About Match
Both sides bring 3 points into this one — Orenburg 6th, Zenit 1st. Orenburg have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 6th overall. A win here leaves Orenburg on 6 points and up to 1st, overtaking Zenit, other results permitting.
Zenit have not lost in 15 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 9 games: 2 Orenburg wins, 7 for Zenit, 0 draws, at 3.78 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 56%. The last five meetings averaged 5 goals, well above the all-time 3.78.