Spartak Moscow

Match report

Spartak Moscow defeated Zenit St. Petersburg 2:0 in the fifth round of the Russian Premier League on Saturday evening. The visitors took an early lead through their own goal and extended it before the break. The result moves Spartak level on points with Zenit, though the visitors remain on top of the table.

W. Barrios turned the ball into his own net in the twelfth minute, giving Spartak the advantage they would not relinquish. Roman Zobnin added a second before the interval with a composed finish in the thirty-eighth minute. Zenit had no response and spent the remainder of the half chasing the game.

The statistics tell a familiar story — possession without penetration. Zenit held sixty per cent of the ball and attempted twenty-eight crosses, yet created no big chances and registered just two shots on target. Spartak's forty per cent possession produced four shots on target and a higher expected goals figure, suggesting they were the more dangerous side despite having less of the ball.

Zenit's problems were compounded by a late dismissal. Maksim Glushenkov received his second yellow card in the eighty-eighth minute and was sent off, leaving the visitors to finish the match with ten men. Spartak made several substitutions in the second half, bringing on R. Litvinov, Nino and A. Sobolev in the fifty-seventh minute alone, but did not need to push further for a result.

The victory extends Spartak's unbeaten run to eight matches across all competitions. They now have 13 points from six games, one ahead of Zenit, who sit third with 12 points after four wins and two defeats. The draw brought them together at the top of the table earlier this season, but this result has shifted the balance.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 40 – 60

Shots on target 4 – 2

Shots off target 5 – 7

Expected goals 0.96 – 0.77

⚽ 12' W. Barrios — Own goal 🟨 21' Wendel — Yellow card ⚽ 38' R. Zobnin — Goal 🟨 48' Marquinhos — Yellow card ⇄ 57' Nino — Substitution ⇄ 57' A. Sobolev — Substitution ⇄ 57' R. Litvinov — Substitution 🟨 63' Roman Zobnin — Yellow card 🟨 64' Maksim Glushenkov — Yellow card 🟨 67' Román Vega — Yellow card ⇄ 71' R. Zobnin — Substitution ⇄ 71' Marquinhos — Substitution ⇄ 73' Jhon Jhon — Substitution ⇄ 73' W. Barrios — Substitution 🟨 76' Artem Karpukas — Yellow card 🟨 80' Manfred Ugalde — Yellow card 🟨 81' Gedson Fernandes — Yellow card ⇄ 82' Wendel — Substitution ⇄ 83' G. Fernandes — Substitution ⇄ 83' M. Ugalde — Substitution 🟨 88' Maksim Glushenkov — Yellow card 🟥 88' Maksim Glushenkov — Red card 🟨 88' Igor Dmitriev — Yellow card

Match events

12' Spartak Moscow Own goal W. Barrios
21' Zenit Saint Petersburg Yellow card Wendel
38' Spartak Moscow Goal R. Zobnin assist: Marquinhos
48' Spartak Moscow Yellow card Marquinhos
57' Zenit Saint Petersburg Substitution Nino off: N. Alip
57' Zenit Saint Petersburg Substitution A. Sobolev off: Felipe Augusto
57' Spartak Moscow Substitution R. Litvinov off: D. Denisov
63' Spartak Moscow Yellow card Roman Zobnin
64' Zenit Saint Petersburg Yellow card Maksim Glushenkov
67' Zenit Saint Petersburg Yellow card Román Vega
71' Spartak Moscow Substitution R. Zobnin off: V. Parada
71' Spartak Moscow Substitution Marquinhos off: I. Dmitriev
73' Zenit Saint Petersburg Substitution Jhon Jhon off: A. Karpukas
73' Zenit Saint Petersburg Substitution W. Barrios off: Luiz Henrique
76' Zenit Saint Petersburg Yellow card Artem Karpukas
80' Spartak Moscow Yellow card Manfred Ugalde
81' Spartak Moscow Yellow card Gedson Fernandes
82' Zenit Saint Petersburg Substitution Wendel off: K. Andrade
83' Spartak Moscow Substitution G. Fernandes off: D. Prutsev
83' Spartak Moscow Substitution M. Ugalde off: M. Daku
88' Zenit Saint Petersburg Yellow card Maksim Glushenkov
88' Zenit Saint Petersburg Red card Maksim Glushenkov
88' Spartak Moscow Yellow card Igor Dmitriev

