On Sun Dec 12th, in week 18, Dinamo Moscow plays host to Zenit in a clash of the Premier League. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only -4 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 2nd placed Dinamo Moscow is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Ufa. Denis Makarov scored the first goal for Dinamo Moscow in the 30th minute, then Arsen Zakharyan added another in the 86th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ufa couldn’t manage to score, and Dinamo Moscow took the shutout win. Dinamo Moscow looks to continue their winning ways, having won 7 of their last 10, while 1st placed Zenit is fresh off their 3-3 draw against Chelsea. Timo Werner struck first for Chelsea in the 2nd minute on a feed from Andreas Christensen, but Claudinho got the equalizer for Zenit in the 38th minute . Zenit is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 29th of October, Zenit hosted Dinamo Moscow in their last match together. Zenit won by a score of 4 to 1. Claudinho struck first for Zenit in the 8th minute, but Daniil Fomin got the equalizer for Dinamo Moscow in the 56th minute.
Claudinho has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Zenit. Dinamo Moscow’s most prolific scorer has been Vyacheslav Grulev. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.