Russian Cup: Buckle up for the Zenit - KAMAZ clash

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Competition: Russia Russian Cup
Competition: Thu 03.March
Match begins: 17:15 (UTC)
Venue: Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom (21500 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zenit & KAMAZ face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Zenit have less rest than KAMAZ in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Premier League game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, KAMAZ have had more rest.

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Zenit form and stats

Zenit was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Russian Cup.

Zenit have been very solid at home in the Premier League so far, with 25 points collected from 10 matches (8-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.

A nice win for Zenit last time playing, versus Rubin Kazan'. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Sergeev, Sutormin and Alberto scoring for the victors. Claudinho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.5/10. Claudinho hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 67 successful passes (of 72 total).

Zenit are huge favourites in this match and it would be a big surprise if they fail to leave Central'nyj Stadion Astrakhan'gazprom with a victory. The home side has been in this situation before, with huge expectations of a win. In their match history five earlier games are comparable to this one, and Zenit has won five times, drawn zero and lost zero. Sports bettors who like handicap betting will like to know that Zenit has won by at least two goals three times when in this position.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Zenit, as the Premier League home game vs Ufa is only three days away.

With more than three goals on average, the attacking play of Zenit is on fire here. A stunning 31 from 10 league matches. On the other hand, Zenit have conceded 13 goals.

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KAMAZ form and stats

Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for KAMAZ so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-4 (win-draw-lose).

KAMAZ have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Oleg Baklov. It's been 306 minutes since they last conceded in FNL.

KAMAZ are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Baltika.

Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Baltika.

Nobody expects KAMAZ to collect anything from a game like this. The team has been David versus Goliath eight times before, with the overall statistics of won five, draw one and lost two. When defeated, one match have been lost by two or more goals.

KAMAZ have another fixture that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a FNL fixture versus Fakel. A strenuous diary for them!

KAMAZ are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 5 goals from 11 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

ZenitA. Dzyuba
A. Dzyuba
10 goals
ZenitC. Rodrigues Parise Leonel
C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel
7 goals
ZenitA. Erokhin
A. Erokhin
6 goals

Zenit missing players

KAMAZ missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Zenit KAMAZ
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   13 25
12 9   Won W   3 8
8 3   Drew D   4 8
5 3   Lost L   6 9
55 42   Scored S   7 20
28 17   Conceded C   12 23
88% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   77% 80%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   31% 44%
64% 80%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   23% 28%
44% 60%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   8% 12%
32% 47%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 8%
64% 60%   BTTS BTTS   31% 36%
32% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   38% 36%
16% 13%   Failed to Score F T   54% 48%
 
6 6.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.5
3.3 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.3
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.3 3.1
3 1   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.8 16.5   Shots (avg) S (   6.5 7.5
5.2 5.6   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.2 2.6
41% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   18% 33%
 
10.4 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   9.8 8.8
3.8 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 3.2

