Only a win will satisfy the Zenit supporters in this clash with Ufa, having a healthy lead on the opposition in the Premier League table.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Zenit form and stats
As mentioned below, Zenit are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Premier League games.
Zenit shared the glory with Ural in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Arsenal Tula.
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 eight games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, two draws and zero defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.
Goals are plentiful in the league this season as Zenit has scored 9 goals here in 3 home games. On the other hand, Zenit have conceded 3 goals.
Ufa form and stats
Ufa are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses). Ufa seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
T. Zhamaletdinov was the last player to score for the away team. Ufa haven't scored a league goal in the last 211 minutes.
Ufa might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. CSKA Moskva proved too strong as Ufa slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadion Neftyanik. Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Leningradets.
Ufa goalkeeper Aleksandr Belenov had a great day against CSKA Moskva, but despite making nine saves the loss could not be avoided.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Ufa played away with similar odds. This revealed four games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, two were draws and the home team won as expected two times.
Ufa have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. Ufa have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Zenit-Ufa H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Zenit six wins, Ufa one win, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  S. Azmoun 4 goals |  A. Dzyuba 3 goals |  D. dos Santos Justino de Melo 1 goals |
Zenit missing players
Ufa missing players
| Zenit | Ufa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | 9 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 38% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 38% |
| 25% | 67% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 12% | 33% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 12% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 62% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.7 | 2.8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 140 | 68 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 25 | 58 |
| 46 | 26 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 11 | 21 |
| 30% | 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
- All of Ufa's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of Zenit's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ufa has the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Premier League
- Ufa has the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Premier League
- Ufa have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Ufa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Ufa haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Zenit have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Ufa.
- Zenit have won all their matches at home so far.
| 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 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Spartak Moskva | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | CSKA Moskva | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Sochi | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 15 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 14 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Rubin Kazan | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 9 | Rostov | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Ural | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Akhmat Grozny | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | Arsenal Tula | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 13 | Tambov | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Ufa | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 5 |
| 15 | Khimki | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | -11 | 3 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 2 |