FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg vs FK Spartak Moskva, RFPL 2021-22 REGULAR SEASON

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RFPL · 2021-22

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

7 – 1

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FK Spartak Moskva

Sun 24 Oct 2021 · 16:00 UTC Gazprom Arena HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 65' Maximiliano Caufriez

Y 66' Maximiliano Caufriez

Yaroslav Rakitskii 72' Y

R 79' Maximiliano Caufriez

Y 90' Zelimkhan Bakaev

Overview

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

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 30 games · 68 pts (2025/26)
FK Spartak Moskva 30 games · 52 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 16 games · Avg 2.6 goals FK Spartak Moskva

Last 5 meetings

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 2019-12-01 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–0 FK Spartak Moskva 2019-09-01 FK Spartak Moskva 0–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Recent Form

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Oct	FK Spartak Moskva	H	7–1	W
20 Oct	Juventus FC	H	0–1	L
16 Oct	PFK Arsenal Tula	A	1–2	L
03 Oct	PFK Sochi	H	1–2	L
29 Sep	Malmo FF	H	4–0	W
25 Sep	PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara	H	2–1	W

FK Spartak Moskva

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
24 Oct	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg	A	1–7	L
20 Oct	Leicester City FC	H	3–4	L
16 Oct	FK Dinamo Moskva	H	2–2	D
03 Oct	RFK Akhmat Grozny	A	1–0	W
30 Sep	SSC Napoli	A	3–2	W
25 Sep	FK Ufa	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg		FK Spartak Moskva
#1	Position	#4
68	Points	52
30	Played	30
20 / 8 / 2	W / D / L	15 / 7 / 8
53	Scored	47
19	Conceded	39
+34	GD	+8
2.27	PPG	1.73
67%	Win %	50%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

44% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

50% Clean Sheets
FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg this season

23% Clean Sheets
FK Spartak Moskva this season

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg are 1st (68 pts). FK Spartak Moskva are 4th (52 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 Spartak Moskva

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

1/–

61-75

3/–

76+

1/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Gazprom Arena. Ninety minutes of football awaits between FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg and FK Spartak Moskva.
5' FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 5.
10' The 31-year-old Jorrit Hendrix has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
13' The crowd applauds Douglas Santos as he leaves the pitch. Danil Krugovoi steps in for FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg.
18' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
19' Magnificent from Sardar Azmoun! That is 81 goals in 208 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
20' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sardar Azmoun makes it 2-0.
21' What composure from Sardar Azmoun! The Iran international strokes it home. 3-0.
26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Douglas Santos made 268 appearances and scored 8 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
28' Against the run of play, Claudinho has scored! This game has turned on its head.
33' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg that had 394 games and scored 534 goals.
36' Sardar Azmoun doubles the advantage! 5-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
41' It’s high time Rui Vitoria made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
45' GOAL! Andrei Mostovoi scores on 45. Assisted by Yaroslav Rakitskii
46' FK Spartak Moskva ring the changes. Jordan Larsson has done his job and it is now time for Mikhail Ignatov to step up.
46' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Andrei Mostovoi makes it 7-0.
51' Yaroslav Rakitskii has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
53' GOAL! Quincy Promes scores on 53.
54' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Quincy Promes makes no mistake. 7-2!
56' GOAL! Andrei Mostovoi scores on 56.
61' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
65' FK Spartak Moskva player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
66' Maximiliano Caufriez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 66.
71' FK Spartak Moskva are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
72' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Yaroslav Rakitskii.
72' FK Spartak Moskva make a change. Victor Moses trudges off to be replaced by Aleksandr Lomovitski on 72 minutes.
76' A change in the FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg ranks — Yaroslav Rakitskii exits the field as Artem Dzyuba enters on 76.
79' Against the run of play, Artem Dzyuba has scored! This game has turned on its head.
79' The referee calls foul for Maximiliano Caufriez. He receives a Red card.
80' Artem Dzyuba adds to his 2 season tally! FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg lead 10-2 — and this changes everything.
83' It is a substitution in FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg team. Wilmar Barrios is replaced by Kirill Kravtsov on 83 minute.
88' A stunning finish from Aleksandr Erokhin — that came from absolutely nowhere!
89' GOAL! Aleksandr Erokhin fires home to make it 12-2!
90' Zelimkhan Bakaev has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 90.
The referee brings this contest to a close. FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg take all three points.

Lineups

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Lineups

Starting XI

6
Dejan Lovren
15
Vyacheslav Karavaev
3
Douglas Santos ↓ Danil Krugovoi 13'
8
Wendel
5
Wilmar Barrios ↓ Kirill Kravtsov 83'
44
Yaroslav Rakitskii ↓ Artem Dzyuba 76'
1
Stanislav Kritsyuk
7
Sardar Azmoun
17
Andrei Mostovoi ↓ Aleksei Sutormin 76'
2
Dmitri Chistyakov
11
Claudinho ↓ Aleksandr Erokhin 83'

Bench

Coach Sergey Semak

FK Spartak Moskva Lineups

Starting XI

6
Ayrton Lucas
8
Victor Moses ↓ Aleksandr Lomovitski 72'
24
Quincy Promes ↓ Zelimkhan Bakaev 72'
47
Roman Zobnin ↓ Jorrit Hendrix 46'
14
Georgii Dzhikiya
3
Maximiliano Caufriez
98
Aleksandr Maksimenko
92
Nikolai Rasskazov
7
Aleksandr Sobolev ↓ Jorrit Hendrix 46'
11
Jordan Larsson ↓ Mikhail Ignatov 46'
68
Ruslan Litvinov

Bench

Coach Rui Vitoria

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg Form

2021-10-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 7–1 FK Spartak Moskva W 2021-10-20 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 0–1 Juventus FC L 2021-10-16 PFK Arsenal Tula 2–1 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg L 2021-10-03 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 1–2 PFK Sochi L 2021-09-29 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 4–0 Malmo FF W 2021-09-25 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 2–1 PFK Krylya Sovetov Samara W

FK Spartak Moskva Form

2021-10-24 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg 7–1 FK Spartak Moskva L 2021-10-20 FK Spartak Moskva 3–4 Leicester City FC L 2021-10-16 FK Spartak Moskva 2–2 FK Dinamo Moskva D 2021-10-03 RFK Akhmat Grozny 0–1 FK Spartak Moskva W 2021-09-30 SSC Napoli 2–3 FK Spartak Moskva W 2021-09-25 FK Spartak Moskva 2–0 FK Ufa W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.65 FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg xG

Expected Goals

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

0.9 FK Spartak Moskva xG

I would bet for: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg68% Draw18% FK Spartak Moskva14%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.55

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or Draw

87%

Draw or FK Spartak Moskva

32%

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg or FK Spartak Moskva

82%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg54% Draw35% FK Spartak Moskva11%

Actual: FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 7–1 not predicted

7 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

10.2%

2 – 1

8.8%

3 – 0

8.7%

3 – 1

7.7%

1 – 1

7.6%

1 – 0

7.5%

4 – 0

5.7%

4 – 1

5.1%

0 – 0

4.1%

2 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

3.5%

5 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg

Handicap	FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg covers	Push	FK Spartak Moskva covers
-2.5	32%	—	68%
-2	32%	21%	48%
-1.5	52%	—	48%
-1	52%	21%	27%
-0.5	73%	—	27%
+0.5	90%	—	10%
+1	90%	7%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

FK Zenit Sankt-Petersburg keeps clean sheet

41% ✓

FK Spartak Moskva keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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