Preview of the match of the championship of Russia Dynamo — Zenit

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Dynamo lost 0-1 to Spartak in the second leg of the RPL Path semifinal, but advanced to the final on aggregate, where they will face Krasnodar twice in April and May. Late in the first half, Maksim Osipenko suffered a muscle injury and was replaced by Roberto Fernandez, who returned to the field after almost three weeks.

David Ricardo played his second match for Dynamo, leading the team in several metrics: successful technical and tactical actions (59), accurate progressive passes (10), successful tackles (11), rebounds (10), and interceptions (10).

Rubens will be missing on Sunday, having been sent off in the previous round.

Zenit hasn't suffered any losses, but Sergei Semak's team hasn't been playing particularly well this spring. The team started with two very tough victories over Baltika in the Cup and the Championship (both 1-0). They followed that with a 2-1 defeat in Orenburg, with two missed penalties by Gustavo Mantuan and Andrei Mostovoy.

In the previous round, Spartak visited St. Petersburg, and the hosts converted two penalties, scored by Aleksandr Sobolev and John Durán (2-0). Finally, in the Cup match against Dynamo Makhachkala, Durán's penalty again decided the game (1-0). In total, Zenit has taken five penalties in its last three matches.

"Everyone plays by the same rules. And it doesn't matter what set piece you score from: a corner, a free kick, a throw-in, or a penalty. Penalties also need to be earned, created, run into the penalty area, create a specific opportunity that the referees will consider. A situation that could even lead to a review also needs to be created — we need to attack a lot. We attack a lot. The main thing is that the team wins," Semak noted after the cup game.

Andrey Lunev is a three-time champion of Russia as part of Zenit.

Bakhtiyor Zaynutdinov and St. Petersburg defender Nuraly Alip have been regularly defending the colors of the Kazakhstan national team for the past 6 years.

Anton Miranchuk and Zenit midfielder Maxim Glushenkov have been playing together at Lokomotiv for a season and a half.

The teams have met 150 times in the national championship: our team has won 59 times, drawn 42 times, and Zenit has prevailed 49 times. We lead the way in goal difference, 211 to 162.

The top scorers in the history of this matchup are Sergei Solovyov (14 goals), Aleksandr Kerzhakov (14), Vladimir Ilyin (7), and Artem Dzyuba (7).

The match will be served by Sergey Ivanov, along with linesmen Andrei Obrazko and Varanzo Petrosyan. Artur Fedorov and Pavel Shadykhanov will be responsible for the Video Referee Assistance System (VAR).

This season, the 41-year-old referee from Rostov-on-Don judged the derby between Dynamo and CSKA (4:1).