Zenit St Petersburg vs RB Leipzig Competition – Europa League Stadium – Arena St Petersburg Date: 15th March 2018 Kick-off time – 18:00 GMT
These two sides’ attacking brand of football made the first leg of this encounter a highly anticipated one, however, the first half in Germany ended without much attacking intentions on display. The second half was more exciting with RB Leipzig racing to a 2 goals lead before Zenith cut it in half to set up an interesting return leg. The Russians went on to draw their very next game at Rostov, leaving themselves 5th in the Russian league table after 22 games. They now look to make progress in the Europa League and try to win it. RB Leipzig also failed to win their next game after the first leg, drawing at Stuttgart to leave themselves four points outside the German top four. They have won one, drawn 2 and lost 3 of their last 6 games. Zenit have good home form this season that has seen them win 11 of their 16 competitive home matches and they have won every single European game at home this season. Their victims include Real Sociedad, Roseborg, Vardar, and Celtic whom they scored a combined 11 goals against. RB Leipzig have won just 3 of their last 11 games on the road, losing 5 and they have conceded 18 goals in those travels. Leipzig have a good goal scoring record and because of that, 7 of those 11 games have witnessed 3 or more goals scored. Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions Zenit St Petersburg RB Leipzig H2H No previous meetings between these two sides.
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE
COMPETITION
D
Zenit St Petersburg
0-0
FK Amkar Perm
3 Mar, 2018
Russian Premier League
W
Zenit St Petersburg
3-0
Celtic
22 Feb, 2018
Europa League
L
Celtic
1-0
Zenit St Petersburg
15 Feb, 2018
Europa League
D
Terek Grozny
0-0
Zenit St Petersburg
11 Dec, 2017
Russian Premier League
W
Real Sociedad
1-3
Zenit St Petersburg
7 Dec, 2017
Europa League
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE
COMPETITION
D
RB Leipzig
1-1
Borussia Dortmund
3 Mar, 2018
German Bundesliga
L
RB Leipzig
1-2
FC Cologne
25 Feb, 2018
German Bundesliga
L
RB Leipzig
0-2
Napoli
22 Feb, 2018
Europa League
L
Eintracht Frankfurt
2-1
RB Leipzig
19 Feb, 2018
German Bundesliga
W
Napoli
1-3
RB Leipzig
15 Feb, 2018
Europa League
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