FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs FK Rubin Kazan, RFPL 2023-24 REGULAR SEASON

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RFPL · 2023-24

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FK Rubin Kazan

Wed 24 Apr 2024 · 17:30 UTC Gazprom Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Strahinja Erakovic 69' Y

Y 90' Yury Dyupin

Y 90' Maciej Rybus

Y 90' Aleksey Gritsaenko

Andrei Mostovoi 91' Y

Overview

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

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 30 games · 68 pts (2026/27)
FK Rubin Kazan 30 games · 43 pts (2026/27)

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 14 games · Avg 3.2 goals FK Rubin Kazan

Last 5 meetings

2024-04-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0–2 FK Rubin Kazan 2023-09-17 FK Rubin Kazan 0–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2022-02-28 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 3–2 FK Rubin Kazan 2021-09-20 FK Rubin Kazan 1–3 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2021-03-08 FK Rubin Kazan 2–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Recent Form

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Apr	FK Rubin Kazan	H	0–2	L
21 Apr	FK Orenburg	H	1–0	W
13 Apr	FK Krasnodar	A	2–1	W
07 Apr	FK Baltika Kaliningrad	H	1–0	W
30 Mar	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	A	1–1	D
09 Mar	FK Ural	A	4–1	W

FK Rubin Kazan

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Apr	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	2–0	W
20 Apr	FK Lokomotiv Moskva	H	1–1	D
14 Apr	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	A	0–2	L
08 Apr	FK Orenburg	A	0–3	L
31 Mar	RFK Akhmat Grozny	H	2–1	W
09 Mar	FK Nizhny Novgorod	H	0–1	L

Season Stats

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg		FK Rubin Kazan
#1	Position	#8
68	Points	43
30	Played	30
20 / 8 / 2	W / D / L	11 / 10 / 9
53	Scored	29
19	Conceded	30
+34	GD	-1
2.27	PPG	1.43
67%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

79% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are 1st (68 pts). FK Rubin Kazan are 8th (43 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Gazprom Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' It looks surprising FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg does not make any changes. Mirlind Daku has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
15' FK Rubin Kazan are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' FK Rubin Kazan is showing some good football. However, FK Rubin Kazan are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
30' The home supporters are growing impatient. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg must find a spark to ignite this game.
35' The 21-year-old Ilya Rozhkov has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
40' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Nino made 389 appearances and scored 11 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
45' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
46' The FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg manager makes a substitution. Nuraly Alip departs to be replaced by Strahinja Erakovic.
50' FK Rubin Kazan is taking the lead after the goal scored by Mirlind Daku on 50.
55' Mateo Cassierra is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg so far.
57' It is a substitution in FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg team. Rodrigao is replaced by Artur Guimaraes on 57 minute.
60' The supporters are chanting for Ivan Sergeev. He replaces Andrei Mostovoi on 60 minute.
65' 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.
67' GOAL! Aleksandr Martinovich scores on 67. Assisted by Mirlind Daku
69' Poor challenge from Strahinja Erakovic. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
74' FK Rubin Kazan fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
76' A change in the FK Rubin Kazan ranks — Ruslan Bezrukov exits the field as Maciej Rybus enters on 76.
81' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
86' Igor Vujacic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
87' FK Rubin Kazan manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Lazar Randjelovic is hanging Valentin Vada on the field on 87 minute.
89' The whistle greets Vyacheslav Karavaev as he departs to be replaced by Aleksandr Erokhin.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Yury Dyupin.
90' The FK Rubin Kazan manager makes a substitution. Dmitriy Kabutov departs to be replaced by Egor Teslenko.
It finishes all square. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg and FK Rubin Kazan share the spoils 0-2.

Lineups

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

15
Vyacheslav Karavaev ↓ Aleksandr Erokhin 89'
30
Mateo Cassierra
8
Wendel
5
Wilmar Barrios ↓ Pedrinho Santos 60'
41
Mikhail Kerzhakov
28
Nuraly Alip ↓ Strahinja Erakovic 46'
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Nino
17
Andrei Mostovoi ↓ Ivan Sergeev 60'
55
Rodrigao ↓ Artur Guimaraes 57'
11
Claudinho
31
Gustavo Mantuan

Bench

Coach Sergey Semak

FK Rubin Kazan Lineups

Starting XI

30
Valentin Vada ↓ Lazar Randjelovic 87'
21
Aleksandr Zotov
15
Igor Vujacic
44
Mirlind Daku
23
Ruslan Bezrukov ↓ Maciej Rybus 76'
27
Aleksey Gritsaenko
22
Yury Dyupin
4
Aleksandr Martinovich
6
Ugochukwu Iwu
70
Dmitriy Kabutov ↓ Egor Teslenko 90'
51
Ilya Rozhkov

Bench

Coach Rashid Rakhimov

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Artem Dzyuba	4
Aleksei Sutormin	3
Mateo Cassierra	3
Wilson Isidor	2
Aleksandr Erokhin	2
Dorde Despotovic	2
Egor Sorokin	2
Yuri Alberto	2

Head to Head

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

2024-04-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0–2 FK Rubin Kazan L 2024-04-21 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Orenburg W 2024-04-13 FK Krasnodar 1–2 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W 2024-04-07 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Baltika Kaliningrad W 2024-03-30 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 1–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg D 2024-03-09 FK Ural 1–4 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg W

FK Rubin Kazan Form

2024-04-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0–2 FK Rubin Kazan W 2024-04-20 FK Rubin Kazan 1–1 FK Lokomotiv Moskva D 2024-04-14 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara 2–0 FK Rubin Kazan L 2024-04-08 FK Orenburg 3–0 FK Rubin Kazan L 2024-03-31 FK Rubin Kazan 2–1 RFK Akhmat Grozny W 2024-03-09 FK Rubin Kazan 0–1 FK Nizhny Novgorod L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.53 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

Expected Goals

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

0.77 FK Rubin Kazan xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 60% + Under — clean sheet likely 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg52% Draw28% FK Rubin Kazan20%

Actual: FK Rubin Kazan win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes43% 0% No57%

Avg goals/match: 2.3

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	40%	60%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Draw

80%

Draw or FK Rubin Kazan

48%

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or FK Rubin Kazan

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg36% Draw50% FK Rubin Kazan14%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 0

14.3%

1 – 1

12.7%

0 – 0

12.2%

2 – 0

11.3%

2 – 1

8.8%

0 – 1

6.6%

3 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

4.5%

1 – 2

4.4%

2 – 2

3.5%

0 – 2

Actual

4 – 0

2.2%

Asian Handicap — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Handicap	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers	Push	FK Rubin Kazan covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	17%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	25%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	12%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

47% ✓

FK Rubin Kazan keeps clean sheet

23% ✗

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