📏 Form Guide

FC Rostov

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FC Rostov will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 1-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Rubin Kazan.

In that match, FC Rostov had 53% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 on target. Rubin Kazan had 13 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Mirlind Daku (90') scored for Rubin Kazan.

It’s been all too rare in recent times that FC Rostov haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that FC Rostov have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 8 goals on the way.

Looking at their past form shows that FC Rostov:

• have not beaten Zenit St Petersburg in their previous 11 matches in the league.
• haven’t won at home in the past 4 matches in the league. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Zenit St Petersburg

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Zenit St Petersburg will go into this match following a 0-1 Premier League win versus Dinamo Makhachkala in their previous fixture.

In that match, Zenit St Petersburg managed 51% possession and 6 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for Zenit St Petersburg was Nino (37'). Dynamo Makhachkala got 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

Over the course of their last half-dozen outings, Zenit St Petersburg have amassed the sum of 10 goals. Zenit St Petersburg have also scored on each one of those occasions. During that period, they’ve seen 4 goals go into their own net. We will have to see whether or not that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Their past results show that Zenit St Petersburg:

• haven't beaten FC Rostov when they have played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• have not lost to FC Rostov in games played away from home for the previous 5 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches away from home.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their most recent head-to-head meetings stretching back to 03/12/2021 tells us that FC Rostov have won 0 of them and Zenit St Petersburg 3, with the tally of drawn games being 3.

A total of 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them for Rostov and 13 being from Sine-Belo-Golubye. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league contest featuring these sides was Premier League match day 3 on 03/08/2024 which ended up with the score at Zenit St Petersburg 5-0 FC Rostov.

That time, Zenit St Petersburg had 44% possession and 11 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Pedro Henrique (19'), Maksim Glushenkov (25', 35', 68') and Mateo Cassierra (32').

At the other end, FC Rostov had 16 attempts on goal with 6 on target.

The match was refereed by Vitaly Meshkov.

📰 Team News: FC Rostov

In our view, FC Rostov may well line up in a 5-3-2 formation for this game, handing starts to Rustam Yatimov, Ronaldo Soares, Oumar Sako, Maksim Osipenko, German Ignatov, Andrey Langovich, Konstantin Kuchaev, Daniil Shantaliy, Kirill Shchetinin, Aleksey Sutormin and Nikolay Komlichenko.

📰 Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

We are inclined to think that Sine-Belo-Golubye will likely play in a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Evgeni Latyshonok, Gustavo Mantuan, Vanja Drkusic, Nino, Douglas Santos, Wilmar Barrios, Yuri Gorshkov, Luiz Henrique, Maksim Glushenkov, Pedro and Luciano Gondou.

💡 Prediction

We feel that FC Rostov will need things to go their way to breach the defence of this Zenit St Petersburg team who should emerge victorious.

We’re therefore tipping a good battle with a 0-1 victory for Zenit St Petersburg at the end of the 90.

Let’s see what happens.

Victor Martins, 15:06 18/05/2025