MOSKVA. Zenit beats CSKA Moskva with a 2-0 win with a goal from C. (34′) and a goal from A. Mostovoy (90′).

The match was played at the VEB Arena stadium in Moskva on Sunday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 12,000 spectators.​ The referee was Sergey Karasev with the collaboration of Igor Demeshko and Maksim Gavrilin. The 4th official was Aleksey Amelin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 2.2 degrees Celsius or 36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.​

Match Statistics​

CSKA Moskva

0 - 2

Zenit

  • 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
  • 10 Total 9
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 5 Off Target 7
  • 0 Shots blocked 2
  • 128 Attack 84
  • 64 Dangerous attack 33
  • 82 Ball safe 84
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 7 Corners 1
  • 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 6 Total 9
  • 1 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. CSKA Moskva was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Zenit that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

CSKA Moskva was was more pushing with 64 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Zenit succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

CSKA Moskva shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Zenit shot 9 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

CSKA Moskva received 1 yellow card (B. Zaynutdinov). Talking about the opposition, Zenit received 1 yellow card (S. Azmoun).

Match Timeline

20'
34'
Claudinho(goal)Malcom
64'
65'
Ilzat Akhmetov- sub ->A. Dzagoev
Fedor Chalov- sub ->C. Ejuke
65'
67'
67'
Danil Krugovoy - sub ->D. Kuzyayev
74'
Aleksandr Erokhin- sub ->Claudinho
83'
88'
Andrey Mostovoy- sub ->Malcom
89'
90'
Andrey Mostovoy(goal)A. Dzyuba

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Zenit
65
30
Sochi
56
30
Dinamo Moskva
53
30
CSKA Moskva
50
30
Krasnodar
50
30
Lokomotiv Moskva
48
30
Akhmat Grozny
42
30
Krylya Sovetov
41
30
Rostov
38
30
Spartak Moskva
38
30
Ural
33
30
FK Nizjni Novgorod
33
30
Khimki
32
30
Ufa
30
30
Rubin Kazan
29
30
Arsenal Tula
23
30

After playing this match, CSKA Moskva will stay with 24 points like Krylya Sovetov and Akhmat Grozny to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Zenit will have 36 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, CSKA Moskva will play away with Krylya Sovetov on the 4th of December with a 21-6 head to head in favor of CSKA Moskva (7 draws).

Zenit will host Rostov on the 3rd of December with a 22-7 head to head in favor of Zenit (6 draws).

CSKA Moskva – Formation

CSKA Moskva
G
Igor Akinfeev 35.Russia
6.2
D
Kirill Nababkin 14.Russia
6.8
D
Mário Fernandes 2.Russia
6.4
D
Igor Diveev 78.Russia
6.8
D
Ivan Oblyakov 98.Russia
6.9
D
Jaka Bijol 29.Slovenia
6.6
M
Alan Dzagoev 10.Russia
6.9
65'
M
Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov 19.Kazakhstan
7.0
20'
M
M. Mukhin 6.Russia
6.7
83'
F
Anton Zabolotnyi 91.Russia
6.9
F
Chidera Ejuke 11.Nigeria
6.7
65'
Substitutes
G
V. Torop 49.Russia
G
Danila Bokov 45.Russia
D
Georgi Schennikov 42.Russia
D
Viktor Vasin 5.Russia
M
Emil Bohinen 88.Norway
M
Konstantin Kuchaev 20.Russia
M
Ilzat Akhmetov 7.Russia
7.3
65'
M
K. Bistrović 25.Croatia
83'
F
Fedor Chalov 9.Russia
6.7
65'

CSKA Moskva started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Alexei Berezutski decided to play with the following team: Igor Akinfeev (6.2), Mário Fernandes (6.4), Kirill Nababkin (6.8), Igor Diveev (6.8), Jaka Bijol (6.6), Ivan Oblyakov (6.9), Maksim Mukhin (6.7), Alan Dzagoev (6.9), Baktiyar Zaynutdinov (7.0), Chidera Ejuke (6.7) and Anton Zabolotnyi (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Emil Bohinen, Georgi Schennikov, Viktor Vasin, Vladislav Torop, Konstantin Kuchaev, Danila Bokov, Ilzat Akhmetov (7.3), Kristijan Bistrović and Fedor Chalov (6.7).

Substitutions

CSKA Moskva made 3 changes: A. Dzagoev for I. Akhmetov (65′), C. Ejuke for F. Chalov (65′) and M. Mukhin for K. Bistrovic (83′).

Best player: Ilzat Akhmetov​

The most impressive player for CSKA Moskva was Ilzat Akhmetov.

His rating is (7.3) with 26 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Zenit – Formation

Zenit
G
Mikhail Kerzhakov 41.Russia
7.4
D
Dejan Lovren 6.Croatia
6.8
D
Yaroslav Rakitskyi 44.Ukraine
6.7
D
Dmitriy Chistyakov 2.Russia
6.5
M
Vyacheslav Karavaev 15.Russia
6.6
M
Douglas Santos 3.Brazil
7.1
89'
M
Wilmar Barrios 5.Colombia
6.6
M
Daler Kuzyaev 14.Russia
6.2
67'
F
Claudinho 11.Brazil
6.6
74' 34'
F
Sardar Azmoun 7.Iran
6.2
67' 64'
F
Malcom 10.Brazil
6.8
88'
Substitutes
G
Daniil Odoevski 71.Russia
G
D. Byazrov 91.Russia
D
Danila Khotulev 94.Russia
D
Danil Krugovoy 4.Russia
67'
M
Aleksey Sutormin 19.Russia
M
K. Kravtsov 64.Russia
M
Magomed Ozdoev 27.Russia
89'
M
Aleksandr Erokhin 21.Russia
74'
M
Andrey Mostovoy 17.Russia
88' 90'
F
Artem Dzyuba 22.Russia
67'
F
Daniil Kuznetsov 85.Russia

Zenit started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Sergei Semak played with: Mikhail Kerzhakov (7.4), Dejan Lovren (6.8), Dmitri Chistyakov (6.5), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (6.7), Vyacheslav Karavaev (6.6), Daler Kuzyaev (6.2), Wílmar Barrios (6.6), Douglas Santos (7.1), Malcom (6.8), Claudinho (6.6) and Sardar Azmoun (6.2).

They had on the bench: Aleksei Sutormin, Daniil Odoevski, David Byazrov, Kirill Kravtsov, Magomed Ozdoev, Danila Khotulev, Artem Dzyuba, Aleksandr Erokhin, Andrey Mostovoy, Daniil Kuznetsov and Danil Krugovoy.

Substitutions

Zenit made 5 changes: S. Azmoun for A. Dzyuba (67′), D. Kuzyayev for D. Krugovoy (67′), Claudinho for A. Erokhin (74′), Malcom for A. Mostovoy (88′) and D. Santos for M. Ozdoev (89′).

Best player: Mikhail Kerzhakov​

The player that probably impressed the most for Zenit was the goalkeeper: Mikhail Kerzhakov. His rating is 7.44. He performed 2 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​