The league table in Premier League tells a story about these teams so far, with Zenit leading Ural by 13 points. Match preview to follow:
- Zenit has the most scored goals (32) in Premier League
- Ural has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Champions League. That game was an away game at Club Brugge, so at least Zenit are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Ural, who are travelling more than 2200 kilometers to play this game.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit, who have the most scored goals (32) in Premier League, have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 18 points collected from 7 matches (6-0-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
Zenit faced defeat in their previous match, away at Club Brugge (0-3). Preceding that game was the away draw at Arsenal Tula that finished 0-0.
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 nine matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Zenit as they have a new game in only three days, a Champions League match thankfully also at home. Borussia Dortmund are visiting.
With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Zenit is on fire here. A stunning 22 from 7 league matches. 7 goals have been conceded.
Ural form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ural, who have the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League, so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose).
Ural have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ilya Pomazun. It's been 225 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Ural go into this game after a win, the home game against Sochi that ended 1-0. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Rotor Volgograd.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Y. Matveev when Aleksey Evseev scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 85th minute.
You'll want to know how Ural managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found two similar matches resulting in zero away wins, one draw and one home win.
Ural are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 3 goals from 7 away games. It's not easy to score on Ural as they have only conceded 6 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Ural - Zenit 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's eight Zenit victories, two draws and zero Ural wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 7 goals |  S. Azmoun 6 goals |  A. Erokhin 5 goals |
Zenit missing players
Ural missing players
| Zenit | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 32 | 22 | 13 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 71% | 81% |
| 81% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 43% | 56% |
| 50% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 38% | 71% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 29% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 86% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | 38% |
| 38% | 14% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 71% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | 18.7 | 24.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.7 | 10 |
| 5.9 | 7.9 | 8.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 34% | 40% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 13% | 27% |
- All of Zenit's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Ural has the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Premier League
- Ural has the fewest scored goals (3) away in Premier League
- Ural has the most matches under the total-line (12) in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals (22) at home in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals (32) in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the first half (14) in Premier League
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the second half (18) in Premier League
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+15) at home in Premier League
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+20) in Premier League
- 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 in all their home matches so far.
- Zenit have scored more than double the goals of Ural.
- 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 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 20 | 32 |
| 2 | CSKA Moskva | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 3 | Spartak Moskva | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 4 | Rostov | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Dinamo Moskva | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Akhmat Grozny | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 25 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Sochi | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | Rubin Kazan | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 24 |
| 10 | Krasnodar | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 21 |
| 11 | Ural | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 19 |
| 12 | Khimki | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -8 | 18 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -10 | 14 |
| 14 | Tambov | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -11 | 12 |
| 15 | Ufa | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 18 | -16 | 10 |
| 16 | Rotor Volgograd | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -18 | 8 |