Zenit — CSKA Moskva 1:2, 5 September: match result

match finished Russian Premier League · Matchday 7 Saturday 5 September · 13:30 UTC

Zenit 5th · 12 pts WWLWL

1 : 2 1st half 0:1

CSKA Moskva 2th · 15 pts WDWDW

Gazprom Arena · referee A. Prokopov

Match predictionSafe

The sides to finish within two goals

90% · CSKA Moskva are unbeaten in 7 games

Prediction landed. We predicted “The sides to finish within two goals”, and the match finished 1:2.

the market is chosen by our model: not always the obvious one, but a likely one

our forecast this is how the model saw the match before kick-off

Zenit 43% draw 26% CSKA Moskva 31%

The model was wrong

The most likely outcome was Zenit win, and the match finished 1:2. Fans backed Zenit win — they got it wrong.

fans 31 votes

Zenit 58% draw 13% CSKA Moskva 29%

Voting closed at kick-off

Match events

full timeline

Joao Victor 7'

S. Semak 7'

K. Glebov 19'

D. Abdulkadyrov 30'

K. Andrade 43'

I. Oblyakov penalty 0-1 45+8'

A. Sobolev 45+6'

M. Glushenkov 46'

S. Volkov for Gustavo Mantuan 46'

Pedrinho for W. Barrios 64'

Douglas Santos for R. Vega 64'

T. Musaev for L. Gondou 68'

Felipe Augusto for Jhon Jhon 73'

I. Firov for M. Azzi 81'

A. Sobolev assist: Luiz Henrique 1-1 84'

N. Alip 89'

A. Erokhin for Luiz Henrique 89'

I. Oblyakov 1-2 90+8'

Line-ups

starting eleven and bench

Zenit 4-2-3-1 · Sergey Semak 5-4-1 · Dmitriy Igdisamov CSKA Moskva

Denis Adamov  
Gustavo Mantuan  25 Kevin Andrade  28 Nuraly Alip  66 Román Vega  
Wílmar Barrios  93 Artem Karpukas  
Luiz Henrique  10 Maksim Glushenkov  14 Jhon Jhon  
Aleksandr Sobolev  

Luciano Gondou  
Danil Krugovoy  10 Ivan Oblyakov  31 Matvey Kislyak  17 Kirill Glebov  
Mohamed Azzi  79 Kirill Danilov  4 João Victor  23 Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov  2 Matheus Reis  
Vladislav Torop  

Zenit bench

21Alexandr Erokhin
38Amir Musaev
57Bogdan Moskvichev
61Daniil Kondakov
71Daniil Odoevskiy
3Douglas Santos
9Felipe Augusto
33Nino
20Pedro
82Sergey Volkov
51Vadim Shilov
15Vyacheslav Karavaev

CSKA Moskva bench

52Artem Bandikyan
87Artem Ponomarchuk
18Danila Kozlov
85Egor Besaev
37Henrique Carmo
62Imran Firov
39Maksim Borisko
7Matheus Alves
20Matija Popović
90Matvey Lukin
11Tamerlan Musaev
84Vakulich Alexander

Match stats

14 metrics for the full match

69%Possession31%

19Shots11

7Shots on target5

5Shots off target3

7Blocked shots3

17Shots inside box9

2Shots outside box2

10Corners2

1Offsides2

14Fouls16

4Yellow cards3

3Saves6

640Passes281

578Accurate passes234

Zenit

CSKA MoskvaThe source gives no per-half split — only totals for the match

How the match went

text generated from our data

Zenit and CSKA Moskva met on matchday 7 of the Russian Premier League on 5 September at Gazprom Arena. Final score — 1:2.

Zenit sit 5th on 12 points after 9 matches (6 wins, 0 draws, 3 losses), won 2 matches in a row, 4 matches without conceding. CSKA Moskva sit 2th on 15 points after 9 matches (5 wins, 4 draws, 0 losses), unbeaten in 9 matches.

Of the last 2 meetings Zenit won 1, CSKA Moskva won 0, with 1 more meeting drawn. Aggregate score — 4:2.

Season form

all competitions of the season

Zenit last five CSKA Moskva

WWLWL form WDWDW

9 Matches 9

6 — 0 — 3 Wins — draws — defeats 5 — 4 — 0

19 — 9 Scored — conceded 15 — 9

2 Points per game 2.11

2.11 Goals scored per game 1.67

4 Clean sheets 2

1 Failed to score 1

unbeaten in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 9

Zenit at home: 4 matches, 2 wins, 0 draws, 2 losses, goals 7—5, 1.5 points per match.

CSKA Moskva away: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 7—4, 2.33 points per match.

Head-to-head

2 matches in our database

1 Zenit win 1 draw 0 CSKA Moskva wins goals 4:2 Zenit — CSKA Moskva

02/05/2026	CSKA Moskva — Zenit	1:3	Russian Premier League
03/08/2025	Zenit — CSKA Moskva	1:1	Russian Premier League

League table

after the match

#	Team	P	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Spartak Moskva	9	6	1	2	16—7	19
4	Zenit	9	6	0	3	19—9	18
5	CSKA Moskva	8	4	4	0	12—8	16
6	Rubin Kazan	9	2	6	1	12—11	12
7	Dinamo Makhachkala	8	4	0	4	14—13	12
8	Baltika	8	3	2	3	12—9	11

Full Russian Premier League table