Premier League: Zenit host Lokomotiv Moskva in what is nearly guaranteed to be an interesting football match. Here's all you should know!
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+12) in Premier League
- Lokomotiv Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
It's no vacation for neither Zenit nor Lokomotiv Moskva as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Premier League. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Saint Petersburg Stadium.
Zenit are returning here after guesting Akhmat Grozny in a Russian Cup game and winning with a 4-3 scoreline.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Rubin Kazan and winning 3-0.Zenit are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Saint Petersburg Stadium in their league games, having scored an impressive 8 goals in 3 matches.
Lokomotiv Moskva form and stats
2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Lokomotiv Moskva playing as the away team in the Premier League this season.
Two away games in a row for Lokomotiv, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Ural in the Russian Cup.
A 0-2 loss hosting Orenburg before that.Lokomotiv Moskva has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Lokomotiv have conceded 6 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zenit have avoided defeat in the last 9 fixtures (6-3-0) versus Lokomotiv Moskva.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Cassierra Cabezas 7 goals |  I. Sergeev 3 goals |  N. Tiknizyan 3 goals |
Zenit missing players
Lokomotiv Moskva missing players
| Zenit | Lokomotiv Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 38% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 7.1 | 8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 3.6 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 11 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 13.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 13 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 6 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 56% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 37% |
| 8 | 5.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16 | 14.5 | 14.6 |
| 2.1 | 1.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
- All of Zenit's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Lokomotiv Moskva have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Lokomotiv Moskva 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 the best goal difference (+12) in Premier League
- Zenit have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Zenit haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Krasnodar | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| 2 | Zenit | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 17 |
| 3 | Krylya Sovetov | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Dinamo Moskva | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Ural | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Akhmat Grozny | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Olimpiyets | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 12 | Rostov | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | -6 | 8 |
| 13 | Sochi | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -4 | 6 |
| 14 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 6 |
| 15 | Fakel | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 16 | Baltika | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | -7 | 4 |
