Match Report
Zenit (5th, 18 pts) visited Orenburg (11th, 9 pts) with 9 points between them. Per game in the league, Orenburg were scoring 0.78 and conceding 1.11, Zenit 2.11 and 1, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
Zenit had 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.
Stadion Gazovik staged the fixture, a ground that holds 7,520. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Zenit led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-3.
Goal scorers
Zenit: Maksim Glushenkov (6'), Maksim Glushenkov (58'), Maksim Glushenkov (66')
Key stats
Possession: Orenburg 31% · Zenit 69% · Total shots: 13-12 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 5-2