Statistics

40 Possession, % 60

4 Shots on target 2

5 Shots off target 7

0.96 Expected goals 0.77

0 Big chances 0

4 Corners 4

21 Fouls 13

11 Free kicks 21

2 Offsides 0

5 Yellow cards 4

0 Red cards 1

10 Goal kicks 5

15 Throw-ins 20

All statistics

9/1947% Aerial duels 10/1953%

45 Backward passes 77

6 Blocked shots 4

33 Clearances 16

0/120% Crosses 5/2818%

5/1729% Dribbles 5/1436%

0.38 Expected assists 0.72

75 Failed passes 70

2 Goalkeeper saves 3

15 Interceptions 7

11 Key passes 10

8/3424% Long passes 42/6763%

55 Passes into the final third 80

182 Passes in the opposition half 266

164 Passes in own half 244

0.27 Shot accuracy 0.15

9 Shots from outside the box 4

6 Shots inside the box 9

12/1580% Tackles 14/1878%

334 Total passes 482

Line-ups

Starting XI
#	Player	number
98	Aleksandr Maksimenko	98
3	Christopher Maurice Wooh	3
4	Alexander Kwabena Baidoo Djiku	4
47	Roman Zobnin	47
83	Gedson Carvalho Fernandes	83
5	Esequiel Omar Barco	5
7	Pablo Solari	7
10	Marquinhos	10
18	Nail Umyarov	18
68	Ruslan Litvinov	68
9	Manfred Alonso Ugalde Arce	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Ilya Pomazun	1
56	Alexander Dovbnya	56
6	Srđan Babić	6
33	Victor Parada	33
97	Daniil Denisov	97
17	Vladislav Saus	17
24	Nikita Massalyga	24
25	Danil Prutsev	25
27	Igor Dmitriev	27
40	Ivan Sorokin	40
19	Mirlind Daku	19
62	Pavel Polekh	62

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Zenit Saint Petersburg

Starting XI
#	Player	number
16	Denis Adamov	16
31	Gustavo Mantuan	31
33	Nino	33
66	Román Gabriel Vega	66
78	Igor Diveev	78
5	Wílmar Enrique Barrios Terán	5
8	Wendel	8
10	Maksim Glushenkov	10
14	Jhonatan dos Santos Rosa	14
20	Pedro	20
7	Aleksandr Sobolev	7

Substitutes
#	Player	number
57	Bogdan Moskvichev	57
71	Daniil Odoevskiy	71
15	Vyacheslav Karavaev	15
25	Kevin Andrade	25
28	Nuraly Alip	28
82	Sergey Volkov	82
11	Luiz Henrique André Rosa da Silva	11
17	Andrey Mostovoy	17
21	Aleksandr Erokhin	21
61	Daniil Kondakov	61
93	Artem Karpukas	93
9	Felipe Augusto	9

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#	Team	P	W	D	L	Points
1	Krasnodar	9	6	3	0	21
2	Dinamo Moscow	9	6	1	2	19
3	CSKA Moscow	9	5	4	0	19
4	Spartak Moscow	9	6	1	2	19
5	Zenit Saint Petersburg	9	6	0	3	18
6	Rubin	9	2	6	1	12
7	Makhachkala	9	4	0	5	12
8	Baltika	9	3	2	4	11
9	Krylya Sovetov	9	2	5	2	11
10	Akhmat Grozny	9	2	4	3	10

Spartak Moscow — Zenit Saint Petersburg: 2:0, Premier League

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