Youth League match prediction and preview for Zenit U20 vs Dinamo Moskva U20 clash

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Competition: Russia Youth League
Date: Thu 05.December
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Petrovsky Stadium Small Arena

A key match in Youth League as both teams are battling for the top positions. With the home team in 4th position and the visitors placed 1st, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

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.

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Zenit U20 form and stats

Zenit U20 have played 8 Youth League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-3-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The Zenit U20 goalkeeper is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 182 minutes without conceding a goal.

The Zenit U20 supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Spartak Moskva U20 in Youth League and win 2-0. In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Rubin Kazan U20.

A decent goal production from Zenit U20 in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. Zenit U20 are not conceding a lot of goals here at Petrovsky Stadium Small Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 8 matches.

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Dinamo Moskva U20 form and stats

Dinamo Moskva U20, who have the most clean sheets (9) in Youth League, have an excellent away record in the Youth League so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.

Dinamo Moskva U20 have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper . It's been 198 since they last conceded in Youth League.

Dinamo Moskva U20 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Lokomotiv Moskva U20 (placed 3rd). Before that, Dinamo Moskva U20 secured a home win against Rostov U20 with the score 1-0.

Dinamo Moskva U20 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 16 goals from 9 games. It's not easy to score on Dinamo Moskva U20 as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Dinamo Moskva U20 - Zenit U20 3-0.

Zenit U20 missing players

Dinamo Moskva U20 missing players

Zenit U20 Dinamo Moskva U20
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 3 9 18
9 4 1 Won W 2 6 13
3 3 1 Drew D 1 1 2
6 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
27 13 3 Scored S 6 16 39
25 7 1 Conceded C 1 5 9
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 67%
39% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 44% 50%
22% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 33% 28%
22% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
50% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 33% 33%
33% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 67% 44% 50%
17% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 22% 17%
 
5.7 4.6 2.5 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.3 6.6
4.5 4.9 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.7 3.9 4.4
2.2 1.8 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
190 87 13 Total Shots T S 44 103 211
84 38 5 Shots on Target S O 23 41 83
32% 34% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 32% 43%
Key stats in Youth League this season:
  • All of Zenit U20's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the fewest conceded goals (5) away
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the fewest conceded goals (9)
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (2)
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the most clean sheets (9)
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the most points (19) away
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the most scored goals in the second half (24)
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the the best goal difference (+11) away
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 has the the best goal difference (+30)
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dinamo Moskva U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Zenit U20 has the most matches under the total-line (10)
  • Zenit U20 have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Zenit U20 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Moskva U20 18 13 2 3 39 9 9 7 1 1 23 4 9 6 1 2 16 5 30 41
2 CSKA Moskva U20 17 8 7 2 29 16 8 5 2 1 13 7 9 3 5 1 16 9 13 31
3 Lokomotiv Moskva U20 18 9 3 6 25 14 9 4 1 4 11 7 9 5 2 2 14 7 11 30
4 Zenit U20 18 9 3 6 27 25 8 4 3 1 13 7 10 5 0 5 14 18 2 30
5 Spartak Moskva U20 18 9 3 6 28 29 9 6 0 3 19 17 9 3 3 3 9 12 -1 30
6 Krylya Sovetov U20 18 9 2 7 40 29 9 4 1 4 18 13 9 5 1 3 22 16 11 29
7 Arsenal Tula U20 17 8 5 4 28 19 9 6 2 1 17 5 8 2 3 3 11 14 9 29
8 Tambov U20 17 8 3 6 26 18 9 5 2 2 18 8 8 3 1 4 8 10 8 27
9 Akhmat Grozny U20 18 7 4 7 34 28 9 6 2 1 21 9 9 1 2 6 13 19 6 25
10 Sochi U20 19 6 5 8 30 31 9 4 3 2 18 12 10 2 2 6 12 19 -1 23
11 Krasnodar U20 17 6 3 8 24 27 8 2 2 4 10 13 9 4 1 4 14 14 -3 21
12 Ural U20 19 5 6 8 31 36 10 4 5 1 21 14 9 1 1 7 10 22 -5 21
13 Rostov U20 18 6 3 9 25 38 9 3 2 4 14 18 9 3 1 5 11 20 -13 21
14 Rubin Kazan U20 18 5 5 8 19 31 9 4 2 3 11 11 9 1 3 5 8 20 -12 20
15 Orenburg U20 18 4 2 12 17 25 9 3 0 6 10 11 9 1 2 6 7 14 -8 14
16 Ufa U20 18 2 2 14 10 57 10 1 1 8 6 33 8 1 1 6 4 24 -47 8

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The U21 Premier League is the premier development league in Russian football, featuring the youth teams of the big football clubs in Russia. It has 16 teams playing two fixtures against each other (home/away). After these 30 matches each the top team of the league table is U21 champion.