About Match
The table reads 5th (Zenit, 15 pts) against 6th (Dynamo Makhachkala, 12 pts), 3 points apart. Per game in the league, Zenit score 2 and conceding 0.88, Dynamo Makhachkala 1.75 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.39 goals per team per game. Zenit would climb to 18 points with a win and up to 2nd (other results held equal).
From the last five rounds, Zenit hold 9 points of 15 and Dynamo Makhachkala 3.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Zenit 8, draws 1, Dynamo Makhachkala 0, at 2.11 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 67% of the meetings won by the home side. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
The match takes place at Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg (capacity 68,000).