Low-Block Fortress
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 9 shots blocked or saved on 31.0% of possession.
- Possession
- 31.0%
- Shots blocked
- 3
- Saves
- 6
- Conceded
- 1

Zenit
A. Sobolev 84'
1 – 2
FT
HT 0–1

CSKA Moscow
I. Oblyakov 45', 90'
Premier League
Matchday 717
Shots in the box
10
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
CSKA Moscow edged out Zenit 2-1 at Gazprom Arena in Premier League. Oblyakov opened the scoring for CSKA Moscow on 45' from the penalty spot, Sobolev levelled for Zenit on 84' and Oblyakov added his second on 90'.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Zenit took 17 of their 20 attempts inside the box, CSKA Moscow 10 of 12. Zenit held 69.0% of the ball.
It was settled late — Oblyakov struck on 90' to swing it CSKA Moscow's way with the game otherwise level.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. CSKA Moscow graded out for low-block fortress — 31.0% possession and 3 shots blocked. CSKA Moscow graded out for box occupation — 10 of 12 shots in the box.
I. Oblyakov came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.2 for CSKA Moscow from 2 goals, 1 key pass and 4 shots.
It was a niggly afternoon: 30 fouls between them and 7 yellow cards, with CSKA Moscow conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow handed over the ball and defended the box in numbers — 9 shots blocked or saved on 31.0% of possession.
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow kept getting bodies into the area — 83% of their shots came from inside the box.
Zenit
Zenit kept getting bodies into the area — 85% of their shots came from inside the box.
Both teams
The game was still moving in the closing minutes — CSKA Moscow scored on 90′.
João Victor
Argument
Kirill Glebov
Foul
Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov
Foul
Kevin Andrade
Foul
I. Oblyakov (Pen)
Dzhamalutdin Abdulkadyrov · Penalty confirmed
Aleksandr Sobolev
Foul
Maksim Glushenkov
Foul
S. Volkov ↑ Gustavo Mantuan ↓
Douglas Santos ↑ R. Vega ↓
Pedrinho ↑ W. Barrios ↓
T. Musaev ↑ L. Gondou ↓
Felipe Augusto ↑ Jhon Jhon ↓
I. Firov ↑ M. Azzi ↓
A. Sobolev — assist: Luiz Henrique
Nuraly Alip
Foul
A. Erokhin ↑ Luiz Henrique ↓
I. Oblyakov
Match info
Zenit
#5
18 pts · 9 played
CSKA Moscow
#3
19 pts · 9 played