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Predictions and Tips
The Premier League tie at RZD Arena on Saturday sees hosts Lokomotiv Moscow do battle with Zenit St Petersburg.
All Lokomotiv Moscow v Zenit St Petersburg game predictions, stats and user poll are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).
📊 Form Guide

Lokomotiv Moscow
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Lokomotiv Moscow will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 5-1 Premier League loss in their previous game against Krylia Sovetov.
In that game, Lokomotiv Moscow managed 61% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For their opponents, Krylia Sovetov Samara had 18 attempts on goal with 12 on target. Dominik Oroz (2'), Ivan Sergeev (4', 49'), Ivan Oleynikov (32') and Glenn Bijl (40', 62' Own goal) scored for Krylia Sovetov.
Lokomotiv Moscow have been conceding pretty frequently recently, but they’ve also done enough to score goals themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Lokomotiv Moscow have conceded in 5 of them while also getting on the scoresheet in 5 of those matches. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern will persist in this next match.
Their prior results show that Lokomotiv Moscow:
- have not lost a league tie with Zenit St Petersburg in their last 3 games.
- are unbeaten in their previous 2 home league matches.
Zenit St Petersburg
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Zenit St Petersburg head into the clash after a 4-0 Premier League win with the downing of Rubin Kazan in their previous outing.
In that match, Zenit St Petersburg managed 71% possession and 24 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Zenit St Petersburg, goals were scored by Luciano Gondou (51'), Gustavo Mantuan (59'), Mateo Cassierra (73') and Andrei Mostovoy (74'). For their opponents, Rubin Kazan had 4 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target.
Sergei Semak's Zenit St Petersburg have seen their goal attempts be successful a total of 10 times throughout their latest 6 matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during those matches adds up to 7.
👥 Head to head
A glance at their prior head to head clashes stretching back to 30/04/2022 shows us that Lokomotiv Moscow have won 2 of these games and Zenit St Petersburg 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.
A total of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 8 for Loko and 13 for Sine-Belo-Golubye. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was Premier League match day 13 on 27/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Zenit St Petersburg 1-1 Lokomotiv Moscow.
On that occasion, Zenit St Petersburg managed 66% possession and 13 shots at goal with 6 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Andrei Mostovoy (51').
Lokomotiv Moscow got 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Aleksey Batrakov (68') scored.
The match was refereed by Sergei Karasev.
📰 Team News: Lokomotiv Moscow
Nearly everyone is up for selection, with just the lone fitness concern for the Lokomotiv Moscow manager Mikhail Galaktionov to contend with from an otherwise complete squad. Dmitriy Barinov (Meniscus injury) is sidelined.
✨ Prediction
When taking everything into account, Lokomotiv Moscow may find it difficult to find the net against this Zenit St Petersburg outfit who we reckon will manage to score & go ahead.
Our tip is therefore for a 0-1 victory for Zenit St Petersburg when the referee blows for full-time.
A close call.
Victor Martins, 14:02 05/04/2025
📊 Poll: Who Will Win?

⚽️ Team Focus:
Lokomotiv Moscow
Formed: 1922
Stadium: RZD Arena (27,320)
Captain: Dmitri Barinov
Chairman: Vladimir Leonchenko
Manager: Mikhail Galaktionov
Competitions: Premier League position 6
⭐ Key Man: Aleksey Batrakov
Customarily used in the Central Attacking Midfielder position, Aleksey Batrakov was born in Russia. Having made his senior debut playing for Lokomotiv Moscow in the 2023 - 2024 season, the skilful Midfielder has struck 11 league goals in this Premier League 2024 - 2025 campaign to date coming from a total of 21 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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1 |
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22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 31 | 49 | DDWWW |
2 |
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22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 46 | LDWLW |
3 |
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22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 44 | WWLWD |
4 |
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22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 42 | WDWLW |
5 |
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22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 41 | WDWWW |
6 |
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22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 40 | DDDWL |
7 |
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22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 33 | WDWLW |
8 |
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23 | 9 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 33 | LWWLD |
9 |
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22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | -13 | 25 | WLWLL |
10 |
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22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | -11 | 23 | LWLDW |
11 |
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23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -12 | 23 | DLLWD |
12 |
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22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | -8 | 21 | LDLWL |
13 |
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23 | 3 | 11 | 9 | -15 | 20 | WWDDD |
14 |
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23 | 5 | 4 | 14 | -25 | 19 | WLLLL |
15 |
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23 | 2 | 9 | 12 | -23 | 15 | LLLLL |
16 |
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23 | 3 | 5 | 15 | -22 | 14 | LLWLW |
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Nizhny Novgorod |
Rubin Kazan |
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Zenit St Petersburg |
Krylia Sovetov |
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Dynamo Moscow |
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Terek Grozny |
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FC Khimki |
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FC Krasnodar |
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Rubin Kazan |
Spartak Moscow |
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Zenit St Petersburg |
Fakel Voronezh |
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Zenit St Petersburg |
Lokomotiv Moscow |
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Dynamo Moscow |
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Terek Grozny |
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FC Khimki |
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Fakel Voronezh |
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Rubin Kazan |
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Krylia Sovetov |
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Fakel Voronezh |
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Orenburg |
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Terek Grozny |
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Akron Tolyatti |
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FC Krasnodar |
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Goals scored | 1.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.3 |
Time first goal scored | 33 |
Time first goal conceded | 32 |
Yellow cards | 2 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4.1 |
Biggest victory | 3-1 |
Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
Goals scored | 2.2 |
Goals conceded | 0.5 |
Time first goal scored | 43 |
Time first goal conceded | 48 |
Yellow cards | 1.2 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 5 |
Biggest victory | 5-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Aleksey Batrakov | 12 |
Dmitriy Vorobyev | 8 |
Gerzino Nyamsi | 4 |
Ilya Samoshnikov | 4 |
Sergey Pinyaev | 3 |
Luciano Gondou | 10 |
Maksim Glushenkov | 9 |
Mateo Cassierra | 8 |
Andrei Mostovoy | 7 |
Gustavo Mantuan | 3 |
FC Rostov |
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Orenburg |
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CSKA Moscow |
Akron Tolyatti |
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Nizhny Novgorod |
Dinamo Makhachkala |
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FC Rostov |
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Terek Grozny |
