A victory to the home team is predicted from this match if the league table is to be believed. The Zenit club members are hoping that the gulf between 1st and FK Nizjni Novgorod's 12th position in the table will show on the pitch.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of FK Nizjni Novgorod.
FK Nizjni Novgorod have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Both sides have had time to rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Zenit form and stats
7-0-1 is the performance here at Saint Petersburg Stadium so far in the Premier League, giving Zenit a total of 21 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results!
Zenit are returning here after visiting Volga Ulyanovsk in a Russian Cup fixture and winning with a 3-0 scoreline.
A 0-0 scoreline against Spartak Moskva (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) before that, played at their own home stadium in the Russian Cup.
It's goals goals goals for Zenit who have scored 31 goals from 8 league home games. From these home matches, Zenit have conceded only 4 goals. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Two away matches in a row for FK Nizjni Novgorod, whose boss Galaktionov could celebrate last time after the Russian Cup win against Zvezda Sint Petersburg.
A loss, in the Russian Cup away at Lokomotiv Moskva, earlier.
As opposed to that, FK Nizjni Novgorod have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FK Nizjni Novgorod - Zenit 0-3 was the product when this pair of squads formerly did battle, some time ago this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Zenit four wins, zero draws and FK Nizjni Novgorod one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Silva de Oliveira 12 goals |  M. Valle da Silva 7 goals |   T. Suleymanov 7 goals |
Zenit missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Zenit | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 47 | 31 | 10 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 82% |
| 59% | 88% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 65% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 18% | 38% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 35% | 38% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 59% |
| 65% | 62% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 38% | 18% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 6.5 | 6.5 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.6 | 5.1 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 3.8 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 18.9 | 22.5 | 25.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 1 | 7.9 | 10.1 |
| 7.1 | 9.1 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 39% | 42% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 32% | 37% |
| 6.7 | 6 | 4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 18.6 | 15.3 |
| 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
- All of Zenit's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of FK Nizjni Novgorod.
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals (7) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Premier League
- Zenit have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (11) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (31) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (47) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+27) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+40) in Premier League
- Zenit have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
- 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 40 | 42 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 36 |
| 3 | Rostov | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 29 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Orenburg | 17 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 26 | -4 | 25 |
| 9 | Sochi | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -5 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -7 | 21 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -7 | 19 |
| 13 | Fakel | 17 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -14 | 13 |
| 15 | Khimki | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 25 | -20 | 12 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 17 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 | -23 | 6 |
