On the 21st of May, in this week 30 match, FC Nizhny Novgorod hosts Zenit at Stade Municipal 1 in a Premier League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 12th placed FC Nizhny Novgorod, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Sochi. Neither Sochi nor FC Nizhny Novgorod could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 28 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. FC Nizhny Novgorod looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10, while in their last match, 1st placed Zenit, recorded a 1-1 draw against Spartak Moscow. Aleksandr Sobolev struck first for Spartak Moscow in the 49th minute, but Andrey Mostovoy got the equalizer for Zenit in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Zenit. Zenit is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches.
Zenit and FC Nizhny Novgorod last played eachother at the Saint Petersburg Stadium on Friday Nov 19th. Zenit was victorious by a score of 5 to 1. Malcom scored the first goal for Zenit in the 24th minute, then Artem Dzyuba added another in the 34th minute.
Zenit’s most prolific scorer has been Ivan Sergeev. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches. FC Nizhny Novgorod hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last 5 matches are Kirill Kravtsov and Nikolay Kalinsky, and they each have 1 goal.