The league standings shows that 10 points split the two opponents in this Premier League game. Zenit hold both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (19) in Premier League
- Krylya Sovetov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Russian Cup game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Znamya Noginsk. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Zenit form and stats
Perfect Premier League season at home so far for Zenit 3 wins from 3 appearances.
Zenit enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Rubin Kazan's place. The match ended 3-1 with Artem Dzyuba (2) and Claudinho scoring. The striker Claudinho was announced as "man of the match" for Zenit with the rating of 9.32/10. Claudinho scored one goal, served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 45 successful passes (of 55 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Chelsea in the Champions League.The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Zenit home games with this odds we find 13 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in nine wins, three draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, nine matches were won by at least two goals.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Malmö FF are coming to town in four days.
Zenit can score goals in their home matches. After 3 league matches they have found the net 7 times. Zenit have conceded 3 in these home matches.
Krylya Sovetov form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
Sovetov play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 10-0 victory visiting Znamya Noginsk. As you can tell from the results above, Sovetov was very dominant against Znamya Noginsk, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 10-0 (!) with S. Pinyaev (2), D. Yakuba, I. Sergeev (2), G. Bijl, D. Tsypchenko (3) and D. Lipovoy providing the goals. D. Tsypchenko certainly enjoyed Sovetov's last game versus Znamya Noginsk, appearing multiple times in the match report with three goals and the 10-0 victory.
Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Rostov in the Premier League.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sovetov have scored 4 goals in 4 league games away. Sovetov struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 6 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Zenit won nine games, zero matches ended in a draw and Krylya Sovetov have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / threeTop Goalscorers
  A. Erokhin 5 goals |  S. Azmoun 5 goals |   I. Sergeev 3 goals |
Zenit missing players
Krylya Sovetov missing players
| Zenit | Krylya Sovetov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 62% | 67% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 88% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 25% | 25% |
| 4.6 | 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 5.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
| 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 13.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 12.8 | 13.1 |
| 6.2 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 38% | 44% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 33% | 48% |
- All of Krylya Sovetov's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Krylya Sovetov have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have scored in all their matches so far.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (19) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+10) in Premier League
- Zenit have won all their matches at home so far.
- Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit is in the best form (4-2-0)
| 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 20 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Ufa | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 14 | Rostov | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 16 | Ural | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 3 |