Zenit St Petersburg vs FC Khimki Live Stream, Predictions

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Zenit St Petersburg

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Zenit St Petersburg will be looking for another win after a 3-0 Premier League victory vs Nizhny Novgorod.

In that game, Zenit St Petersburg had 68% possession and 19 shots at goal with 12 on target. For Zenit St Petersburg, the goalscorers were Malcom (12', 47') and Aleksandr Yerokhin (82'). On the other side, Pari Nizhny Novgorod had 6 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

Their latest results really do illustrate the point that not much more can be done by the Zenit St Petersburg defence. Zenit St Petersburg have been stingy, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper during their previous six clashes standing at 2. Still, time will tell whether that trend might be sustained in this game.

FC Khimki

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In their previous fixture, FC Khimki drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Fakel Voronezh.

In that game, FC Khimki managed 44% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for FC Khimki was Marcos Guilherme (21'). On the other side, Fakel Voronezh had 15 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Georgi Gongadze (44') was the scorer for Fakel Voronezh.

It has become apparent that FC Khimki have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past 6 encounters, recording the disappointing return of just 4. In those matches, Khimki have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 14.

Coming into this contest, FC Khimki have not won away from home in their last 7 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings going back to 30/08/2009 shows that these encounters have been miserable for FC Khimki. They have not been able to get themselves any victories at all whereas Zenit St Petersburg have simply been better than them, getting wins in 83% of those games where they have faced each other.

15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 13 of them from Sine-Belo-Golubye and 2 netted by Khimki. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

📋 Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

The Zenit St Petersburg manager Sergei Semak has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all before this match owing to a completely healthy group available to choose from.

It’s our opinion that Sine-Belo-Golubye look set to line up in a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Mikhail Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Rodrigão, Robert Renan, Douglas Santos, Wilmar Barrios, Wendel, Malcom, Daler Kuzyaev, Andrey Mostovoy and Mateo Cassierra.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Khimki

Owing to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, the FC Khimki boss Spartak Gogniyev does not have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this clash.

We believe FC Khimki appear most likely to begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation using Vitaliy Gudiev, Stefan Melentijevic, Cristian Tassano, Léo Andrade, Brian Idowu, Butta Magomedov, Janio Bikel, Nikola Antic, Vladimir Khubulov, Marcos Guilherme and Reziuan Mirzov.

💭 Prediction

It certainly seems that FC Khimki will have to play really well to put one past a Zenit St Petersburg lineup who certainly have the ability to dominate proceedings.

We can see a very comprehensive 3-0 winning scoreline for Zenit St Petersburg when the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 03:15 08/03/2023