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

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RFPL · 2024-25

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

5 – 0

Full Time

FK Rostov

Sat 3 Aug 2024 · 14:30 UTC Gazprom Arena 24,949 HT 45' · FT 45'

Pedrinho Santos 19' 1–0

Maksim Glushenkov 25' 2–0

Mateo Cassierra 32' 3–0

Maksim Glushenkov 35' 4–0

Maksim Glushenkov 68' 5–0

Nino 58' Y

Overview

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

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 14 games · 31 pts (2026/27)
FK Rostov 14 games · 19 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 Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 20 games · Avg 3.1 goals FK Rostov

Last 5 meetings

2024-08-03 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Rostov 2024-05-25 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–1 FK Rostov 2023-07-29 FK Rostov 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2023-04-16 FK Rostov 0–0 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2022-10-02 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 FK Rostov

Recent Form

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Aug	FK Rostov	H	5–0	W
27 Jul	FK Rubin Kazan	A	4–0	W
20 Jul	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	A	4–0	W
25 May	FK Rostov	H	2–1	W
19 May	RFK Akhmat Grozny	A	5–1	W
11 May	PFC CSKA Moskva	H	0–1	L

FK Rostov

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Aug	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	0–5	L
26 Jul	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	A	3–1	W
20 Jul	PFC CSKA Moskva	H	0–0	D
25 May	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	1–2	L
19 May	FK Baltika Kaliningrad	H	2–1	W
11 May	FK Rubin Kazan	A	1–3	L

Season Stats

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg		FK Rostov
#1	Position	#6
31	Points	19
14	Played	14
10 / 1 / 3	W / D / L	5 / 4 / 5
32	Scored	19
15	Conceded	20
+17	GD	-1
2.21	PPG	1.36
71%	Win %	36%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

33% Clean Sheets
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg this season

44% Clean Sheets
FK Rostov this season

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are 1st (31 pts). FK Rostov are 6th (19 pts).

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

FK Rostov

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

2/1

46-60

3/2

61-75

2/–

76+

1/5

■ 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

FK Rostov

Timur Suleimanov	3 G	2 A
Ivan Komarov	3 G
Andrey Langovich	2 G	4 A
Oumar Sako	2 G	1 A
Viktor Melekhin	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to score. At the same time, FK Rostov does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' A quiet spell here at Gazprom Arena. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are deployed in a 4-2-3-1 today, looking to exploit space against FK Rostov's 4-3-3 shape.
15' FK Rostov have won 314 goals from 372 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
19' Assisted by Maksim Glushenkov with the perfectly-timed delivery and Pedrinho Santos makes no mistake. 1-0!
24' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is showing some good football. However, FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
25' Maksim Glushenkov has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 25 minutes.
30' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-3-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
32' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Mateo Cassierra makes it 3-0.
35' Maksim Glushenkov makes no mistake. The score reads 4-0 and FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are in front.
40' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
45' Both keepers have barely been tested. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg and FK Rostov are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
46' Claudinho makes way for Yurii Gorshkov at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg.
51' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Daniil Utkin made 275 appearances and scored 26 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
56' It’s high time Sergey Semak made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' That looks like a foul for a card for Nino.
62' Another substitution for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to replace Mateo Cassierra by Andrei Mostovoi on 62 minute.
67' Wilmar Barrios needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Red cards this season.
68' GOAL! Maksim Glushenkov scores on 68. Assisted by Wendel
68' Another substitution for FK Rostov to replace Daniil Utkin by Egor Golenkov on 68 minute.
73' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
75' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg ring the changes. Maksim Glushenkov has done his job and it is now time for Artur Guimaraes to step up.
80' Oumar Sako is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg so far.
83' Gustavo Mantuan is ready to make an impact after coming on for Wendel at the 83 minute mark.
88' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
90' The crowd applauds Ronaldo as he leaves the pitch. Khoren Bairamyan steps in for FK Rostov.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 5-0.

Lineups

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

15
Vyacheslav Karavaev
30
Mateo Cassierra ↓ Andrei Mostovoi 62'
3
Douglas Santos
8
Wendel ↓ Gustavo Mantuan 83'
5
Wilmar Barrios
67
Maksim Glushenkov ↓ Artur Guimaraes 75'
27
Nino
11
Claudinho ↓ Yurii Gorshkov 46'
25
Strahinja Erakovic
24
Pedrinho Santos ↓ Wilson Isidor 62'
1
Evgeniy Latyshonok

Bench

Coach Sergey Semak

FK Rostov Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

15
Danil Glebov
47
Daniil Utkin ↓ Egor Golenkov 68'
27
Nikolay Komlichenko
55
Maksim Osipenko ↓ Viktor Melekhin 90'
87
Andrey Langovich
10
Kirill Shchetinin ↓ Konstantin Kuchaev 68'
3
Oumar Sako
40
Ilya Vakhania
73
Imran Aznaurov ↓ Rodrigo Saravia 68'
7
Ronaldo ↓ Khoren Bairamyan 90'
1
Rustam Yatimov

Bench

Coach Valeriy Karpin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Sardar Azmoun	5
Aleksandr Erokhin	4
Nikolay Komlichenko	3
Maksim Glushenkov	3
Artem Dzyuba	3
Daler Kuzyaev	2
Wendel	2
Malcom	2

Head to Head

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

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 2024-07-20 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 0–4 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2024-05-25 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–1 FK Rostov W 2024-05-19 RFK Akhmat Grozny 1–5 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2024-05-11 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0–1 PFC CSKA Moskva L

FK Rostov Form

2024-08-03 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Rostov L 2024-07-26 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 1–3 FK Rostov W 2024-07-20 FK Rostov 0–0 PFC CSKA Moskva D 2024-05-25 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–1 FK Rostov L 2024-05-19 FK Rostov 2–1 FK Baltika Kaliningrad W 2024-05-11 FK Rubin Kazan 3–1 FK Rostov L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.76 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 FK Rostov xG

I would bet for: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to win 72% + Over 2.5 goals 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg72% Draw17% FK Rostov11%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.68

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Draw

89%

Draw or FK Rostov

28%

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or FK Rostov

83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg55% Draw34% FK Rostov11%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

9.8%

3 – 0

8.7%

2 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

7.8%

1 – 1

7.1%

1 – 0

6.9%

4 – 0

5.9%

4 – 1

5.4%

2 – 2

3.9%

0 – 0

3.7%

3 – 2

3.6%

5 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Handicap	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers	Push	FK Rostov covers
-2.5	34%	—	66%
-2	34%	21%	46%
-1.5	54%	—	46%
-1	54%	20%	26%
-0.5	74%	—	26%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

FK Rostov keeps clean sheet

7% ✓

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