FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs FK Nizhny Novgorod, RFPL 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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RFPL · 2023-24

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FK Nizhny Novgorod

Sat 9 Dec 2023 · 16:45 UTC Gazprom Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

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

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 30 games · 68 pts (2025/26)
FK Nizhny Novgorod 30 games · 23 pts (2025/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	30	68
2	FK Krasnodar	30	66
3	FK Lokomotiv Moskva	30	53
4	FK Spartak Moskva	30	52
5	PFC CSKA Moskva	30	51
6	FK Baltika Kaliningrad	30	46
7	FK Dinamo Moskva	30	45
8	FK Rubin Kazan	30	43
9	RFK Akhmat Grozny	30	37
10	FK Rostov	30	33
11	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	30	32
12	FK Orenburg	30	29
13	FK Akron Tolyatti	30	27
14	FK Dinamo Makhachkala	30	26
15	FK Nizhny Novgorod	30	23
16	PFK Sochi	30	22

Head-to-Head

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 10 games · Avg 2.6 goals FK Nizhny Novgorod

Last 5 meetings

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 2022-05-21 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Recent Form

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Dec	FK Nizhny Novgorod	H	1–0	W
03 Dec	FK Lokomotiv Moskva	A	1–3	L
25 Nov	PFK Sochi	H	3–0	W
11 Nov	FK Krasnodar	H	1–1	D
04 Nov	FK Baltika Kaliningrad	A	2–0	W
28 Oct	RFK Akhmat Grozny	H	2–1	W

FK Nizhny Novgorod

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
09 Dec	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	0–1	L
02 Dec	FK Ural	H	1–0	W
26 Nov	FK Rostov	A	0–1	L
12 Nov	FK Baltika Kaliningrad	H	0–0	D
05 Nov	PFC CSKA Moskva	A	2–3	L
29 Oct	PFK Sochi	H	1–0	W

Season Stats

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg		FK Nizhny Novgorod
#1	Position	#15
68	Points	23
30	Played	30
20 / 8 / 2	W / D / L	6 / 5 / 19
53	Scored	26
19	Conceded	50
+34	GD	-24
2.27	PPG	0.77
67%	Win %	20%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg this season

17% Clean Sheets
FK Nizhny Novgorod this season

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are 1st (68 pts). FK Nizhny Novgorod are 15th (23 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

0-15

3/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

–/1

46-60

5/–

61-75

–/2

76+

1/–

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FK Nizhny Novgorod

0-15

1/1

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

–/4

61-75

2/1

76+

1/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg gets underway.
5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
10' Nikolai Kalinskiy has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' Mateo Cassierra does the damage! The net is bulging and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg surge ahead!
20' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
24' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg make a change. Dmitriy Chistyakov trudges off to be replaced by Nuraly Alip on 24 minutes.
29' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
34' FK Nizhny Novgorod started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 34.
39' It looks like no one’s ball. FK Nizhny Novgorod is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
44' 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.
46' Fresh legs for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg! Danil Krugovoy comes on to replace Douglas Santos.
51' FK Nizhny Novgorod are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
56' FK Nizhny Novgorod is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
61' It’s high time Sergey Yuran made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
62' Time for substitution for FK Nizhny Novgorod. Dmitriy Stotskiy is replaced by Maksim Shnaptsev.
64' Another change for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg made on 64 minute. Mario Fernandes leaves to be changed by Claudinho.
69' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
73' Wilson Isidor has so much to prove this time. He replaces Gustavo Mantuan on 73 minute.
75' Nikita Kakkoev makes way for Ze Turbo at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from FK Nizhny Novgorod.
80' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Sergey Semak will be considering his options from the bench.
85' With 0 assists to his name this season, Douglas Santos is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg.
89' The FK Nizhny Novgorod manager makes a substitution. Vladislav Karapuzov departs to be replaced by Nikoloz Kutateladze.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to claim maximum points.

Lineups

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sergey Semak

FK Nizhny Novgorod Lineups

Starting XI

22
Nikita Kakkoev ↓ Ze Turbo 75'
24
Kirill Gotsuk
77
Vladislav Karapuzov ↓ Nikoloz Kutateladze 89'
13
Ilya Kukharchuk ↓ Ilya Zhigulev 62'
10
Aleksandr Troshechkin ↓ Juan Boselli 62'
2
Viktor Alexandrov
7
Edgar Sevikyan
81
Ivan Kukushkin
89
Dmitriy Stotskiy ↓ Maksim Shnaptsev 62'
78
Nikolai Kalinskiy
26
Dmitry Tikhiy

Bench

Coach Sergey Yuran

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

2023-12-09 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod W 2023-12-03 FK Lokomotiv Moskva 3–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2023-11-25 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–0 PFK Sochi W 2023-11-11 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–1 FK Krasnodar D 2023-11-04 FK Baltika Kaliningrad 0–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2023-10-28 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny W

FK Nizhny Novgorod Form

2023-12-09 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2023-12-02 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–0 FK Ural W 2023-11-26 FK Rostov 1–0 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2023-11-12 FK Nizhny Novgorod 0–0 FK Baltika Kaliningrad D 2023-11-05 PFC CSKA Moskva 3–2 FK Nizhny Novgorod L 2023-10-29 FK Nizhny Novgorod 1–0 PFK Sochi W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

Expected Goals

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

0.39 FK Nizhny Novgorod xG

I would bet for: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to win 74% + Under — clean sheet likely 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg74% Draw18% FK Nizhny Novgorod8%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes29% 0% No71%

Avg goals/match: 2.59

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	26%	74%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Draw

92%

Draw or FK Nizhny Novgorod

26%

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or FK Nizhny Novgorod

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg55% Draw40% FK Nizhny Novgorod5%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

17.9%

1 – 0

Actual

3 – 0

12.8%

0 – 0

9.1%

4 – 0

2 – 1

6.8%

1 – 1

6.7%

3 – 1

5.1%

5 – 0

3.2%

4 – 1

0 – 1

2.3%

5 – 1

1.4%

Asian Handicap — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Handicap	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers	Push	FK Nizhny Novgorod covers
-2.5	30%	—	70%
-2	30%	24%	46%
-1.5	54%	—	46%
-1	54%	24%	22%
-0.5	78%	—	22%
+0.5	96%	—	4%
+1	96%	4%	1%
+1.5	99%	—	1%
+2	99%	1%	0%
+2.5	100%	—	0%

Clean Sheet

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

68% ✓

FK Nizhny Novgorod keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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