Only a win will satisfy the Zenit supporters in this Saint Petersburg Stadium clash with Krylya Sovetov, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
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
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Saint Petersburg Stadium as Zenit, who have the most scored goals (48) in Premier League, have scored 29 goals to get 26 points from 12 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 7-5-0 (wins-draws-losses). Zenit has a nice streak going on as they have played twelve consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Lokomotiv Moskva defeat 272 days ago.
It's back home for Zenit, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating CSKA Moskva away with the result 4-0. Branislav Ivanović, Malcom (2) and Sebastián Driussi found the net in that victory. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Ural in a game that was won 7-1.
As mentioned above, Zenit "killed" CSKA Moskva in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Goals decide football matches and Zenit are scoring many of them at home; 29 on target from 12 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Zenit have only let in 6 goals at home.
Krylya Sovetov form and stats
As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Krylya Sovetov have produced an overall stat of 4-1-6 so far.
Sovetov failed to get anything from their last game, a Premier League home match vs Akhmat Grozny (placed 15th) that ended with defeat 2-4. A 0-3 defeat away at Tambov before that.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Akhmat Grozny was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? It's a bit worrying for Krylya Sovetov that their goalkeeper Evgeni Frolov made six saves in the Akhmat Grozny game last time out, but still couldn''t prevent the loss.
As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Krylya Sovetov's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won one of these as expected, one of them by at least two goals. Sovetov managed zero draws and zero surprise wins.
The schedule is very tough for Sovetov now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Lokomotiv Moskva is waiting in only four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Sovetov have scored 11 goals in 11 league games away. As opposed to that, Krylya Sovetov have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Krylya Sovetov - Zenit 0-2 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Zenit won nine games, zero matches ended with a draw and Krylya Sovetov has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 13 goals |  S. Azmoun 10 goals |  B. Ivanović 4 goals |
Zenit missing players
Krylya Sovetov missing players
| Zenit | Krylya Sovetov | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 48 | 29 | 14 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 24 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 87% | 75% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 65% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 64% | 70% |
| 39% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 39% |
| 26% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 22% |
| 13% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 9% | 17% |
| 35% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 36% | 43% |
| 57% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 30% |
| 22% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 36% | 35% |
| 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 387 | 211 | 81 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 145 | 278 |
| 137 | 78 | 36 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 46 | 96 |
| 35% | 37% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 24% | 25% |
- Krylya Sovetov has the fewest points from losing position (1)
- Krylya Sovetov haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (10)
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (6) at home
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Zenit has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0)
- Zenit has the most clean sheets (13)
- Zenit has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Zenit has the most points (26) at home
- Zenit has the most scored goals (29) at home
- Zenit has the most scored goals (48)
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the first half (23)
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the second half (25)
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+23) at home
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+38)
- Zenit have not yet lost a game at home.
- 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 Krylya Sovetov have scored away.
- Zenit have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 38 | 53 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 44 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | Rostov | 23 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 44 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 38 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
| 7 | Ufa | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 30 |
| 8 | Dinamo Moskva | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -5 | 30 |
| 9 | Arsenal Tula | 23 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -3 | 28 |
| 10 | Sochi | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 36 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan' | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 26 |
| 12 | Tambov | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 25 |
| 13 | Ural | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 25 |
| 14 | Orenburg | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 23 |
| 15 | Akhmat Grozny | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 16 | Krylya Sovetov | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 24 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 22 |