It's advantage Zenit so far with their 1st position in the Premier League table, welcoming Ural who are placed 10th.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
These teams have little in common geographically as Ural have to travel 2200 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Zenit form and stats
23 points is a decent return from 11 Premier League games here at Saint-Petersburg Stadium for Zenit. The data says 6 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. Zenit haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Lokomotiv Moskva, 167 days ago. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 225 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Dzyuba was the last player to find the net. Zenit are confident in defense, having played 384 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Zenit drew their last game, also a home match. Ufa (placed 8th) was the opponent, 0-0 the score. Before that match, a Russian Cup win away at Akhmat Grozny (after extra-time).
The Zenit manager S. Semak has got the team scoring with 22 from 11 home games in the league. As for guarding their own goal, Zenit have only let in 5 goals at home.
Ural form and stats
The visitors, who have the most conceded goals (34) in Premier League, are W3-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ural, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-2 versus Sochi (placed 14th). Before that, Ural travelled to CSKA Moskva and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Russian Cup trip to Shinnik.
The attacking power of Ural when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Ural have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Ural - Zenit 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's nine Zenit victories, one draw and zero Ural wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 11 goals |  S. Azmoun 7 goals |   E. Bicfalvi 5 goals |
Zenit missing players
Ural missing players
| Zenit | Ural | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 37 | 22 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 9 | 25 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 86% | 73% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 73% | 81% |
| 62% | 64% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 73% | 81% |
| 33% | 45% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 36% | 62% |
| 19% | 27% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 18% | 38% |
| 10% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 9% | 14% |
| 33% | 45% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 45% | 57% |
| 57% | 55% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 27% | 24% |
| 24% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 55% | 38% |
| 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 3.4 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 343 | 183 | 54 | Total Shots | T S | 29 | 130 | 278 |
| 113 | 62 | 19 | Shots on Target | S O | 5 | 39 | 94 |
| 33% | 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 27% |
- Ural has the most conceded goals (34)
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (5) at home
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals (9)
- Zenit has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
- Zenit has the most clean sheets (12)
- Zenit has the most clean sheets (6) at home
- Zenit has the most scored goals (22) at home
- Zenit has the most scored goals in the second half (21)
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+17) at home
- Zenit has the the best goal difference (+28)
- 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 Ural 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 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 28 | 47 |
| 2 | Krasnodar | 21 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 41 |
| 3 | Rostov | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 38 |
| 4 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | CSKA Moskva | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 35 |
| 6 | Arsenal Tula | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 28 |
| 7 | Dinamo Moskva | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 27 |
| 8 | Ufa | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 26 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 25 |
| 10 | Ural | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -9 | 25 |
| 11 | Orenburg | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 23 |
| 12 | Tambov | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Krylya Sovetov | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Sochi | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Rubin Kazan' | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Akhmat Grozny | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 20 |