Zenit are considered as expected winners of this home match vs Khimki, if the league table is thought to provide some clues. Or are we looking at a possible?
- Zenit have the most scored goals (50) in Premier League
- Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
This could be an appealing fixture with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Zenit form and stats
Zenit have been outstanding at home so far in the Premier League with 8 wins, 0 draws and only 1 loss.
Zenit are confident in defense, having played 262 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Zenit's previous game was also played at home, ending 3-0 versus FK Nizjni Novgorod (placed 12th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The attacking player Malcom won the honour of being "man of the match" for Zenit with the rating of 9.14/10. Malcom scored two goals, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 32 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that game, a fine away victory at Volga Ulyanovsk. A Russian Cup match. Everyone expects Zenit to win this match. We have checked our database for matches where they have been as big a favourite and found 23 games: 21 home wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Zenit have won with at least two goals margin 17 times in similar situations.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Russian Cup game versus Dinamo Moskva in only three days. This game is also played here at Stade Pennaguer Bihan 1.
It's goals goals goals for Zenit who have scored 34 goals from 9 league home games. As for guarding their own goal, Zenit have only let in {4 goals} at home. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Khimki form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Khimki so far with only 4 points returning home. The records show 1-1-7 (win-draw-lose).
Khimki are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Fakel (placed 14th). Guilherme, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Guilherme scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A defeat, in the Russian Cup away at Krasnodar, before that. Khimki are huge outsiders in this game. Running a check in our games database we found 19 matches where they were as big outsiders as an away team. Results were 3 wins, 3 draws and 13 defeats. Of the defeats, 7 games were lost by at least two goals margin.
Khimki are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 9 goals in these matches. Khimki has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
Zenit have won at least one point in the last 13 matches (11-2-0) against Khimki.The squads have met each other previously this season, with the result Khimki - Zenit 1-1 logged in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Silva de Oliveira 14 goals |  M. Valle da Silva 7 goals |  A. Mostovoy 6 goals |
Zenit missing players
Khimki missing players
| Zenit | Khimki | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | 11 |
| 50 | 34 | 13 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 17 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 12 | 26 | 37 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 89% | 83% |
| 61% | 89% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 61% |
| 28% | 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 67% | 39% |
| 17% | 33% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 78% | 56% |
| 67% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 22% | 33% |
| 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18.9 | 22.1 | 23.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11 | 11.3 |
| 7.3 | 9.4 | 9.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 40% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 9% | 26% | 27% |
| 6.7 | 6 | 4.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.3 | 17.1 | 15.8 |
| 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 7 | 6.5 |
- All of Zenit's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Khimki have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Khimki have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Khimki have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Khimki have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Premier League
- Khimki have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Premier League
- Khimki have the most conceded goals in the first half (24) in Premier League
- Khimki 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Khimki.
- 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 (12) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most clean sheets (6) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most points (24) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (34) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (50) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+30) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+43) 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 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 45 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Rostov | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 35 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 32 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Sochi | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 32 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | -3 | 28 |
| 8 | Krasnodar | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 9 | Orenburg | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 29 | -6 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -7 | 22 |
| 11 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -12 | 16 |
| 14 | Fakel | 18 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | -12 | 14 |
| 15 | Khimki | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -20 | 13 |
| 16 | Torpedo Moskva | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 32 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -23 | 7 |
