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Match report · Russian Premier League

Zenit St. Petersburg 2:1 Lokomotiv Moscow

Zenit St. Petersburg Home
Lokomotiv Moscow Away
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Zenit St. Petersburg were the model's likeliest winner before kick-off at 53%. They won 2–1.

The model against the result

priced before kick-off
Zenit St. Petersburg
53% What happened
Draw
27%
Lokomotiv Moscow
20%

Data coverage Both teams have the full 20-match model window available.

Recent form

Last 6 · xG per match
Zenit St. Petersburg

1.99 xG created 0.78 xGA

  • W 1.59 created, 0.15 conceded against Dinamo Makhachkala
  • D 0.56 created, 1.82 conceded against Lokomotiv Moscow
  • W 2.00 created, 0.60 conceded against Akhmat Grozny
  • W 1.93 created, 1.35 conceded against CSKA Moscow
  • W 3.99 created, 0.27 conceded against FC Sochi
  • W 1.88 created, 0.51 conceded against FC Rostov
Lokomotiv Moscow

1.80 xG created 1.54 xGA

  • D 1.82 created, 0.56 conceded against Zenit St. Petersburg
  • L 1.37 created, 2.91 conceded against Krylya Sovetov Samara
  • D 2.04 created, 0.44 conceded against Dynamo Moscow
  • W 2.09 created, 2.24 conceded against Baltika Kaliningrad
  • L 2.03 created, 1.19 conceded against CSKA Moscow
  • D 1.44 created, 1.87 conceded against Akhmat Grozny

xG created xG conceded (xGA) W / D / L: the match result

Head to head

Zenit St. Petersburg: 1 won · 1 drawn · 0 lost

Pre-match model & market record

2 opportunities flagged0 won2 lost

  • Lost
  • Lost
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The outcomes the model flagged on Zenit St. Petersburg against Lokomotiv Moscow before kick-off, in the order they ranked, with the price, the edge and what became of each.
Selection Price Edge Result
Lokomotiv Moscow to win 8.16 +62.1% Lost
Draw 5.13 +38.6% Lost

Pre-match model vs market

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Zenit St. Petersburg 53.1% 69.5% −16.4 pp 1.88
Draw 27.0% 18.7% +8.3 pp 3.70
Lokomotiv Moscow 19.9% 11.8% +8.1 pp 5.04

Other markets

Outcome Model Market Difference Fair odds
Over 2.5 goals 56.4% 57.0% −0.6 pp 1.77
Under 2.5 goals 43.6% 43.0% +0.6 pp 2.30

Prices and probabilities are the ones stored before kick-off; nothing here is recalculated. Edge is the model's probability times the price, minus one, so a flagged outcome that lost is the ordinary case rather than a contradiction.

Model details

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the last 20 matches, recency weighted (a match 107 days old counts half)
Zenit St. Petersburg sample
20 matches
Lokomotiv Moscow sample
20 matches
Computed
21 minutes before kick-off
Prices taken
22 minutes before kick-off

Limitations

The model reads expected goals and nothing else. It does not know the lineups, who is injured or suspended, what either side has to play for, the weather, or how congested the schedule around this match is.