In this week 25 match, on Sat Apr 16th, Ural and Zenit will play a match in St. Petersburg in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. Zenit sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Akhmat Grozny. Yuri Alberto scored the first goal for Zenit in the 39th minute, then Aleksandr Erokhin added another in the 90th minute on a feed from Magomed Ozdoev In the end, Akhmat Grozny was frustrated by Zenit’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Zenit ended the match with the shutout victory. Zenit is on a hot streak lately, with only 0 loss in their last 10 matches, while 14th placed Ural is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Krylya Sovetov. Anton Zinkovskiy scored the first goal for Krylya Sovetov in the 53rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Ural couldn’t muster any offence and Krylya Sovetov ran away with the shutout win. Ural looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Ekaterinburg Arena, Ural and Zenit battled to a 0-0 draw. Ural had 11 on net, and Zenit had 12, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,.
Ural’s top weapon lately has been Eric Bicfalvi, who has two goals in the last 5 matches. Zenit’s top weapon lately has been Malcom, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.