This has the looks of another entertaining skirmish at TBC in the Club Friendlies 3. Zenit is in 2nd position and welcome Botev Plovdiv in 1st position. Read about the match here!
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Botev Plovdiv have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 12-13-24 (win-draw-loss) from 49 matches.
These teams have little in common geographically as Botev Plovdiv have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There have been limited time to rest for the home side, as they had a Club Friendlies 3 game only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Emirates, was also a home game here at TBC. The away team is better rested.
Zenit form and stats
Zenit could celebrate like crazy last season after winning the Club Friendlies 3. Home supporters are hoping for more of the same this season. In the home games here at TBC they witnessed 7 victories, 1 draw and 1 defeat. In total the trophy was secured after W11 - D5 - L2 from 18 games.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Zenit as they have a new game in only three days, a Club Friendlies 3 match thankfully also at home. Zilina are visiting.
Botev Plovdiv form and stats
Let's have a look at how Botev Plovdiv performed last season in the Club Friendlies 3: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 9 victories, 5 draws and 5 defeats. In total they scored 23 and conceded 21 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 5 and lost 3 with 5/9 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  A. Dzyuba 10 goals |  S. Azmoun 7 goals |  C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel 7 goals |
Zenit missing players
Botev Plovdiv missing players
| Zenit | Botev Plovdiv | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zenit | Last season | Botev Plovdiv | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 18 | 9 | Played | P | 9 | 19 | ||
| 11 | 7 | Won | W | 1 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Conceded | C | 9 | 21 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 84% | ||
| 89% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 56% | 74% | ||
| 67% | 89% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 11% | 47% | ||
| 50% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 11% | 21% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 5% | ||
| 83% | 89% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 58% | ||
| 17% | 11% | Clean Sheets | C S | 44% | 26% | ||
| 6% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 56% | 32% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.8 | 6 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 15.8 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.8 | ||
| 6.1 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 21% | ||
| 12.4 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Last season | 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 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 44 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 38 |
| 2 | Dinamo Moskva | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 3 | Sochi | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 31 |
| 4 | CSKA Moskva | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Krasnodar | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 | Lokomotiv Moskva | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 28 |
| 7 | Krylya Sovetov | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 27 |
| 8 | Akhmat Grozny | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 27 |
| 9 | Spartak Moskva | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 23 |
| 10 | Rubin Kazan' | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 22 |
| 11 | Ural | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 12 | FK Nizjni Novgorod | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Arsenal Tula | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 | -14 | 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 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 16 |
| 16 | Khimki | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 14 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ludogorets | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 42 |
| 2 | CSKA Sofia | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Cherno More | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 4 | Botev Plovdiv | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 32 |
| 5 | Slavia Sofia | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 6 | Levski Sofia | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 7 | Lokomotiv Plovdiv | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 25 |
| 8 | Beroe | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 9 | Arda | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 10 | CSKA 1948 Sofia | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 32 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 19 | -8 | 19 |
| 11 | Botev Vratsa | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 19 |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Sofia 1929 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -12 | 18 |
| 13 | OFK Pirin | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 16 |
| 14 | Tsarsko selo | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | -17 | 11 |
