In this week 6 match on the 21st of August, Zenit hosts Torpedo Moskva at Saint Petersburg Stadium in a clash of the Premier League. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 26 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 2nd placed Zenit is fresh off their 2-1 win against CSKA Moscow. Malcom scored the first goal for Zenit in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time, then Fedor Chalov tied it up for CSKA Moscow in the 63rd minute. Zenit is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while torpedo Moskva sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Orenburg. Dmitry Vorobyev struck first for Orenburg in the 31st minute on a feed from Jimmy Marin, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Torpedo Moskva couldn’t muster any offence and Orenburg ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Vanja Drkusic and David Karaev are the top scorers for Torpedo Moskva in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. For Zenit, their top scorers are Andrey Mostovoy and Ivan Sergeev, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.