11% 8% 0% Failed To Score 67% 36% 26%
 
6.1 7.1 7.3 Corners For (avg) 7 4.6 4.8
3.9 3.4 3.7 Corners Against (avg) 3 2.6 2.9
2.3 2 3 Yellow Cards (avg) 3 2.1 2
3 1 0 Red Cards 1 3 4
Key stats this season:
  • Zenit have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals at home as CSKA Moskva have scored away.
  • Zenit have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

Zenit
All Russian Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-03-19 PL Zenit 3 - 1 Orenburg
07-04-19 PL Lokomotiv Moskva 1 - 1 Zenit
14-04-19 PL Zenit 5 - 0 Anzhi
20-04-19 PL Krasnodar 2 - 3 Zenit
24-04-19 PL Zenit 2 - 0 Dinamo Moskva
28-04-19 PL Zenit 4 - 2 Krylya Sovetov
04-05-19 PL Akhmat Grozny 1 - 1 Zenit
12-05-19 PL Zenit 16:00 CSKA Moskva
19-05-19 PL Rostov 16:00 Zenit
26-05-19 PL Zenit 11:00 Yenisey
CSKA Moskva
All Champions League Russian Cup Europa League Premier League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-03-19 PL CSKA Moskva 2 - 2 Ufa
06-04-19 PL Spartak Moskva 0 - 2 CSKA Moskva
13-04-19 PL CSKA Moskva 2 - 3 Orenburg
20-04-19 PL Lokomotiv Moskva 1 - 1 CSKA Moskva
24-04-19 PL CSKA Moskva 2 - 0 Anzhi
28-04-19 PL Krasnodar 2 - 0 CSKA Moskva
05-05-19 PL CSKA Moskva 2 - 2 Dinamo Moskva
12-05-19 PL Zenit 16:00 CSKA Moskva
18-05-19 PL CSKA Moskva 13:30 Akhmat Grozny
26-05-19 PL CSKA Moskva 11:00 Krylya Sovetov

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Zenit 27 18 4 5 50 26 13 11 1 1 32 11 14 7 3 4 18 15 24 58
2 Lokomotiv Moskva 28 15 7 6 42 26 14 8 5 1 24 12 14 7 2 5 18 14 16 52
3 Krasnodar 27 13 8 6 47 23 14 8 3 3 28 11 13 5 5 3 19 12 24 47
4 CSKA Moskva 27 12 9 6 38 20 13 6 3 4 24 13 14 6 6 2 14 7 18 45
5 Arsenal Tula 28 12 9 7 37 27 14 8 5 1 27 9 14 4 4 6 10 18 10 45
6 Spartak Moskva 27 12 7 8 33 28 14 6 3 5 18 16 13 6 4 3 15 12 5 43
7 Rostov 28 9 11 8 24 22 14 5 6 3 13 8 14 4 5 5 11 14 2 38
8 Orenburg 28 10 7 11 35 34 14 6 4 4 16 12 14 4 3 7 19 22 1 37
9 Akhmat Grozny 27 9 9 9 25 28 13 3 7 3 12 14 14 6 2 6 13 14 -3 36
10 Rubin Kazan' 28 7 14 7 24 29 14 6 6 2 13 9 14 1 8 5 11 20 -5 35
11 Ural 28 9 7 12 29 43 14 5 4 5 16 16 14 4 3 7 13 27 -14 34
12 Dinamo Moskva 28 6 13 9 23 23 14 5 5 4 14 7 14 1 8 5 9 16 0 31
13 Krylya Sovetov 27 8 4 15 23 36 14 5 2 7 10 13 13 3 2 8 13 23 -13 28
14 Ufa 27 5 11 11 24 30 14 5 2 7 15 15 13 0 9 4 9 15 -6 26
15 Anzhi 28 5 5 18 13 48 14 2 4 8 8 23 14 3 1 10 5 25 -35 20
16 Yenisey 27 4 7 16 21 45 13 3 6 4 13 16 14 1 1 12 8 29 -24 19

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