FK Spartak Moskva vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg, RFPL 2022-23 REGULAR SEASON

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RFPL · 2022-23

FK Spartak Moskva

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FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Sun 4 Sep 2022 · 17:00 UTC Otkrytiye Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 42' Wendel

Quincy Promes 42' Y

Y 62' Rodrigao

Maciej Rybus 90' Y

Overview

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FK Spartak Moskva vs FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg — RFPL at Otkrytiye Arena.

FK Spartak Moskva 14 games · 29 pts (2026/27)
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 14 games · 31 pts (2026/27)

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

FK Spartak Moskva 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Last 5 meetings

2022-09-04 FK Spartak Moskva 1–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2022-05-15 FK Spartak Moskva 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2021-10-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 7–1 FK Spartak Moskva 2020-12-16 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 FK Spartak Moskva 2020-10-03 FK Spartak Moskva 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Recent Form

FK Spartak Moskva

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Sep	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	H	1–2	L
27 Aug	FK Fakel Voronezh	A	4–1	W
20 Aug	FK Dinamo Moskva	A	0–1	L
14 Aug	PFK Sochi	H	3–0	W
06 Aug	FK Ural	A	2–0	W
31 Jul	FK Orenburg	H	4–1	W

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Sep	FK Spartak Moskva	A	2–1	W
28 Aug	FK Ural	A	4–0	W
21 Aug	FK Torpedo Moskva	H	2–0	W
13 Aug	PFC CSKA Moskva	H	2–1	W
06 Aug	RFK Akhmat Grozny	A	0–0	D
30 Jul	FK Lokomotiv Moskva	H	5–0	W

Season Stats

FK Spartak Moskva		FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg
#3	Position	#1
29	Points	31
14	Played	14
9 / 2 / 3	W / D / L	10 / 1 / 3
27	Scored	32
11	Conceded	15
+16	GD	+17
2.07	PPG	2.21
64%	Win %	71%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

44% Clean Sheets
FK Spartak Moskva this season

33% Clean Sheets
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg this season

FK Spartak Moskva are 3rd (29 pts). FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are 1st (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FK Spartak Moskva

0-15

–/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

1/1

61-75

2/1

76+

6/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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 Spartak Moskva

Manfred Ugalde	6 G
Mirlind Daku	5 G	1 A
Pablo Solari	3 G	1 A
Danil Prutsev	3 G
Ezequiel Barco	2 G	2 A

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' What a night it is going to be! FK Spartak Moskva welcome FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg for this crunch clash at Otkrytiye Arena.
5' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
10' Mikhail Ignatov is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg tonight.
15' The travelling FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FK Spartak Moskva and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
21' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Aleksandr Sobolev makes no mistake. 1-0!
26' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Maciej Rybus suffering a number of foals already.
31' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
36' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aleksandr Maksimenko, as he is very good at scoring at Otkrytiye Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
41' The home supporters are growing impatient. FK Spartak Moskva must find a spark to ignite this game.
42' The referee shows FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg player a Yellow card on 42.
47' FK Spartak Moskva are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
48' The Croatia Dejan Lovren breaks the deadlock on 48 minutes. 1-1!
52' Nail Umyarov gets the nod from FK Spartak Moskva. He replaces Ruslan Litvinov and will look to change the dynamic.
57' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
60' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Andrei Mostovoi makes it 1-2.
62' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
63' The whistle greets Danil Denisov as he departs to be replaced by Maciej Rybus.
64' The FK Spartak Moskva bench stirs into life. Christopher Martins is withdrawn and Danil Prutsev gets his opportunity.
66' The FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg manager makes a substitution. Andrei Mostovoi departs to be replaced by Ivan Sergeev.
71' FK Spartak Moskva make a change. Aleksandr Sobolev trudges off to be replaced by Shamar Nicholson on 71 minutes.
76' It’s high time Guillermo Abascal made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
81' Zelimkhan Bakaev is ready to make an impact after coming on for Malcom at the 81 minute mark.
86' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg that had 400 games and scored 545 goals.
90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Maciej Rybus.
With this win, FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

FK Spartak Moskva Lineups

Starting XI

35
Christopher Martins ↓ Danil Prutsev 64'
10
Quincy Promes
47
Roman Zobnin
14
Georgii Dzhikiya
23
Nikita Chernov
82
Daniil Khlusevich
98
Aleksandr Maksimenko
22
Mikhail Ignatov ↓ Keita Balde 52'
7
Aleksandr Sobolev ↓ Shamar Nicholson 71'
68
Ruslan Litvinov ↓ Nail Umyarov 52'
97
Danil Denisov ↓ Maciej Rybus 63'

Bench

Coach Guillermo Abascal

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sergey Semak

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Andrei Mostovoi	6
Sardar Azmoun	5
Quincy Promes	3
Aleksandr Sobolev	3
Aleksandr Erokhin	3
Artem Dzyuba	3
Claudinho	2
Dejan Lovren	2

Head to Head

FK Spartak Moskva Form

2022-09-04 FK Spartak Moskva 1–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2022-08-27 FK Fakel Voronezh 1–4 FK Spartak Moskva W 2022-08-20 FK Dinamo Moskva 1–0 FK Spartak Moskva L 2022-08-14 FK Spartak Moskva 3–0 PFK Sochi W 2022-08-06 FK Ural 0–2 FK Spartak Moskva W 2022-07-31 FK Spartak Moskva 4–1 FK Orenburg W

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

2022-09-04 FK Spartak Moskva 1–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2022-08-28 FK Ural 0–4 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2022-08-21 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–0 FK Torpedo Moskva W 2022-08-13 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–1 PFC CSKA Moskva W 2022-08-06 RFK Akhmat Grozny 0–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2022-07-30 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Lokomotiv Moskva W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.51 FK Spartak Moskva xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.74 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

I would bet for: FK Spartak Moskva or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 74% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FK Spartak Moskva32% Draw26% FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg42%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	23%	77%

Double Chance

FK Spartak Moskva or Draw

58%

Draw or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

68%

FK Spartak Moskva or FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FK Spartak Moskva26% Draw42% FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg32%

Actual: FK Spartak Moskva win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.1%

1 – 2

Actual

2 – 1

7.4%

2 – 2

6.4%

0 – 1

0 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.4%

1 – 0

5.1%

1 – 3

2 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

3.8%

3 – 1

3.7%

Asian Handicap — FK Spartak Moskva

Handicap	FK Spartak Moskva covers	Push	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	10%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	17%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	19%	23%
+1.5	77%	—	23%
+2	77%	13%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

FK Spartak Moskva keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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