Zenit St. Petersburg will play Rostov at home in the central match of the 11th round of the Russian Premier League on Sunday. We bring to your attention the forecast for this duel.
Zenit
Zenit is quite confidently leading in the championship, rushing to its fifth championship title in a row. The gap from the nearest opponent is 4 points. In the first two September matches, the blue-white-Blues scored a strong-willed victory over Spartak Moscow (2:1) on the road, and defeated Orenburg at home (8:0). Sergey Semak's team played the last three matches away, losing in the Russian Cup to Samara Wings of the Soviets (0:2) and Spartak (0:3), between them they managed to defeat Dynamo Moscow in the championship (2:0).
"Rostov"
The closest pursuer of Zenit is Rostov, which still has not lost a single match in the current championship, but due to the large number of draws, it is not possible to keep up with the champion yet. From the end of August to the middle of September, the Yellow-Blues gave out a 5-match winning streak, beating Torpedo Moscow (1-0) in the championship on the road, and Spartak Moscow (4:2) and Krylia Sovetov Samara (2:1) at home. Last Thursday, Rostov suffered their first defeat of the season, losing to Akhmat Grozny (1:3) in a cup away meeting.
Statistics and figures
- Zenit has a 9-match unbeaten streak (7 wins + 2 losses);
- In the last five rounds of the championship, Zenit conceded only 1 goal;
- Zenit has a 14-match winning streak at home. In seven home matches this season , St. Petersburg scored at least two goals;
- Zenit has a 6-match winless streak in face-to-face meetings with Rostov (4 wins + 2 draws);
- Zenit and Rostov have scored at least two goals in the last three head-to-head matches;
- Rostov has won 5 matches out of the last six, losing only once;
- In the last four matches of Rostov, the bet was "Both teams will score + Total more than 2.5";
- Rostov lost only 1 match out of five away matches played this season, winning twice.
Forecast
Recently, face-to-face matches between St. Petersburg and Rostov have turned out to be very productive. This meeting should not be an exception, given that Zenit needs to rehabilitate itself for the crushing cup defeat by Spartak. Rostov also knows how to play effectively on counterattacks, and also has a formidable weapon in the form of standard provisions.