Zenit Form
Last round’s win over Dynamo Moscow (3:1) was the Saint Petersburg outfit’s sixth victory in their last seven league matches (one defeat), and only the second game in that spell in which the team failed to keep a clean sheet. Zenit are in excellent form: Sergei Semak’s men are conceding very little and producing strong numbers in attack. The club are among the top three teams for goals scored, and their scoring run has reached 14 matches. In the previous round, the hosts were ruthlessly efficient: all three shots on target found the net (their average in this metric is 5.6). Zenit are keeping pace with leaders Krasnodar, trailing them by one point.
- No more than two goals were scored in seven of the team’s last nine Premier League matches.
- At home in this competition, the Saint Petersburg side are on a nine-game winning streak.
- In their previous six home Russian Premier League matches, the club have not conceded a single goal.
Potential Zenit Lineup (4-5-1)
Denis Adamov – Igor Diveyev, Roman Vega, Nino, Gustavo Mantuan – John John, Pedro, Maksim Glushenkov, Wendel, Wilmar Barrios – Aleksandr Sobolev.
Krylia Sovetov Samara Form
The team played out a goalless draw at home against Rubin Kazan (0:0) in the last round. The Samara side have now failed to score for the fifth time in their last six league matches. With numbers like that in attack, Krylia Sovetov Samara are finding it very hard to pick up points: one win and one draw in their previous six fixtures. At the same time, it was only the fifth clean sheet of the current season for the club, and only four teams have recorded fewer shutouts. There is no change in the standings either — the gap to the safety of 15th place is one point.
Magomed Adiev has left his post as head coach. Sergei Bulatov has been appointed as caretaker.
- At least one team failed to score in the Samara side’s last seven Russian Premier League matches.
- Away from home, Krylia Sovetov Samara have lost eight straight league games.
- In the club’s previous five away matches in this competition, they conceded at least twice.
Potential Krylia Sovetov Samara Lineup (5-3-2)
Sergey Pesyakov – Dominik Oroz, Sergey Bozhin, Nikita Chernov, Kirill Pechenin, Nikolay Rasskazov – Ilzat Akhmetov, Sergey Babkin, Dani Fernandes – Ivan Oleynikov, Jeffrey Chinedu.
Forward Vadim Rakov is out until the end of the season.
