Zenit St Petersburg will be at VTB Arena on Saturday for the Premier League meeting with home side Dynamo Moscow.
Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Dynamo Moscow v Zenit St Petersburg can be seen below (including the best match odds).
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Dynamo Moscow
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Dynamo Moscow will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 3-1 Premier League victory vs Rubin Kazan.
In that match, Dynamo Moscow had 60% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Dynamo Moscow, the scorers were Yarolsav Gladyshev (23', 61') and Bitello (90'). Rubin Kazan had 10 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Ruslan Bezrukov (25') scored for Rubin Kazan.
Dynamo Moscow have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 games.
They have totted up the amount of 15 during that time and have conceded a total of 8.
Ahead of this meeting, Dynamo Moscow are unbeaten in their last 6 league matches at home.
Zenit St Petersburg
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Zenit St Petersburg head into the encounter following a 1-0 Premier League win with the defeat of FC Khimki in their last fixture.
In that game, Zenit St Petersburg had 66% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Zenit St Petersburg was Luciano Gondou (22'). For their opponents, Khimki got 4 attempts on goal with 2 on target.
A succession of very capable performances from the Zenit St Petersburg defenders has seen their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 4 from their previous 6 clashes overall. During the same time, their own attack force has managed to score 13. In any event, we must now wait to see if that trend will be replicated here in this game.
Going into this one, Zenit St Petersburg are without a win away from home in their last 2 league matches.
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Head to head
Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes dating back to 12/12/2021 shows that Dynamo Moscow have won 2 of these and Zenit St Petersburg 3, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined total of 15 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 of them for Dinamiki and 9 netted by Sine-Belo-Golubye. The average goals per game has been 2.5.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was Premier League match day 4 on 10/08/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 Dynamo Moscow.
That day, Zenit St Petersburg had 55% possession and 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Their only player to score was Maksim Glushenkov (55').
At the other end, Dynamo Moscow had 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target.
The referee was Sergey Ivanov.
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Team News: Dynamo Moscow
Arthur Gomes (Achilles tendon rupture) and Konstantin Tyukavin (Partial damage to the cruciate ligament) won’t be available for Dynamo Moscow manager Marcel Lička.
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Prediction
We feel that over the course of the game, Dynamo Moscow might have a difficult job to get anything against this Zenit St Petersburg lineup who we reckon will be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.
Our tip is therefore for a very competitive encounter with a 0-1 advantage for Zenit St Petersburg after 90 minutes.
Hopefully it’s a good one.
Renata Leite,
11:02 22/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Dynamo Moscow
Formed: 1923
Stadium: VTB Arena (25,716)
Captain: Fabián Balbuena
Chairman: Pavel Pivovarov
Manager: Marcel Lička
Competitions: Premier League position 5
🔑 Key Man: Yarolsav Gladyshev
Regularly playing in the Striker position, Yarolsav Gladyshev was born in Kirov, Russia. Having made a first senior appearance for Dynamo Moscow in the 2021 - 2022 season, the accomplished Forward has contributed 7 league goals in the Premier League 2024 - 2025 season so far in 23 appearances.