Spartak Moscow vs Zenit St Petersburg Live Stream, Predictions

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Spartak Moscow

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Spartak Moscow head into this game following on from a 1-1 Premier League drawn result against Zenit St Petersburg.

In that game, Spartak Moscow managed 31% possession and 10 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Spartak Moscow was Aleksandr Sobolev (49'). At the other end, Zenit got 15 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Andrei Mostovoy (90') scored for Zenit St Petersburg.

It has been all too rare in recent games that Spartak Moscow have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that Spartak Moscow have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 7 goals along the way.

Taking a look at their past results, Spartak Moscow:

• have left without a victory over Zenit St Petersburg in their previous 7 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 3 league matches at home.

Zenit St Petersburg

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A run of steadfast performances by the Zenit St Petersburg defence has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally standing at 3 from their previous 6 clashes overall. In that time, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 12. Such a trend isn’t assured to be continued here, though.

Their prior results show that Zenit St Petersburg:

• haven't been defeated by Spartak Moscow in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.
• have not been beaten in their last 7 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

A quick look at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 17/03/2019 tells us that these fixtures have not been good ones for Spartak Moscow. They’ve not been able to come away with any wins at all whereas Zenit St Petersburg have managed to find a way, finishing as winners in 67% of those games played.

A sum of 18 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 4 for Narodnaya komanda and 14 being from Sine-Belo-Golubye. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league game between these clubs was Premier League match day 12 on 24/10/2021 and the score finished Zenit St Petersburg 7-1 Spartak Moscow.

In that match, Zenit St Petersburg managed 44% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 11 on target. The goals were scored by Sardar Azmoun (20', 36'), Cláudinho (28'), Andrei Mostovoy (45', 56'), Artyom Dzyuba (80') and Aleksandr Yerokhin (88').

On the other side, Spartak Moscow had 16 shots on goal with 5 on target. Quincy Promes (53') scored.

The match was refereed by Sergey Ivanov.

📰 Team News: Spartak Moscow

Nikita Chernov (Muscle Injury) and Pavel Maslov (Fitness) won’t be available for Spartak Moscow gaffer Paolo Vanoli. Victor Moses cannot play in this game through suspension.

📋 Team News: Zenit St Petersburg

Thanks to a completely injury-free group available to choose from, the Zenit St Petersburg manager Sergei Semak has no fitness worries at all ahead of this match.

💡 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Zenit St Petersburg will probably see a lot of the ball and convert quite a few goal-scoring opportunities.

At the same time, Spartak Moscow might well find it difficult to make a breakthrough but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be scoring here as well.

We’re tipping a decent 1-3 victory for Zenit St Petersburg at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Andre Moura, 00:55 11/05/2022