Preview of the Dynamo – Zenit match: where to watch, our news, studying the opponent

The text broadcast of the game will be available online in our match center.

Buy tickets for the match on our website. As always, an eventful matchday awaits you with a quest from the Aesthetics of Russian Football, music from the Mayak group and an autograph session by Evgenia Medvedeva (sector D101, starting at 12:15).

You will be able to watch the live video broadcast of this game after registering on the website of our title sponsor BetBoom betting company and in its clubs that operate according to the "All Inclusive" concept (look for the nearest club on the map), as well as on Match TV. It starts at 14:00 Moscow time.

Also on our resources there will be a traditional edition of "Inside" with the highlights of the game and interviews of the actors.

Last Saturday, Dynamo defeated Rubin at home (3:1), interrupting a three-match winless streak in all tournaments. Yaroslav Gladyshev scored a double in his hundredth game for the club, and Bitello put the final point in the match.

Note the return to the field of Roberto Fernandez, who missed three weeks due to injury. Luis Chavez was in reserve, and Jorge Carrascal was completely left out of the application, although he was healthy and purposefully preparing for the match with Zenit.

So far in 2025, Zenit's problems arise exclusively in matches with Moscow teams: a zero draw in an equal game with CSKA, a well-deserved defeat from Spartak (1:2) and salvation at the end of the meeting with Lokomotiv (1:1) thanks to Alexander Sobolev's first goal for the new club in RPL.

But in the cup semi-final, the St. Petersburg team calmly dealt with Rostov, and in the championship they did not experience much difficulty in matches with Fakel (2:0), Rubin (4:0) and Krasnodar (4:1), reviving the championship intrigue. But with Khimki in the previous round I had to suffer – the tenth goal of the season by Luciano Gondu saved Sergey Semak's team. The coach of Zenit became the seventh in the history of the Russian championships to reach 150 victories.

— Everyone comes out against us with a special attitude. We are a team that has been the champion of recent years, of course, a special attitude is always present, – said Semak. – As for Dynamo, they are a very strong, good team that plays attacking football, scores a lot, and plays very well at home. I think we will have an interesting match.

Gustavo Mantuan and Strahinja Erakovic missed the match with Khimki due to injury - their participation in Saturday's match is questionable. But right-back Sergei Volkov, who has not played since August 2024 due to a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee, returned to Zenit's application.

Dmitry Skopintsev played for the Zenit youth team in the 2014/15 season.

Jorge Carrascal crossed paths with St. Petersburg midfielders Ilzat Akhmetov and Sasha Zdelar at CSKA.

Egor Smelov was born in St. Petersburg and is a graduate of Zenit Sports School, from where he moved to Dynamo in 2021.

For Marcel Licka and Sergey Semak, this will be the seventh personal meeting: so far equality reigns – three wins and one draw each.

Within the framework of the national championships, the teams met 151 times: 61 victories for our team, 41 draws and 49 times the success was celebrated by Petersburgers. We are confidently leading in goal difference – 211:161.

The top scorers in the history of the confrontation are Sergey Solovyov (14 goals), Alexander Kerzhakov (14), Vladimir Ilyin (7) and Artem Dzyuba (7).

In the first round match in St. Petersburg, Dynamo lost with a score of 0:1, not realizing a penalty at the end of the meeting.

Vitaly Meshkov will be entrusted to serve the meeting, who will be assisted by linesmen Konstantin Shalamberidze and Aram Petrosyan. Vladimir Moskalev and Sergey Ivanov will be responsible for the video Referee Assistance System (VAR).

This season, the 42-year-old referee from the Moscow region worked on the Dynamo cup derby with Spartak (2:3).