KAZAN. Zenit defeats Rubin Kazan’ 3-1. Zenit was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with A. Dzyuba (24′), Claudinho (29′) and A. Dzyuba (43′). Rubin Kazan’ reduced the distance with an own goal (67′) by D. Chistyakov, but there was not much to do for them. Its vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Central’nyj stadion Kazan’ stadium in Kazan on Monday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Sergey Ivanov with the help of Valery Danchenko and Roman Usachev. The 4th official was Roman Safjan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Rubin Kazan’ started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up. On the opposite side, Zenit adopted a 3-4-2-1 formation.
Rubin Kazan’ – Formation
Rubin Kazan
90'
27'
The manager Leonid Slutskiy decided to play with the following team: Yuri Dyupin , Georgi Zotov , Filip Uremović , Montassar Talbi , Ilya Samoshnikov , In-Beom Hwang , Oliver Abildgaard , Anders Dreyer , Sead Hakšabanović , Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Đorđe Despotović .
The home team had on the bench: Nikita Medvedev, German Onugkha, Artem Ismagilov, Mikhail Kostyukov, Leon Musaev, Ivan Ignatiev, Soltmurad Bakaev , Ivan Savitskiy, Konstantin Nizhegorodov and Stepan Surikov.
Rubin Kazan’ could not rely on the presence of K. Nizhegorodov (injured).
Best player: Yuri Dyupin
The player that probably impressed the most for Rubin Kazan’ was the goalkeeper: Yuri Dyupin. His rating is 7.33. He performed 0 saves.
Zenit – Formation
Zenit
29'
On the other side, Sergei Semak played with: Stanislav Kritsyuk , Wílmar Barrios , Dmitri Chistyakov , Yaroslav Rakitskiy , Aleksei Sutormin , Daler Kuzyaev , Wendel , Douglas Santos , Malcom , Claudinho and Artem Dzyuba .
They had on the bench: Mikhail Kerzhakov, Danil Krugovoy, Kirill Kravtsov, Danila Khotulev, Daniil Kuznetsov, David Byazrov, Aleksandr Erokhin and Andrey Mostovoy.
Best player: Claudinho
The player that probably impressed the most for Zenit was Claudinho.
His rating is with 1 goal, 55 passes (81% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 9 Total 19
- 2 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 11
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 100 Attack 134
- 45 Dangerous attack 66
- 81 Ball safe 87
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Zenit was in firm control of the ball 62% while Rubin Kazan’ was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Zenit was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Zenit won the encounter.
Rubin Kazan’ shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Zenit shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Rubin Kazan’ received 5 yellow cards (K. Nizhegorodov, L. Slutski, Hwang In-Beom, L. Slutski and G. Zotov). On the opposite side, Zenit received 1 yellow card (Y. Rakitsky).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Rubin Kazan’ will stay with 14 points to move up in the 5th place. On the other side, Zenit will have 20 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Premier League, Rubin Kazan’ will play away against Dinamo Moskva on the 26th of September with a 17-4 head to head record in favor of Rubin Kazan’ (13 draws).
Zenit will host Krylya Sovetov on the 25th of September with a 20-4 head to head statistic in favor of Zenit (4 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Premier League.
- CSKA Moskva – Spartak Moskva – 1-0
- Rubin Kazan’ – Zenit – 1-3
- Ural – Lokomotiv Moskva – 0-0
