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Zenit St Petersburg

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Zenit St Petersburg, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-0 Premier League success over Orenburg.

In that match, Zenit St Petersburg had 62% possession and 10 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Zenit St Petersburg was Claudinho (23'). At the other end, Orenburg got 11 shots at goal with 5 on target.

Their more recent scorelines show that there has been much resilience in the Zenit St Petersburg defence. Zenit St Petersburg have been mean at the back, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone in at their end over the course of their last six games standing at 3.

Ahead of this clash, Zenit St Petersburg have not been beaten in the league by Rubin Kazan in their previous 3 games.

Rubin Kazan

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In their last fixture, Rubin Kazan drew 1-1 in the Premier League match with Lokomotiv Moscow.

In that game, Rubin Kazan had 40% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Rubin Kazan was Valentin Vada (21'). Lokomotiv Moscow got 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Dmitri Barinov (43') scored for Lokomotiv Moscow.

The stats tell the story, and Rubin Kazan have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. Defensively, Rubin Kazan can certainly do much better. That trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this next game, however.

Coming into this contest, Rubin Kazan have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 23/11/2019 shows that Zenit St Petersburg have won 4 of these games & Rubin Kazan 2, with the tally of draws standing at 0.

In all, 21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 13 for Sine-Belo-Golubye and 8 created by Tatáry. That’s an average goals per game of 3.5.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 17/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Rubin Kazan 0-3 Zenit St Petersburg.

On that day, Rubin Kazan managed 39% possession and 12 shots at goal with 2 on target.

On the other side, Zenit St Petersburg had 5 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Wilson Isidor (8'), Mateo Cassierra (55') and Claudinho (59') scored.

The referee was Rafael Shafeev.

🗞️ Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

The Zenit St Petersburg boss Sergei Semak has a full complement, with no fitness worries to speak of before this match owing to a completely injury-free group available to select from.

🗞️ Team News: Rubin Kazan

Rubin Kazan boss Rashid Rakhimov has not got a full squad to pick from. Aleksandr Lomovitskiy (Muscle injury) and Nikola Cumic (Foot surgery) are names that won’t be on the team sheet. Rustam Ashurmatov cannot play in this game through suspension.

✨ Prediction

One thing is for certain, Rubin Kazan could really find it hard to be putting goals past a Zenit St Petersburg team who have the capability to win well here.

We’re tipping a convincing 3-0 win for Zenit St Petersburg at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 17:09 24/04/2024