FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs FK Rubin Kazan, RFPL 2020-21 REGULAR SEASON

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RFPL · 2020-21

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

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FK Rubin Kazan

Sat 24 Oct 2020 · 13:30 UTC Gazprom Arena HT 45+1' · FT 45+8'

Y 25' Filip Uremovic

Daler Kuzyaev 86' Y

Yaroslav Rakitskii 90' Y

Overview

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

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 9 games · 18 pts (2026/27)
FK Rubin Kazan 9 games · 12 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee Roman Usachev
Referee Nikolay Voloshin
Referee Pavel Kukuyan
Referee Valentin Murashov
Referee Ivan Sidenkov

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	FK Krasnodar	9	21
2	FK Dinamo Moskva	9	19
3	PFC CSKA Moskva	9	19
4	FK Spartak Moskva	9	19
5	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	9	18
6	FK Rubin Kazan	9	12
7	FK Dinamo Makhachkala	9	12
8	FK Baltika Kaliningrad	9	11
9	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	9	11
10	RFK Akhmat Grozny	9	10
11	FK Orenburg	9	9
12	FK Akron Tolyatti	9	8
13	FK Rostov	9	8
14	FK Lokomotiv Moskva	9	7
15	FK Rodina Moskva	9	5
16	FK Fakel Voronezh	9	3

Head-to-Head

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 14 games · Avg 3.2 goals FK Rubin Kazan

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 FK Rubin Kazan 2019-11-23 FK Rubin Kazan 1–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2019-09-21 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 5–0 FK Rubin Kazan 2018-12-09 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 FK Rubin Kazan 2018-08-13 FK Rubin Kazan 0–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Recent Form

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Oct	FK Rubin Kazan	H	1–2	L
20 Oct	Club Brugge KV	H	1–2	L
17 Oct	PFK Sochi	H	3–1	W
03 Oct	FK Spartak Moskva	A	1–1	D
26 Sep	FK Ufa	H	6–0	W
19 Sep	FK Ural	A	1–1	D

FK Rubin Kazan

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Oct	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	2–1	W
17 Oct	FK Krasnodar	A	1–3	L
04 Oct	RFK Akhmat Grozny	H	1–1	D
27 Sep	SK Rotor Volgograd	A	3–1	W
20 Sep	FK Spartak Moskva	H	0–2	L
13 Sep	FK Dinamo Moskva	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg		FK Rubin Kazan
#5	Position	#6
18	Points	12
9	Played	9
6 / 0 / 3	W / D / L	2 / 6 / 1
19	Scored	12
9	Conceded	11
+10	GD	+1
2.00	PPG	1.33
67%	Win %	22%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

25% Clean Sheets
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg this season

20% Clean Sheets
FK Rubin Kazan this season

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are 5th (18 pts). FK Rubin Kazan are 6th (12 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

0-15

1/–

16-30

1/1

31-45

–/1

46-60

1/–

61-75

–/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FK Rubin Kazan

0-15

–/1

16-30

1/–

31-45

–/–

46-60

1/1

61-75

1/1

76+

3/1

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Aleksandr Sobolev	7 G	2 A
Maksim Glushenkov	6 G	2 A
Jhon Jhon	1 G	1 A
Gustavo Mantuan	1 G
Felipe Augusto	1 G

FK Rubin Kazan

Anderson Arroyo	3 G	1 A
Jacques Siwe	3 G
Bogdan Jocic	1 G
Aleksandar Jukic	1 G
Ilya Rozhkov	1 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg is hosting FK Rubin Kazan for another epic battle.
5' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg have won 535 goals from 395 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg and FK Rubin Kazan are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FK Rubin Kazan needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
20' 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 Andrei Mostovoi suffering a number of foals already.
25' Poor challenge from Filip Uremovic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
26' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Aleksandr Erokhin makes it 1-0.
31' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
36' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
41' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
43' What an equalizer from Dorde Despotovic!
48' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
53' Both keepers have barely been tested. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg and FK Rubin Kazan are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
58' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Douglas Santos made 270 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
63' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
68' The 30-year-old Aleksandr Zuev has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
69' Darko Jevtic doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
70' Another change for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg made on 70 minute. Magomed Ozdoev leaves to be changed by Daler Kuzyaev.
71' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg make a change. Wilmar Barrios trudges off to be replaced by Danil Krugovoi on 71 minutes.
76' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
79' FK Rubin Kazan make a change. Soltmurad Bakaev trudges off to be replaced by Aleksandr Zuev on 79 minutes.
81' Another substitution for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to replace Wendel by Andrei Mostovoi on 81 minute.
85' The supporters are chanting for Dmitriy Tarasov. He replaces Darko Jevtic on 85 minute.
86' Daler Kuzyaev is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
90' That is a Yellow card for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg. Yaroslav Rakitskii will be fuming at that decision.
90' Fresh legs for FK Rubin Kazan! Georgii Zotov comes on to replace Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1-2 FK Rubin Kazan.

Lineups

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

6
Dejan Lovren
15
Vyacheslav Karavaev
3
Douglas Santos
20
Wendel ↓ Andrei Mostovoi 81'
21
Aleksandr Erokhin
22
Artem Dzyuba C
5
Wilmar Barrios ↓ Danil Krugovoi 71'
44
Yaroslav Rakitskii
41
Mikhail Kerzhakov
27
Magomed Ozdoev ↓ Daler Kuzyaev 70'
11
Sebastian Driussi ↓ Aleksei Sutormin 71'

Bench

Coach Sergei Semak

FK Rubin Kazan Lineups

Starting XI

6
Hwang Inbeom
22
Yurii Dyupin
20
Oleg Shatov
5
Filip Uremovic C
9
Dorde Despotovic
4
Silvije Begic
8
Darko Jevtic ↓ Dmitriy Tarasov 85'
21
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ↓ Georgii Zotov 90'
2
Carl Starfelt
87
Soltmurad Bakaev ↓ Aleksandr Zuev 79'
77
Ilya Samoshnikov

Bench

Coach Leonid Slutsky

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Artem Dzyuba	4
Mateo Cassierra	3
Aleksei Sutormin	3
Vital Lisakovic	2
Sardar Azmoun	2
Wilson Isidor	2
Aleksandr Erokhin	2
Dorde Despotovic	2

Head to Head

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

2020-10-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 FK Rubin Kazan L 2020-10-20 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 Club Brugge KV L 2020-10-17 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–1 PFK Sochi W 2020-10-03 FK Spartak Moskva 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2020-09-26 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 6–0 FK Ufa W 2020-09-19 FK Ural 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D

FK Rubin Kazan Form

2020-10-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 FK Rubin Kazan W 2020-10-17 FK Krasnodar 3–1 FK Rubin Kazan L 2020-10-04 FK Rubin Kazan 1–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny D 2020-09-27 SK Rotor Volgograd 1–3 FK Rubin Kazan W 2020-09-20 FK Rubin Kazan 0–2 FK Spartak Moskva L 2020-09-13 FK Dinamo Moskva 0–1 FK Rubin Kazan W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.08 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

Expected Goals

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

1.17 FK Rubin Kazan xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 62% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg51% Draw25% FK Rubin Kazan24%

Actual: FK Rubin Kazan win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

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 Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Draw

76%

Draw or FK Rubin Kazan

49%

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or FK Rubin Kazan

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg42% Draw41% FK Rubin Kazan17%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.3%

2 – 1

9.5%

2 – 0

8.3%

1 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

6.5%

3 – 0

5.6%

2 – 2

5.5%

0 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

Actual

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Handicap	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers	Push	FK Rubin Kazan covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	17%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	22%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

FK Rubin Kazan keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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