Saturday , 14 November 2026

FK Nizhny Novgorod vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, RFPL 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

RFPL · 2024-25
FK Nizhny Novgorod
0 – 3
Full Time
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
Sat 31 Aug 2024 · 14:30 UTC Stadion Nizhny Novgorod 14,205 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 30' Luciano Gondou
0–2 56' Luciano Gondou
0–3 69' Wendel
Anton Mukhin 49' Y

Overview

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FK Nizhny Novgorod vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg — RFPL at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 14 31
2 FK Dinamo Moskva 14 31
3 FK Spartak Moskva 14 29
4 FK Krasnodar 14 26
5 PFC CSKA Moskva 14 26
6 FK Rostov 14 19
7 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 14 18
8 FK Rubin Kazan 14 18
9 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 14 17
10 FK Orenburg 14 17
11 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 14 16
12 RFK Akhmat Grozny 14 14
13 FK Akron Tolyatti 14 12
14 FK Rodina Moskva 14 12
15 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 14 11
16 FK Fakel Voronezh 14 6

Head-to-Head

1
9
FK Nizhny Novgorod 10 games · Avg 2.6 goals FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
Last 5 meetings
2024-08-31 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2023-12-09 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod 2023-07-22 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2023-03-04 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod 2022-10-16 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Recent Form

FK Nizhny Novgorod
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Aug FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg H 0–3 L
25 Aug PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara A 1–3 L
18 Aug FK Krasnodar A 1–2 L
09 Aug FK Khimki H 1–0 W
04 Aug FK Dinamo Makhachkala A 1–0 W
27 Jul PFC CSKA Moskva H 0–3 L
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 Aug FK Nizhny Novgorod A 3–0 W
24 Aug FK Spartak Moskva H 0–0 D
18 Aug FK Khimki A 1–1 D
10 Aug FK Dinamo Moskva H 1–0 W
03 Aug FK Rostov H 5–0 W
27 Jul FK Rubin Kazan A 4–0 W

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg this season

Goal Timing (This Season)

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
0-15
2/–
16-30
2/2
31-45
2/1
46-60
4/1
61-75
4/1
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
Maksim Glushenkov 10 G 5 A
Aleksandr Sobolev 10 G 2 A
Jhon Jhon 2 G 1 A
Felipe Augusto 2 G
Gustavo Mantuan 1 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds Stadion Nizhny Novgorod will turn into a battlefield for FK Nizhny Novgorod and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg.
  • 5' A quiet spell here at Stadion Nizhny Novgorod. FK Nizhny Novgorod seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 15' The travelling FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 25' FK Nizhny Novgorod are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 30' A goal from the Argentina international Luciano Gondou! He fires home on 30 to make it 0-1!
  • 35' The home supporters are growing impatient. FK Nizhny Novgorod must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 40' Nino is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FK Nizhny Novgorod so far.
  • 45' It’s high time Sergey Semak made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 46' Nikita Kakkoev is ready to make an impact after coming on for Kirill Bozhenov at the 46 minute mark.
  • 49' It’s gonna be a card for Anton Mukhin.
  • 54' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FK Nizhny Novgorod and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 56' Luciano Gondou with the second goal in the match!
  • 61' Over 61 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 64' FK Nizhny Novgorod ring the changes. Anton Mukhin has done his job and it is now time for Aleksandr Troshechkin to step up.
  • 69' Brilliant from the ! Wendel makes it 0-3 with a superb finish on 69.
  • 70' A change in the FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg ranks — Pedrinho Santos exits the field as Aleksandr Erokhin enters on 70.
  • 71' The whistle greets Mateo Cassierra as he departs to be replaced by Gustavo Mantuan.
  • 76' Artur Guimaraes is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nuraly Alip at the 76 minute mark.
  • 81' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 86' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 0-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

FK Nizhny Novgorod Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sasa Ilic

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

4-1-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sergey Semak

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Malcom 4
Artem Dzyuba 4
Mateo Cassierra 3
Luciano Gondou 2
Aleksandr Sobolev 2
Dmitri Chistyakov 1
Vyacheslav Grulev 1
Alexey Kozlov 1

Head to Head

2024-08-31 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2023-12-09 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod 2023-07-22 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2023-03-04 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod 2022-10-16 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

FK Nizhny Novgorod Form

2024-08-31 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2024-08-25 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 3–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2024-08-18 FK Krasnodar 2–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2024-08-09 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–0 FK Khimki W 2024-08-04 FK Dinamo Makhachkala 0–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod W 2024-07-27 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 PFC CSKA Moskva L

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

2024-08-31 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2024-08-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0–0 FK Spartak Moskva D 2024-08-18 FK Khimki 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2024-08-10 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Dinamo Moskva W 2024-08-03 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Rostov W 2024-07-27 FK Rubin Kazan 0–4 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
0.75 FK Nizhny Novgorod xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.75 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG
I would bet for: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to win 57% + Under — clean sheet likely 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FK Nizhny Novgorod18% Draw25% FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg57%
Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes44% 0% No56%
Avg goals/match: 2.5
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 25%
75%
± 4.5 12%
88%

Double Chance

FK Nizhny Novgorod or Draw
43%
Draw or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
82%
FK Nizhny Novgorod or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FK Nizhny Novgorod12% Draw46% FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg42%
Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 1
13.6%
0 – 2
12.2%
1 – 1
11.5%
0 – 0
10.2%
1 – 2
9.1%
0 – 3
Actual
1 – 3
5.4%
1 – 0
5.2%
2 – 1
3.9%
2 – 2
3.5%
0 – 4
3.1%
1 – 4
2.4%

Asian Handicap — FK Nizhny Novgorod

Handicap FK Nizhny Novgorod covers Push FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 3% 96%
-1.5 4% — 96%
-1 4% 10% 86%
-0.5 14% — 86%
+0.5 40% — 60%
+1 40% 25% 35%
+1.5 65% — 35%
+2 65% 19% 16%
+2.5 84% — 16%

Clean Sheet

FK Nizhny Novgorod keeps clean sheet
18% ✓
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet
48% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.