📊 Form Guide

Krylia Sovetov

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Krylia Sovetov will be looking for an improved result here following the 0-2 Premier League losing effort in their last game against CSKA Moscow.

In that match, Krylia Sovetov had 60% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For their opponents, CSKA Moscow got 14 shots on goal with 7 on target. Willyan Rocha (3', 49') scored for CSKA Moscow.

It has been seldom in recent games that Krylia Sovetov haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Krylia Sovetov have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals on the way.

Taking a look at their past results, Krylia Sovetov:

• have not won against Zenit St Petersburg in their previous 12 league games.
• have not won at home in their last 2 league matches.

Zenit St Petersburg

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Zenit St Petersburg will go into this meeting after a 1-4 Premier League win versus Ural in their previous outing.

In that match, Zenit St Petersburg had 66% possession and 13 shots on goal with 5 on target. For Zenit St Petersburg, the goalscorers were Douglas Santos (38'), Andrei Mostovoy (57'), Mateo Cassierra (66') and Ivan Sergeev (81'). Ural had 9 shots at goal with 3 on target. Eric Bicfalvi (92') scored for Ural.

In the course of their six most recent matches, Sergei Semak's Zenit St Petersburg have slotted home a total of 10 times therefore earning them a goals per game average of 1.67.

Going into this one, Zenit St Petersburg haven't been defeated by Krylia Sovetov in games played away from home for the previous 13 league games. What a fantastic run they have had against them.

👥 Head to head

A study of their past head to head results going back to 26/06/2020 shows that these encounters have been disappointments for Krylia Sovetov. They’ve not managed to register any victories whatsoever whereas Zenit St Petersburg have just been too good for them, beating them in 83% of those match-ups.

A combined total of 21 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 of them from Perya and 16 belonging to Sine-Belo-Golubye. The average goals per game has been 3.5.

The previous league fixture featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 12 on 22/10/2023 when it ended Zenit St Petersburg 3-1 Krylia Sovetov.

On that occasion, Zenit St Petersburg had 59% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Wendel (53', 80') and Andrei Mostovoy (95').

At the other end, Krylia Sovetov had 6 shots on goal with 1 on target. Roman Ezhov (98') scored.

The match was refereed by Artyom Chistyakov.

📰 Team News: Krylia Sovetov

The Krylia Sovetov boss Igor Osinkin will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash with a completely healthy group to pick from.

In all likelihood, Perya could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation in the match with Ivan Lomaev, Glenn Bijl, A. Soldatenkov, Roman Evgenjev, Yuri Gorshkov, Fernando Costanza, Sergey Babkin, Nikita Saltykov, Amar Rahmanovic, Roman Ezhov and Vladislav Shitov.

ℹ️ Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

With a fully injury-free squad to choose from, the Zenit St Petersburg manager Sergei Semak has no fitness worries to report before this game.

It’s our belief that Sine-Belo-Golubye seem most likely to elect for a 4-3-3 system, going with Denis Adamov, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Nino, Strahinja Erakovic, Douglas Santos, Aleksandr Kovalenko, Wendel, Wilmar Barrios, Artur, Mateo Cassierra and Ilzat Akhmetov.

💡 Prediction

Our assessment here is that Krylia Sovetov might need a bit of good fortune to score against this Zenit St Petersburg lineup who we think will likely manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore predicting a narrow 0-1 winning score for Zenit St Petersburg when the referee blows for full-time.

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

Andre Moura, 10:06 30/03/2024