The team CSKA Moscow will be seen competing against their rival team Zenit St Petersburg in the upcoming match of Russian Premier League 2021. The venue VEB Arena, Moscow will be hosting CSK vs ZEN match on March 17 (Wednesday). This is a combat between the first and third position holder teams in this season so far and their competition will begin at 10:30 PM IST.
CSKA Moscow vs Zenit St Petersburg Preview
The team Zenit St Petersburg (ZEN) has played 22 games in total, out of which they won 13 matches and have six draw matches as well. The team ZEN is currently holding the first spot having 45 points scored in their pocket. In their last match, the team ZEN gained a victory over their opponent Akhmat Grozny by 4-0 scores. Earlier this, they have played against the team Rubin Kazan, in which ZEN has faced defeat with 1-2 scores. On the other hand, the team CSKA Moscow (CSK) is positioned at the third spot in the league standings having 40 points scored in their pocket. They have played 22 matches in total in which they have gained 12 wins and four draw matches. Their last match was against the team FC Arsenal Tula (AT) which they lost by 1-2 scores. Earlier this, the team participated against Akhmat Grozny and with 2-1 scores, the team CSK won this match.
CSK vs ZEN Team Squads
CSKA Moscow Squads
Salomón Rondón, Bruno Fuchs, Nayair Tiknizyan, Baktiyar Zaynutdinov, Chidera Ejuke, Arnór Sigurðsson, Ilia Shkurin, Nikola Vlašić, Alan Dzagoev, Mário Fernandes, Konstantin Maradishvili, Hörður Magnússon, Georgi Schennikov, Ivan Oblyakov, Emil Bohinen, Ilzat Akhmetov, Konstantin Kuchaev, Igor Diveev, Vadim Karpov, Viktor Vasin, Kirill Nababkin, Igor Akinfeev, Vladislav Torop, Ilya Pomazun, Fedor Chalov
Zenit St Petersburg Squads
Sebastian Driussi, Artem Dzyuba, Stanislav Krapukhin, Sardar Azmoun, Nikolay Rybikov, Andrey Lunev, Mikhail Kerzhakov, Aleksander Vasyutin, Andrey Mostovoy, Alex Sutormin, Wendel, Aleksandr Erokhin,Wilmar Barrios, Vyacheslav Karavev, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Malcom, Daler Kuziaev, Yury Zhirkov, Magomed Ozdoev, Leon Musaev , Daniil Shamkin, Dejan Lovren, Danila Prokhin, Douglas Santos, Daniil Odoevskiy, Dmitriy Chistyakov, Danil Krugovoi
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Team CSK: Salomón Rondón, Nikola Vlašić, Arnór Sigurðsson, Baktiyar Zaynutdinov, Alan Dzagoev, Chidera Ejuke , Ilia Shkurin, Mário Fernandes, Ivan Oblyakov , Emil Bohinen , Fedor Chalov
Team ZEN: Santos, Kuzyaev, Barrios, Sutormin, Azmoun, Prokhin, Rakitskiy, Erokhin, Malcom, Kerzhakov, Driussi
Key Players & Winner Prediction
Now coming to the scoring players of the team CSKA Moscow (CSK), the team has Nikola Vlasic, Konstantin Kuchaev and Fedor Chalov who have scored 8, 6 and 5 goals respectively. On the other side, the team Zenit St Petersburg (ZEN) scoring players in their squads includes Sardar Azmoun, Artem Dzyuba and Aleksandr Erokhin. These three players have so far scored 13, 12 and 6 scores respectively. By looking at the CSK and ZEN recent form, Zenit St Petersburg has the upper hand with three wins (W L D W W) while the team CSKA Moscow is having two win (L W L W D) in their last five matches. Also, ZEN is leading the point table with highest scores and also giving good performances recently which increase their chances of winning in the upcoming match as well.
