Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Zenit 1st with 68 points, Rostov 10th with 33, 35 apart. In league terms the two rates read 0.83/1.07 for Rostov and 1.77/0.63 for Zenit (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.27.
Zenit arrived on a run of three straight wins. The five-game form split read 7/15 points for Rostov against 13/15 for Zenit.
13 meetings are on record — 3 won by Rostov, 7 by Zenit, 3 drawn, at 2.46 goals per meeting.
Stadion Central’nyj im. I.P. Chayka, capacity 2,500, hosted the game. Zenit led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Zenit: Aleksandr Sobolev (14')
Key stats
Possession: Rostov 56% · Zenit 44% · Total shots: 5-10 · On target: 4-4 · Corners: 2-8