ST. PETERSBURG. Zenit tops Ural 2-0 after I. Sergeev scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Saint Petersburg Stadium stadium in St. Petersburg on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. In front of 27,534 spectators. The referee was Artem Chistyakov with the assistance of Valeri Danchenko and Andrey Obrazko. The 4th official was Vladimir Seldyakov. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 27.6 degrees Celsius or 81.72 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.
Match Statistics
- ! 67 Ball Possession 33
Shots
- 16 Total 5
- 6 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 1
- 95 Attack 60
- 64 Dangerous attack 20
- 85 Ball safe 66
- 14 Free Kicks 15
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Zenit had a strong ball possession 67% while Ural was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Zenit was putting more pressure with 64 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zenit won the match.
Zenit shot 16 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Ural shot 5 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Zenit received 1 yellow card (Wendel). Regarding the opposition, Ural received 1 yellow card (Denys Kulakov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Zenit will have 51 points to remain in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Ural will stay with 25 points like Lokomotiv Moskva to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Ural will play away agasint Akhmat Grozny on the 8th of April with a 7-7 head to head.
Zenit – Formation
Zenit
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76', 86'Zenit adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Sergei Semak decided to play with the following team: Mikhail Kerzhakov , Vyacheslav Karavaev , Rodrigão Prado , Robert Renan , Douglas Santos , Daler Kuzyaev , Wendel , Claudinho , Malcom , Mateo Cassierra and Andrey Mostovoy .
The home team had on the bench: Aleksandr Erokhin , Zelimkhan Bakaev, Danil Krugovoi, Daniil Odoevskiy, Arsen Adamov, Aleksey Sutormin, Aleksandr Vasyutin, Gustavo Mantuan , Dmitriy Chistyakov, Nuraly Alip and Ivan Sergeev .
Substitutions
Zenit made 5 changes: Mateo Cassierra for Ivan Sergeev (68′), Daler Kuzyaev for Gustavo Mantuan (68′), Wendel for Aleksandr Erokhin (86′), Claudinho for Dmitri Chistyakov (90′) and Andrey Mostovoy for Danil Krugovoy (90′).
Best player: Ivan Sergeev
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Zenit was Ivan Sergeev.
His rating is with 2 goals, 0 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 2.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 68′.
Ural – Formation
Ural
Also Ural adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Viktor Goncharenko played with: Ilya Pomazun , Denys Kulakov , Silvije Begić , Egor Filipenko , Mingiyan Beveev , Danijel Miškić , Fanil Sungatulin , Rai Vloet , Lazar Ranđelović , Aleksey Kashtanov and Andrey Egorychev .
These were the players on the bench: Vladis-Emmerson Illoy-Ayyet, Alexander Yushin , Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi, Artem Mamin, Egor Mosin, Evgeniy Tatarinov, Yuri Zheleznov , Leo Goglichidze, Luka Tsulukidze, Ibrahima Cisse , Vyacheslav Podberezkin and Oleg Baklov.
Substitutions
Ural made 5 changes: Lazar Randjelovic for Aleksandr Yushin (78′), Andrey Egorychev for Leo Goglichidze (85′), Denys Kulakov for Ibrahima Cisse (85′), F. Sungatulin for Y. Zheleznov (86′) and Aleksey Kashtanov for Evgeniy Tatarinov (90′).
Best player: Egor Filipenko
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Ural was Egor Filipenko.
His rating is with 27 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- FK Nizjni Novgorod – Lokomotiv Moskva – 0-4
- Dinamo Moskva – Sochi – 0-2
- Spartak Moskva – Akhmat Grozny – 0-0
- Zenit – Ural – 2-0
