In this week 11 match on Oct 2nd, Zenit and Rostov will play a match in St. Petersburg in a meeting of these two Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 1st placed Zenit is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Dinamo Moscow. Andrey Mostovoy struck first for Zenit in the 35th minute on a feed from Ivan Sergeev, then Gustavo Mantuan added another in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Dinamo Moscow couldn’t muster any offence and Zenit ran away with the shutout win. Zenit is on a hot streak lately, with 8 wins in their last 10 matches, while rostov sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-1 win against Krylya Sovetov. Khoren Bayramyan struck first for Rostov in the 1st minute, then in the 12th minute, Maksim Glushenkov sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Sergey Pinyaev. Rostov is on a hot streak lately, having won 6 of their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Zenit won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Rostov’s most prolific scorer has been Dmitri Poloz. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Zenit is fortunate enough to have Malcom in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.