In a weekend match in week 19, on Sunday Mar 12th, Zenit and Khimki will play a match in St. Petersburg in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a snowy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Zenit sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against FC Nizhny Novgorod. Malcom scored the first goal for Zenit in the 12th minute, then Malcom added another in the 47th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed FC Nizhny Novgorod couldn’t manage to score, and Zenit took the shutout win. Zenit is on a hot streak lately, with only 1 loss in their last 10 matches, while khimki is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Fakel. Marcos Guilherme scored the first goal for Khimki in the 21st minute, then Georgy Gongadze tied it up for Fakel in the 44th minute on a feed from Khazyr Appaev earning Fakel a comeback draw. Khimki looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
In their last match together, in Stadion Rodina, Khimki and Zenit battled to a 1-1 draw. Wendel scored the first goal for Zenit in the 17th minute, then Reziuan Mirzov tied it up for Khimki in the 84th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Khimki.
Khimki is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Nemanja Glavčić and Marcos Guilherme each only have 1 goal in their last five. Both Mateo Cassierra and Malcom have been the hottest scorers for Zenit in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.