Zenit have delivered excellent football this season, being 1st position in the table. Rubin Kazan' have a view both up and down the table from their 10th spot.
- Zenit have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Rubin Kazan' have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
The hosts Zenit saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Real Betis, so at least Zenit are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Zenit form and stats
22 points is a decent return from 9 Premier League games here for Zenit. The data says 7 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Santos, defender, was given a rating of 8.1/10 in that game, top of the team. Santos hit two key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Zenit are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew two and lost two.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as KAMAZ are coming to town in three days.
Zenit always seem capable of creating a buzz here with 28 goals in 9 league games. Zenit's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Rubin Kazan' form and stats
There's been little loot from Rubin Kazan''s travels as they have only collected 8 points from 9 away games in the Premier League. Rubin Kazan' only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Kazan' as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Sochi match.
Two away games in a row for Rubin Kazan', who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Krylya Sovetov. Defender Uremović was the best team player with a rating of 7.8. Uremović won 6 of 7 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Krylya Sovetov's place.After this away game Rubin Kazan' return home for a Russian Cup game against Rotor Volgograd. That game is only three sleeps after this.
In the opposite end, Kazan' have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The squads have met each other already this season, with the final score Rubin Kazan' - Zenit 1-3 registered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Zenit six wins, one draw and Rubin Kazan' three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 10 goals |  C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel 7 goals |   A. Dreyer 7 goals |
Zenit missing players
Rubin Kazan' missing players
| Zenit | Rubin Kazan' | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 44 | 28 | 12 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 23 |
| 20 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 27 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 83% |
| 67% | 89% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | 50% |
| 50% | 67% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 28% |
| 28% | 44% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 83% | 89% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 56% | 56% |
| 17% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 33% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| 1.7 | 2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.8 | 16.3 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 14.4 | 13.8 |
| 6.1 | 6.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 40% | 48% | 57% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 24% | 27% |
| 12.4 | 13.7 | 15.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 20.3 | 17.4 | 16.3 |
| 3.8 | 4.1 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.3 | 6.4 | 6 |
- All of Rubin Kazan''s away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Rubin Kazan' haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- 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 Rubin Kazan' have scored away.
- Zenit have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Zenit have the most points (22) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (28) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals (44) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the first half (25) in Premier League
- Zenit have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in Premier League
- Zenit have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Sochi | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Ural | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | Olimpiyets | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 19 |
| 14 | Rostov | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 16 | -5 | 18 |
| 15 | Ufa | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 14 |
