In this week 19 match, on Mon Feb 28th, Zenit will host Rubin Kazan’ at Saint Petersburg Stadium in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Zenit is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Real Betis. Neither Real Betis nor Zenit could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 8 and 12 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Zenit is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Rubin Kazan’ recorded a 0-2 loss against Krylya Sovetov. Ivan Sergeev struck first for Krylya Sovetov in the 62nd minute on a feed from Ezhov, then Sergey Pinyaev added another in the 85th minute on a feed from Ivan Sergeev In the end, Rubin Kazan’ couldn’t muster any offence and Krylya Sovetov ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches.
Rubin Kazan’ and Zenit last played eachother at the Kazan’ Arena on Monday Sep 20th. Zenit was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Artem Dzyuba struck first for Zenit in the 24th minute, then Claudinho added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Malcom.
Rubin Kazan”s most prolific scorer has been Anders Dreyer. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. Claudinho has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Zenit.