In a weekend match in week 20, on Sunday Mar 6th, Zenit and Ufa will play a match in St. Petersburg in a Premier League match. Zenit sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against Rubin Kazan’. Yuri Alberto struck first for Zenit in the 49th minute, then Aleksei Sutormin added another in the 55th minute from the penalty spot. Zenit should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while 15th placed Ufa is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Akhmat Grozny. Yury Zhuravlev scored the first goal for Ufa in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Igor Konovalov tied it up for Akhmat Grozny in the 50th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 85th minute on a goal by Aleksandr Troshechkin to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
On Sat Aug 21st, Ufa hosted Zenit at the Stadion Neftyanik in their last match together. Ufa and Zenit battled to a 1-1 draw. Malcom scored the first goal for Zenit in the 10th minute, then Gamid Agalarov got the equalizer for Ufa in the 73rd minute on a feed from Vyacheslav Krotov earning Ufa a comeback draw.
Ufa’s top weapon lately has been Gamid Agalarov, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Claudinho has been the most effective weapon for Zenit lately. The Brazilian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.