FC Rostov vs Zenit St Petersburg Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

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FC Rostov

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FC Rostov won’t want a repeat of their last result here following a 1-0 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Rubin Kazan.

In that game, FC Rostov managed 53% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Rubin Kazan had 13 attempts at goal with 2 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 the clash after a 0-1 Premier League win in the defeat of Dinamo Makhachkala in their previous match.

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

A look at their past head to head clashes going back to 03/12/2021 shows that FC Rostov have won 0 of these and Zenit St Petersburg 3, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

A total of 18 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 5 of them from Rostov and 13 netted by Sine-Belo-Golubye. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.

The last league meeting between these clubs 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 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Pedro Henrique (19'), Maksim Glushenkov (25', 35', 68') and Mateo Cassierra (32').

For their opponents, FC Rostov had 16 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target.

The referee was Vitaly Meshkov.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Rostov

We think that FC Rostov look set to use a 4-4-2 formation, beginning the first half with Rustam Yatimov, Andrey Langovich, Oumar Sako, Maksim Osipenko, German Ignatov, Ronaldo Soares, Kirill Shchetinin, Daniil Shantaliy, Konstantin Kuchaev, Nikolay Komlichenko and Egor Golenkov.

ℹ️ Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

We’re of the thinking that Sine-Belo-Golubye could decide to utilise a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Evgeni Latyshonok, Gustavo Mantuan, Vanja Drkusic, Nino, Douglas Santos, Wilmar Barrios, Yuri Gorshkov, Luiz Henrique, Luciano Gondou, Pedro and Aleksandr Sobolev.

🧠 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, 10:24 16/05/2025