Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Zenit & Spartak Moskva face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Russian Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit was eliminated in the 8th finals last season in the Russian Cup.35 points is a decent return from 15 Premier League games here for Zenit. The data says 10 wins, 5 draws and 0 losses. This match is a Russian Cup match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses in this competition. In general it's been a long time since Zenit tasted defeat here, as they have taken at least one point from their last 22 home games in the league. Zenit haven’t lost a league-game in 18 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Lokomotiv Moskva, 294 days ago.
The Zenit supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Orenburg in Premier League and win 4-1. A 1-1 draw away in the Premier League before that, with Akhmat Grozny the opponent.
The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Zenit's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn one and lost zero.
Zenit are traveling soon after this match as the Premier League match at Rostov awaits in three days.
The Zenit manager S. Semak has got the team scoring with 37 from 15 home games in the league. Zenit have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Spartak Moskva form and stats
Last season their Russian Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals against Ural.Playing away, Spartak Moskva have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Premier League this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Russian Cup stats, they have 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Spartak seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
Aleksandr Sobolev, Roman Zobnin and Guus Til scored in Spartak's previous match, the home game against Akhmat Grozny that ended 3-0. A 0-1 defeat away at Sochi before that.
The schedule is very tough for Spartak now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Premier League game at Rubin Kazan is waiting in only three days.
Spartak find the net regularly in their away games. 19 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. As opposed to that, Spartak Moskva have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Zenit won five, Spartak Moskva won three and two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 17 goals |
Zenit missing players
Spartak Moskva missing players
| Zenit | Spartak Moskva | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 17 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 18 | 13 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 62 | 44 | Scored | S | 13 | 39 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 27 | ||
| 92% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 72% | ||
| 72% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 52% | ||
| 44% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 20% | ||
| 64% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 41% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 32% | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 309 | 213 | Total Shots | T S | 140 | 371 | ||
| 125 | 83 | Shots on Target | S O | 45 | 131 | ||
| 41% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 63 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 46 | 69 |
| 2 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 38 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 51 |
| 3 | Krasnodar | 28 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 45 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 49 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 47 |
| 5 | Rostov | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 48 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 32 | -4 | 44 |
| 6 | Ufa | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 37 |
| 7 | Arsenal Tula | 29 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -4 | 37 |
| 8 | Spartak Moskva | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 36 |
| 9 | Dinamo Moskva | 27 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | -5 | 35 |
| 10 | Ural | 29 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 52 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 25 | -16 | 35 |
| 11 | Rubin Kazan | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 34 |
| 12 | Sochi | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
| 13 | Akhmat Grozny | 29 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 27 | 42 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -15 | 31 |
| 14 | Tambov | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 34 | 39 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 22 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Krylya Sovetov | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 28 |
| 16 | Orenburg | 29 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 27 | -25 | 24 |