On the 3rd of December, Rostov will travel to St. Petersburg to battle Zenit in a clash of the Premier League. Zenit is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against CSKA Moscow. Claudinho scored the first goal for Zenit in the 34th minute, then Andrey Mostovoy added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Artem Dzyuba At the end of 90 a dissapointed CSKA Moscow couldn’t manage to score, and Zenit took the shutout win. Zenit is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rostov recorded a 0-2 loss against Akhmat Grozny. Artem Polyarus scored the first goal for Akhmat Grozny in the 26th minute on a penalty shot, then Senin Sebai added another in the 76th minute In the end, Rostov couldn’t muster any offence and Akhmat Grozny ran away with the shutout win. Rostov is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Rostov and Zenit last played eachother at the Rostov Arena on Sunday Aug 1st. Zenit was victorious by a score of 4 to 2. Aleksandr Erokhin struck first for Zenit in the 30th minute on a feed from Daler Kuzyaev, then Sardar Azmoun added another in the 35th minute on a penalty shot.
Rostov’s top weapon lately has been Dmitri Poloz, who has 3 goals in the last five matches. Zenit’s top weapon lately has been Artem Dzyuba, who has 3 goals in the last 5 matches.