On the 25th of April, in this week 26 match, Krasnodar plays host to Zenit in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. Krasnodar is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Krylya Sovetov. Vladislav Sarveli scored the first goal for Krylya Sovetov in the 24th minute, then Maksim Glushenkov added another in the 53rd minute on a feed from Yakuba At the end of 90 a dissapointed Krasnodar couldn’t manage to score, and Krylya Sovetov took the shutout win. Krasnodar should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 1st placed Zenit, recorded a 3-1 win against Ural. Claudinho struck first for Zenit in the 12th minute, then Yuri Alberto added another in the 37th minute. Zenit is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10 matches.
Krasnodar and Zenit last played eachother at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on Aug 7th. Zenit was victorious by a score of 3 to 2. Sardar Azmoun struck first for Zenit in the 9th minute, then Jhon Córdoba tied it up for Krasnodar in the 24th minute , but fortunately for Zenit it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Zenit’s most prolific scorer has been Yuri Alberto. The Brazilian attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Eduard Spertsyan has been the most prolific scorer on Krasnodar in his last 5 matches with 2 goals.