ST. PETERSBURG. Zenit and Spartak Moskva didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Zenit was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (65%)​.

The match was played at the Saint Petersburg Stadium stadium in St. Petersburg on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 57,865 spectators.​ The referee was Sergey Karasev with the assistance of Maksim Gavrilin and Igor Demeshko. The 4th official was Evgeni Bulanov. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 2.73 degrees Celsius or 36.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zenit had a strong ball possession 65% while Spartak Moskva was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zenit had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Zenit to win the match​.

Zenit shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Spartak Moskva shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Zenit received 5 yellow cards (Sergei Semak, Douglas Santos, Strahinja Erakovic, Wílmar Barrios and Wendel). On the opposite side, Spartak Moskva received 4 yellow cards (Christopher Martins Pereira, Danil Prutsev, Daniil Khlusevich and Alexis Duarte).

Standings

After this match, Zenit has 37 points to remain in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Spartak Moskva will has 31 points like Lokomotiv Moskva to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Zenit will play away against Ural on the 10th of March with a 19-0 head to head in favor of Zenit (3 draws).

Spartak Moskva will play away against Sochi on the 16th of September with a 6-4 head to head record in favor of Spartak Moskva (2 draws).

Zenit – Formation

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

The manager Sergei Semak decided to play with the following team: Denis Adamov (7.0), Mário Fernandes (7.3), Strahinja Erakovic (7.0), Nino (7.3), Douglas Santos (7.3), Wendel (7.3), Wílmar Barrios (7.5), Claudinho (7.7), Artur (7.0), Mateo Cassierra (7.5) and Andrey Mostovoy (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Aleksander Vasyutin, Wilson Isidor, Vyacheslav Karavaev (6.8), Aleksandr Kovalenko, Aleksandr Erokhin, Pedro Henrique (6.7), Nuraly Alip, Gustavo Mantuan, Ivan Sergeev, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Rodrigão  and Ilzat Akhmetov.

Substitutions

Zenit made 4 changes: Artur for Pedro Henrique (70′), Mário Fernandes for Vyacheslav Karavaev (70′), Claudinho for Ilzat Akhmetov (89′) and Andrey Mostovoy for Ivan Sergeev (89′).

Player of the match: Claudinho​

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

His rating is 7.7 with 59 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.

Spartak Moskva – Formation

Spartak Moskva started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Guillermo Abascal Perez played with: Aleksandr Maksimenko (7.1), Roman Zobnin (7.0), Alexis Duarte (7.0), Srdjan Babic  (8.1), Daniil Khlusevich (6.6), Jesús Medina (7.5), Christopher Martins Pereira (7.0), Danil Prutsev (7.0), Anton Zinkovskiy (6.3), Aleksandr Sobolev (6.4) and Manfred Ugalde (7.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Oleg Reabciuk, Leon Klassen, Victor Moses (6.4), Georgiy Dzhikiya, Mikhail Ignatov (7.0), Nikita Chernov, Pavel Maslov, Aleksandr Selikhov, Daniil Zorin, Ilya Svinov and Daniil Denisov.

Substitutions

Spartak Moskva made 3 changes: Aleksandr Sobolev for Mikhail Ignatov (72′), Anton Zinkovskiy for Nikita Chernov (90′) and Jesús Medina for Victor Moses (84′).

Player of the match: Srdjan Babic ​

The most impressive player for Spartak Moskva was Srdjan Babic .

His rating is 8.1 with 41 passes (83% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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

• CSKA Moskva – Orenburg – 1-1
• Krasnodar – Rubin Kazan – 1-1
• Zenit – Spartak Moskva – 0-0
• Akhmat Grozny – Ural – 1-0