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Zenit Secures Narrow Victory Over Rubin at Home
Saint Petersburg, Russia – Zenit edged out Rubin in a hard-fought match at the Gazprom Arena, part of the 17th round of the Russian Premier League. Despite Zenit’s territorial dominance, with 69% possession, Rubin presented a combative challenge, although lacking precision in the final third. Nino’s goal in the 69th minute, without an assist, proved enough to tip the scales in favor of the home team.
Zenit dominated the statistics in terms of shots, with 9 in total, although only one found the target. Rubin, with less possession (31%), attempted to capitalize on counter-attacks and shot 7 times, managing two shots on target. The match was characterized by intensity in midfield, reflected in the 20 fouls committed by Rubin, who also accumulated four yellow cards compared to none for Zenit. Zenit earned 3 corners while Rubin only had 1. Referee Artem Chistyakov had his work cut out for him to maintain order in a tense match.
Substitutions zenit: at minute 61 V. Drkusic came in and Gerson went out., at minute 62 A. Mostovoy came in and A. Sobolev went out., at minute 84 M. Glushenkov came in and S. Erakovic went out., at minute 90 Luiz Henrique came in and A. Erokhin went out., at minute 90 Wendel came in and M. Cassierra went out.
Substitutions rubin: at minute 62 B. Jocic came in and V. Hodza went out., at minute 62 N. Cumic came in and R. Bezrukov went out., at minute 86 I. Rozhkov came in and O. Ivanov went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
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