  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 19 12 5 2 47 22 10 8 1 1 31 13 9 4 4 1 16 9 25 41
2 Dinamo Moskva 19 12 3 4 36 20 10 6 2 2 19 8 9 6 1 2 17 12 16 39
3 Sochi 19 11 1 7 32 21 10 7 0 3 22 9 9 4 1 4 10 12 11 34
4 CSKA Moskva 19 10 3 6 23 16 9 5 2 2 10 5 10 5 1 4 13 11 7 33
5 Akhmat Grozny 19 10 0 9 26 25 10 7 0 3 17 10 9 3 0 6 9 15 1 30
6 Krasnodar 18 8 5 5 29 18 8 4 2 2 11 6 10 4 3 3 18 12 11 29
7 Lokomotiv Moskva 18 7 7 4 24 19 9 5 1 3 14 9 9 2 6 1 10 10 5 28
8 Krylya Sovetov 18 8 3 7 22 18 9 5 1 3 14 7 9 3 2 4 8 11 4 27
9 Spartak Moskva 19 6 5 8 20 28 10 4 3 3 14 12 9 2 2 5 6 16 -8 23
10 Rubin Kazan' 19 6 4 9 25 30 9 4 2 3 14 11 10 2 2 6 11 19 -5 22
11 FK Nizjni Novgorod 19 6 4 9 19 30 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 3 3 3 9 14 -11 22
12 Ural 19 4 7 8 12 19 9 1 5 3 5 8 10 3 2 5 7 11 -7 19
13 Arsenal Tula 19 5 4 10 21 37 9 3 4 2 11 11 10 2 0 8 10 26 -16 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 19 3 7 9 18 28 9 2 4 3 11 12 10 1 3 6 7 16 -10 16
16 Khimki 19 2 8 9 16 34 10 1 6 3 10 14 9 1 2 6 6 20 -18 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Orenburg 25 17 2 6 40 17 14 12 0 2 26 9 11 5 2 4 14 8 23 53
2 Fakel 25 15 4 6 43 23 13 10 2 1 24 8 12 5 2 5 19 15 20 49
3 Torpedo Moskva 25 12 11 2 46 28 13 7 6 0 28 11 12 5 5 2 18 17 18 47
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 25 12 7 6 55 35 12 9 0 3 31 14 13 3 7 3 24 21 20 43
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Neftekhimik 25 12 5 8 41 25 12 6 2 4 24 10 13 6 3 4 17 15 16 41
6 SKA Khabarovsk 25 12 5 8 29 25 11 8 0 3 16 9 14 4 5 5 13 16 4 41
7 Baltika 25 9 11 5 31 20 13 5 7 1 15 8 12 4 4 4 16 12 11 38
8 Akron 25 10 6 9 29 29 14 8 3 3 20 14 11 2 3 6 9 15 0 36
9 Yenisey 25 10 5 10 36 37 11 6 3 2 19 13 14 4 2 8 17 24 -1 35
10 KAMAZ 25 8 9 8 23 23 14 6 4 4 18 14 11 2 5 4 5 9 0 33
11 Veles 25 10 3 12 28 31 13 6 3 4 19 19 12 4 0 8 9 12 -3 33
12 Krasnodar II 25 9 6 10 24 29 11 6 3 2 16 10 14 3 3 8 8 19 -5 33
13 Spartak Moskva II 25 10 3 12 27 41 13 5 3 5 13 14 12 5 0 7 14 27 -14 33
14 Tom' Tomsk 25 8 7 10 33 41 12 6 4 2 16 13 13 2 3 8 17 28 -8 31
15 Dolgie Prudy 25 6 11 8 23 25 12 3 7 2 12 11 13 3 4 6 11 14 -2 29
16 Urozhay 25 7 4 14 26 38 12 3 1 8 11 24 13 4 3 6 15 14 -12 25
17 Rotor Volgograd 25 4 12 9 24 30 12 1 7 4 8 12 13 3 5 5 16 18 -6 24
18 Volgar Astrakhan 25 6 5 14 14 26 12 3 2 7 5 11 13 3 3 7 9 15 -12 23
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 25 6 3 16 19 50 13 3 3 7 10 19 12 3 0 9 9 31 -31 21
20 Tekstilshchik 25 4 7 14 22 40 13 4 3 6 19 20 12 0 4 8 3 20 -18 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Orenburg 25 17 2 6 40 17 14 12 0 2 26 9 11 5 2 4 14 8 23 53
2 Fakel 25 15 4 6 43 23 13 10 2 1 24 8 12 5 2 5 19 15 20 49
3 Torpedo Moskva 25 12 11 2 46 28 13 7 6 0 28 11 12 5 5 2 18 17 18 47
4 Spartak Vladikavkaz 25 12 7 6 55 35 12 9 0 3 31 14 13 3 7 3 24 21 20 43
4 Chayka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Neftekhimik 25 12 5 8 41 25 12 6 2 4 24 10 13 6 3 4 17 15 16 41
6 SKA Khabarovsk 25 12 5 8 29 25 11 8 0 3 16 9 14 4 5 5 13 16 4 41
7 Baltika 25 9 11 5 31 20 13 5 7 1 15 8 12 4 4 4 16 12 11 38
8 Akron 25 10 6 9 29 29 14 8 3 3 20 14 11 2 3 6 9 15 0 36
9 Yenisey 25 10 5 10 36 37 11 6 3 2 19 13 14 4 2 8 17 24 -1 35
10 KAMAZ 25 8 9 8 23 23 14 6 4 4 18 14 11 2 5 4 5 9 0 33
11 Veles 25 10 3 12 28 31 13 6 3 4 19 19 12 4 0 8 9 12 -3 33
12 Krasnodar II 25 9 6 10 24 29 11 6 3 2 16 10 14 3 3 8 8 19 -5 33
13 Spartak Moskva II 25 10 3 12 27 41 13 5 3 5 13 14 12 5 0 7 14 27 -14 33
14 Tom' Tomsk 25 8 7 10 33 41 12 6 4 2 16 13 13 2 3 8 17 28 -8 31
15 Dolgie Prudy 25 6 11 8 23 25 12 3 7 2 12 11 13 3 4 6 11 14 -2 29
16 Urozhay 25 7 4 14 26 38 12 3 1 8 11 24 13 4 3 6 15 14 -12 25
17 Rotor Volgograd 25 4 12 9 24 30 12 1 7 4 8 12 13 3 5 5 16 18 -6 24
18 Volgar Astrakhan 25 6 5 14 14 26 12 3 2 7 5 11 13 3 3 7 9 15 -12 23
19 Metallurg Lipetsk 25 6 3 16 19 50 13 3 3 7 10 19 12 3 0 9 9 31 -31 21
20 Tekstilshchik 25 4 7 14 22 40 13 4 3 6 19 20 12 0 4 8 3 20 -18 19

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