On Wednesday, Dynamo beat Zenit on the road (3:1) in the first match of the 1/4 finals of the Russian Cup RPL Path. As usual, we have prepared for you the most interesting statistics based on the data provided by the RuStat platform.
Interesting facts
Between Dynamo's last two victories at Gazprom Arena, Zenit has recorded 14 wins and one draw in the Russian Cup.
Ulvi Babaev, who scored the winning goal against Zenit, moved into third place on the list of the current tournament's top scorers with four goals. Ivan Yakovlev of Irkutsk and Danila Kozlov of Krasnodar are one goal ahead of him.
In all four of Dmitry Skopintsev's cup matches against Zenit in the starting lineup, his team won. Three times, it was Dynamo, and once again, Rostov under Valery Karpin in 2018.
Konstantin Tyukavin scored his tenth goal in the Russian Cup, strengthening his lead among Dynamo players in this category.
Ivan Sergeev scored his 23rd goal in the Russian Cup, just one goal shy of Oleg Veretennikov's record.
Nicolas Ngamaleu played his 100th match for Dynamo (he has 16 goals and 14 assists), while Viktor Okishor played his 20th.
Daniil Fomin played his 193rd match for Dynamo, moving into the top 40 in the club's history for that stat.
Team statistics
Zenit and Dynamo as a whole played an equal match. If the hosts made more tackles, interceptions and dribbles, then the blue and whites created more scoring chances, shot more often and took more corners.
Key indicators: Zenit –Dynamo
Scoring chances: 5 – 8
Expected goals (xG): 2.02 – 1.6
Shots (on target): 12 (4) – 13 (8)
Ball possession: 52% – 48%
Duels: 55% – 45%
Corners: 6 – 8
Dribbles: 10 – 9
Tackles: 15 – 12
Interceptions: 63 – 59
Rebounds: 41 – 45
Individual statistics
Okishor was statistically the match's best player. He had the highest RuStat index (244), 8 rebounds, 7 interceptions, 69 successful technical and tactical actions (the best in the game), 40 accurate passes, 11 successful duels, and 3 successful dribbles.
Bitello had 3 shots on goal for Zenit, 2 of which were on target, and also made 3 key passes.
Nicolas Marichal led in interceptions (8), ball possession (13), successful duels (12), tackles (3), and long accurate passes (4).
Skopintsev led in dribbling (4), while Maksim Osipenko led in the percentage of duels won (80%).
Igor Leschuk made 2 saves and blocked 3 shots with an 87% successful TTA.
