Premier League: Zenit believed to win home fixture versus CSKA Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Thu 26.August
Match begins: 17:45 (UTC)

Zenit duel CSKA Moskva for prestige and success.

Insights:
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (12) in Premier League
  • CSKA Moskva have scored in all their matches so far.

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!

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Zenit form and stats

The hosts won their first Premier League game here, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Zenit last season were 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss from 15 games.

Zenit shared the glory with Ufa in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Malcom (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.85/10. Malcom scored one goal, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).

Before that, Zenit played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Lokomotiv Moskva.

Zenit has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.

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CSKA Moskva form and stats

Things could have gone better for CSKA Moskva in their Premier League away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Chidera Ejuke and Vladislav Yakovlev scored in Moskva's previous match, the home game against Akhmat Grozny that ended 2-0. Igor Diveev, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.04. Diveev hit the woodwork once and won 6 of 9 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rostov at their stadium, the result 3-1.

It's early days yet, but CSKA Moskva has scored 4 and conceded 3 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Zenit victories, five draws and one CSKA Moskva win. 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
ZenitA. Sutormin
A. Sutormin
2 goals

Zenit missing players

CSKA Moskva missing players

Zenit CSKA Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 1 0 Played P 1 2 5
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
12 3 0 Scored S 1 4 8
7 2 0 Conceded C 2 3 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 80%
60% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 60%
60% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
40% 100% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 60%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 40%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 2 6.8
4.6 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.5 5
1.6 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 9 0 Shots (avg) S ( 8 10.5 15.4
6.6 7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 5.5 5.2
36% 43% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 36% 31%
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of CSKA Moskva's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Zenit's home-matches have had more than 4,5 goals.
  • CSKA Moskva have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • CSKA Moskva have scored in all their matches so far.
  • CSKA Moskva have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • CSKA Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zenit have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Zenit have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Zenit have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (12) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in Premier League
  • Zenit have won all their matches at home so far.
  • Zenit have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Zenit Last season CSKA Moskva
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
30 15   Played P   15 30
19 13   Won W   7 15
8 1   Drew D   1 5
3 1   Lost L   7 10
76 53   Scored S   20 51
26 13   Conceded C   16 33
90% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
87% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   73% 83%
67% 93%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 53%
53% 80%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   13% 30%
23% 33%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   7% 10%
63% 73%   BTTS BTTS   47% 60%
33% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 27%
13% 0%   Failed to Score F T   20% 13%
 
6.2 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   5.8 6
2.8 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4.1 4.1
1.7 1.5   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.2
3 0   Red cards R C   2 5
 
18.4 20.6   Shots (avg) S (   15.4 15.9
7.5 9.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 6
34% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 28%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Moskva 5 4 0 1 9 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 3 0 1 7 4 4 12
2 Zenit 5 3 2 0 12 7 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 9 5 5 11
3 Rubin Kazan 4 3 1 0 7 2 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 10
4 Sochi 5 3 0 2 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 3 1 0 2 2 3 4 9
5 CSKA Moskva 5 3 0 2 8 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 3 3 9
6 Lokomotiv Moskva 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 8
7 Olimpiyets 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 7
8 Spartak Moskva 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 7
9 Krasnodar 4 2 0 2 8 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
10 Akhmat Grozny 5 2 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 1 0 2 3 5 -2 6
11 Ufa 5 1 2 2 6 7 3 0 2 1 4 5 2 1 0 1 2 2 -1 5
12 Krylya Sovetov 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 -2 4
13 Khimki 4 1 1 2 3 7 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 -4 4
14 Arsenal Tula 5 1 1 3 6 11 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 0 0 2 3 6 -5 4
15 Rostov 4 0 1 3 4 10 3 0 0 3 3 9 1 0 1 0 1 1 -6 1
16 Ural 5 0 1 4 1 8 3 0 1 2 1 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 -7 1

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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.