Zenit greet FK Nizjni Novgorod with faith in winning all three points. Will they? Read our match preview!
- Zenit have the most scored goals (34) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod is in the worst form (1-0-5)
Both participants have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's wish for an enthusiastic fixture!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here.
Zenit drew their last game, 0-0 away at Ural (placed 16th). Mikhail Kerzhakov, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.43 out of 10 in that game. Kerzhakov stopped the opponent with two saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that, an away loss at Juventus in the Champions League.Zenit are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history three earlier games are comparable to this one, and Zenit has won three times, drawn zero and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Zenit has won by at least two goals two times when in this position.
Zenit are traveling soon after this match as the Champions League match at Malmö FF awaits in four days.
Zenit are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (21 goals in 7 games). On the other hand, Zenit have conceded 8 goals.
FK Nizjni Novgorod form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, FK Nizjni Novgorod have produced an overall stat of 3-2-2 so far. With the Novgorod losing streak of four defeats in a row, regardless of arena, optimism is low and sinking.
Novgorod lost away at Akhmat Grozny (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Novgorod goalie Artur Nigmatullin was happy for a magnificent day versus Akhmat Grozny, but even with managing eight saves the beating could not be avoided. Artur Nigmatullin was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.63. The agile goalkeeper Nigmatullin stopped the opponent with eight saves.
A loss against Lokomotiv Moskva was the result prior to that, in a home game.FK Nizjni Novgorod are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found one match where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were one win, zero draws and zero defeats. Of the defeats, zero games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Novgorod find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Novgorod have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 7 goals |  A. Dzyuba 7 goals |  A. Erokhin 6 goals |
Zenit missing players
FK Nizjni Novgorod missing players
| Zenit | FK Nizjni Novgorod | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 9 | 6 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 34 | 21 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 24 |
| 93% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| 71% | 86% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 57% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 29% | 43% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 86% | 86% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 71% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 3.4 | 4.5 |
| 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 16.4 | 15.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.6 | 8.5 |
| 6.4 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.4 | 2.7 |
| 38% | 48% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | 39% |
| 13.3 | 15.6 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.3 | 14.3 |
| 3.9 | 4.6 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5 | 5 |
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have the most conceded goals in the second half (14) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Premier League
- FK Nizjni Novgorod have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- 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 in the first half (4) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most points (18) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (21) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (34) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (19) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+13) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+18) in Premier League
- 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 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 30 |
| 2 | Sochi | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 26 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Krylya Sovetov | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 7 | Krasnodar | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 21 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 19 |
| 10 | Akhmat Grozny | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 11 | Rostov | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 16 |
| 12 | Ufa | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -9 | 14 |
| 14 | Arsenal Tula | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 15 | Khimki | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 16 | Ural | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -10 | 11 |