Soccer preview: Home supporters have high hopes when Zenit receive Dinamo Moskva

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Competition: Russia Premier League
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Saint Petersburg Stadium (68000 seats)

Lots to play for in this fixture, with Zenit positioned 1st and Dinamo Moskva placed 5th. Here's a full preview!

Insights:
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (57) in Premier League
  • Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dinamo Moskva have scored away.

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

10-0-1 is the performance here at Saint Petersburg Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Zenit a total of 30 from their 11 games here. Outstanding results! It’s been three wins in a row for Zenit here at Saint Petersburg Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

Zenit travelled for their previous game, a trip to Rostov that ended 0-0. Midfielder Barrios was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.64 (out of ten) in that game. Barrios had 57 successful passes (of 63 total).

Before that match, a win away at Lokomotiv Moskva.

It's goals goals goals for Zenit who have scored 39 goals from 11 league home games. From these home matches, Zenit have conceded only 6 goals.

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Dinamo Moskva form and stats

3-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Dinamo Moskva in their Premier League matches away.

Dinamo Moskva had fun at their own home (Saint Petersburg Stadium) last time out, beating Olimpiyets 3-1. Gladyshev, Fomin and Smolov scored. Fomin got a match rating of 7.95 in that game, top player of the team. Fomin scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).

A 3-3 draw at Spartak Moskva's stadium before that.

Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored at least once in 10 of this club's last 13 league games.

Dinamo Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 19 goals from 11 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Dinamo have conceded 19 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Zenit have won or drawn the last 5 games (3-2-0) against Dinamo Moskva.

The duelists have met earlier this season: Dinamo Moskva - Zenit 0-2. The games between these teams sometimes lean towards being a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

ZenitM. Silva de Oliveira
M. Silva de Oliveira
16 goals
ZenitM. Valle da Silva
M. Valle da Silva
8 goals
ZenitI. Sergeev
I. Sergeev
8 goals

Zenit missing players

Dinamo Moskva missing players

Zenit Dinamo Moskva
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
23 11 2 Played P 3 11 23
17 10 2 Won W 0 3 11
4 0 0 Drew D 2 4 6
2 1 0 Lost L 1 4 6
57 39 5 Scored S 5 19 42
11 6 2 Conceded C 6 19 30
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
83% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 91% 83%
57% 82% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 73% 61%
26% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 45% 39%
17% 36% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 18% 17%
35% 36% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 82% 65%
61% 64% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 26%
13% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 13%
 
6.3 6.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.5 5.2
3.2 2.4 2.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6.2
0.9 0.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.1 2.7
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
18.2 20.9 20 Shots (avg) S ( 13.7 13.5 13.1
6.7 9.1 8.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4 4.4
37% 39% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 42%
 
7.2 6.4 6.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.3 12.5 12.6
2.2 1.6 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 4.7 4.3
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • All of Zenit's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dinamo Moskva have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dinamo Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Dinamo Moskva haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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.
  • Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dinamo Moskva have scored away.
  • Zenit have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (11) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most clean sheets (14) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most points (30) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (39) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals (57) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (35) in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+33) at home in Premier League
  • Zenit have the the best goal difference (+46) in Premier League
  • Zenit have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 23 17 4 2 57 11 11 10 0 1 39 6 12 7 4 1 18 5 46 55
2 Rostov 23 13 7 3 40 30 13 8 3 2 22 16 10 5 4 1 18 14 10 46
3 Spartak Moskva 23 13 6 4 50 28 11 7 3 1 28 12 12 6 3 3 22 16 22 45
4 CSKA Moskva 23 13 5 5 42 21 11 8 2 1 28 8 12 5 3 4 14 13 21 44
5 Dinamo Moskva 23 11 6 6 42 30 12 8 2 2 23 11 11 3 4 4 19 19 12 39
6 Krasnodar 23 11 5 7 49 36 11 6 2 3 23 16 12 5 3 4 26 20 13 38
7 Akhmat Grozny 23 11 4 8 34 30 11 5 2 4 14 12 12 6 2 4 20 18 4 37
8 Orenburg 23 10 3 10 44 47 12 8 2 2 31 17 11 2 1 8 13 30 -3 33
9 Sochi 23 9 4 10 32 43 12 6 3 3 21 16 11 3 1 7 11 27 -11 31
10 Lokomotiv Moskva 23 8 4 11 36 40 11 2 3 6 18 21 12 6 1 5 18 19 -4 28
11 Krylya Sovetov 23 6 7 10 23 33 11 2 5 4 8 11 12 4 2 6 15 22 -10 25
12 Ural 23 7 4 12 25 37 12 4 1 7 13 19 11 3 3 5 12 18 -12 25
13 Olimpiyets 23 5 4 14 25 47 11 2 2 7 14 27 12 3 2 7 11 20 -22 19
14 Fakel 23 2 12 9 28 42 12 2 8 2 18 18 11 0 4 7 10 24 -14 18
15 Khimki 23 3 5 15 19 50 11 2 3 6 8 18 12 1 2 9 11 32 -31 14
16 Torpedo Moskva 23 3 4 16 16 37 12 2 1 9 7 19 11 1 3 7 9 18 -21 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.