FK Zenit St. Petersburg

vs

CSKA Moscow

Preview

Zenit (home)

• The form of both clubs is fairly similar with Zenit coming off three wins and two defeats in their last five in all competitions (W3 D0 L2) and CSKA's recent results have been two wins, two draws and a defeat (W2 D2 L1).
• Zenit's three most recent results, a 0-0 Cup draw with PFK Kryliya Sovetov Samara, a 2-0 defeat to Spartak Moscow in the Premier League and a 1-0 win over FK Fakel Voronezh in the Premier League, perhaps provide a truer picture of the club.
• Zenit have won once and lost once at home in two home league games, scoring 2.00 goals and conceding 1.00 goals per game.

CSKA (away)

• CSKA's last three results in all competitions are 0-1 Cup defeat to Akron Tolyatti, 3-2 Premier League win over Lokomotiv Moscow and a 2-2 Premier League draw with Akron Tolyatti.
• CSKA have drawn once in one away league game, conceding 2.00 goals.

Head-to-Head

• Zenit have the edge in the head-to-head (Won 1 of the last 2 meetings).
• The last result in the 2025/2026 season was 3-1 to Zenit (A).

Key Players

• The сине-бело-голубые still look to control possession, create central overloads and get their full-backs and wingers wide to supply the forwards, such as Aleksandr Sobolev, who leads the way with five Premier League 2026/2027 goals in six.
• CSKA's coach Dmitriy Igdisamov has been in charge since 5 May 2026, and he has created a flexible, compact setup built on positional control, flank overloads, and structured box entries.
• The армейцы like to control the ball in possession, overloading the flanks and hitting the box with quality when in possession, and they have a number of attacking players, with Luciano Gondou top of their scoring table with two in six Premier League 2026/2027 games.

Betting Insights

• The odds favour Zenit at 1.63, with CSKA at 5.25 and the draw at 4.2 in the game result market.
• Under 2.5 goals, at 2.07, looks a solid bet, and the tight odds reflect the expected closeness of the game.
• In their favourites, Zenit are a little overpriced, but the odds do reflect the table and form.

Prediction

• Under 2.5 goals is the recommended market given the expected tactical battle.
• The forecast for the correct score is a low-scoring 1-1 draw.