The Premier League match at Gazprom Arena on Saturday sees hosts Zenit St Petersburg welcome guests Terek Grozny.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Zenit St Petersburg v Terek Grozny are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Form Guide
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Zenit St Petersburg
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Zenit St Petersburg are hoping to win again after their last result, a 0-1 Premier League victory over FC Rostov.
In that match, Zenit St Petersburg managed 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The scorer for Zenit St Petersburg was Aleksandr Sobolev (30'). At the other end, Rostov got 11 shots on goal with 4 on target.
Zenit St Petersburg haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, netting in each and every one of their last 6 games.
They’ve managed to rack up 10 during that time while also conceding a total of 3.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Zenit St Petersburg:
- have not been beaten in the league by Terek Grozny in their previous 3 games.
- are unbeaten in their last 5 home league matches.
Terek Grozny
WLLDLD
Last time out, Terek Grozny drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Dinamo Makhachkala.
In that game, Terek Grozny had 52% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player to score for Terek Grozny was Maksim Samorodov (47'). Dynamo Makhachkala got 14 shots on goal with 6 on target. Serder Serderov (36') was the scorer for Dinamo Makhachkala.
Terek Grozny have been good when going forward leading up to this encounter, having scored 7 times in their previous 6 matches. Having said that, Terek Grozny can also improve defensively after being scored against in 6 of those same games. That trend isn’t assured to be continued here, though.
Going into this one, Terek Grozny are without a win away from home in their last 7 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Checking on their most recent head-to-head clashes going back to 09/04/2022 shows us that Zenit St Petersburg have won 4 of them and Terek Grozny 1, with the number of drawn matches being 1.
In all, 17 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 12 for Sine-Belo-Golubye and 5 being from The Wolves. That’s an average goals per game of 2.83.
The previous league match between these clubs was Premier League match day 15 on 10/11/2024 and the score finished Terek Grozny 1-2 Zenit St Petersburg.
That day, Terek Grozny had 46% possession and 11 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Arsen Adamov (2').
At the other end, Zenit St Petersburg got 8 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Gustavo Mantuan (9') and Mateo Cassierra (21') scored.
The match was refereed by Artyom Chistyakov.
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Team News: Zenit St Petersburg
We are thinking that Sine-Belo-Golubye may well use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Evgeni Latyshonok, Gustavo Mantuan, Vanja Drkusic, Nino, Douglas Santos, Wilmar Barrios, Yuri Gorshkov, Luiz Henrique, Maksim Glushenkov, Pedro and Aleksandr Sobolev.
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Team News: Terek Grozny
We reckon that The Wolves seem likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system, settling for Vadim Ulyanov, Darko Todorovic, Turpal-Ali Ibishev, Aleksandr Zhirov, Leo Goglichidze, Ismael Silva, Vladislav Kamilov, Maksim Samorodov, Amine Talal, Lechi Sadulaev and Georgiy Melkadze.
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Prediction
In this game, Terek Grozny have it within them to break down this Zenit St Petersburg team, however that might not be as many as they will have scored against them.
We’re expecting a narrow 2-1 victory for Zenit St Petersburg at the end of the match. Should be an interesting one.
Lucas Pereira,
13:06 20/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Zenit St Petersburg
Formed: 1925
Stadium: Gazprom Arena (67,800)
Captain: Douglas Santos
Chairman: Alexander Medvedev
Manager: Sergei Semak
Competitions: Premier League position 2, Super Cup (Final)
🔑 Key Man: Maksim Glushenkov
Mostly used in the Right Wing position, Maksim Glushenkov was born in Smolensk, Russia. After having played his first senior match for Spartak Moscow in the 2018 - 2019 season, the goalscoring Forward has contributed 9 league goals in this Premier League 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 20 appearances.