Zenit manages to recover against Rostov with a penalty kick on the D. Poloz 11′ and a goal on the N. Komlichenko 25′. Zenit was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (73%)​

In front of 19,980 spectators.​ The referee was Aleksey Matyunin with the collaboration of Dmitri Mosyakin and Aleksey Vorontsov. The 4th official was Yan Bobrovskiy.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zenit had a superior ball possession 73% while Rostov was struggling with a 27% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zenit was has a more offensive attitude with 80 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Zenit to win the match​.

Zenit shot 18 times, 5 on target, 13 off target. Talking about the opposition, Rostov shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Zenit received 5 yellow cards (D. Chistyakov, Y. Rakitsky, A. Erokhin, Claudinho and A. Sutormin). On the opposite side, Rostov received 5 yellow cards (D. Glebov, N. Komlichenko, D. Terentjev, I. Kalinin and V. Melekhin).

Standings

After playing this match, Zenit will have 37 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Rostov will have 18 points to gain in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Zenit will play away against Dinamo Moskva on the 12th of December with a 22-8 head to head record in favor of Zenit (8 draws).

Rostov will host Ural on the 11th of December with a 9-2 head to head statistic in favor of Rostov (8 draws).

Zenit – Formation

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

The manager Sergei Semak decided to play with the following team: Mikhail Kerzhakov (5.9), Vyacheslav Karavaev (6.2), Dmitri Chistyakov (6.4), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (7.7), Douglas Santos (6.5), Daler Kuzyaev (7.6), Wendel (6.6), Malcom (6.6), Aleksandr Erokhin (6.1), Claudinho (8.4) and Artem Dzyuba (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Daniil Odoevski, David Byazrov, Wílmar Barrios (6.5), Aleksei Sutormin (6.1), Magomed Ozdoev, Danil Krugovoy, Danila Khotulev, Daniil Kuznetsov, Sardar Azmoun (7.3), Kirill Kravtsov, Dejan Lovren (6.8) and Andrey Mostovoy (6.1).

Substitutions

Zenit made 5 changes: D. Chistyakov for D. Lovren (37′), A. Erokhin for W. Barrios (46′), Malcom for S. Azmoun (46′), D. Kuzyayev for A. Mostovoy (79′) and A. Dzyuba for A. Sutormin (84′).

Best player: Claudinho​

The player that probably impressed the most for Zenit was Claudinho.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 57 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 4 crosses.

Rostov – Formation

Rostov started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Vitali Kafanov played with: Sergey Pesyakov (6.2), Denis Terentjev (6.4), Bastos (7.3), Maksim Osipenko (7.1), Igor Kalinin (6.9), Viktor Melekhin (6.8), Daniil Glebov (6.8), Khoren Bayramyan (6.2), Dmitri Poloz (6.8), Nikolay Komlichenko (7.1) and Pontus Almqvist (6.7).

They had on the bench: Kirill Shchetinin, Maksim Rudakov, Aleksandr Mukhin, Maksim Turischev, Ali Sowe (6.8), Andrey Langovich (6.6), Roman Tugarev, Kirill Folmer (6.5), Danila Sukhomlinov (6.6), Egor Baburin and Dennis Hadžikadunić.

Substitutions

Rostov made 4 changes: N. Komlichenko for A. Sowe (70′), D. Terentjev for A. Langovich (70′), D. Poloz for K. Folmer (79′) and V. Melekhin for D. Sukhomlinov (83′).

Best player: Bastos​

The most impressive player for Rostov was Bastos.

His rating is (7.3) with 14 passes (78% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

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

• Zenit – Rostov – 2-2