On Saturday, the blue-and-white team showed a decent game but suffered their first defeat in the Russian Premier League in an away match against Zenit (0:1). We've collected the most interesting statistical information for you based on the data provided by RuStat platform
Interesting facts
In the first four matches of the championship, the Dynamo players never lost to their opponents in terms of won duels.
Fabian Balbuena became the third captain of Dynamo in the first four rounds — before that, Daniil, Fomin and Konstantin Tyukavin took the armband.
The Dynamo players finished the first four rounds with a goal difference of «+5». In the 21st century, only the seasons 2014/15 and 2022/23 had better results at this stage («+6»).
The Dynamo players made the Zenit players commit 15 fouls — this is the maximum number for St. Petersburg players over the past three seasons.
For Balbuena, this match was already his 25th official one since the beginning of 2024 in the club and national team — 20 of them with the captain's armband
Team statistics
| Indicators | Zenit | Dynamo || --- | --- | --- || Scoring chances | 5 | 5 || Expected goals (xG) | 1.7 | 1.16 || Shots (on target) | 6 (3) | 10 (3) || Ball possession | 55% | 45% || Duels won | 44% | 56% || Dribbles | 12 | 16 || Tackles won | 15 | 15 || Interceptions | 47 | 41 |
Individual statistics
Jorge Carrascal,, in addition to earning a penalty, had 4 earned fouls, 6 dribbles and won 82% of his duels.
The most frequent duel participants were Bitello and Milan Majstorovic (15 times each), and Balbuena won 80% of his duels.
Also, the captain of the blue-whites made 13 progressive accurate passes and 9 passes forward into the final third — these are the best indicators of the season among Dynamo players.
Most technical and tactical actions (78) and passes (54) were performed by Bitello, while their effectiveness was noted by Fomin (87% successful TTD and 90% pass accuracy).
We also note that all 9 passes of Tyukavin and 8 passes of Dmitry Skopintsev found their recipients, and Andrey Lunev made only one mistake (13 out of 14).
Untiring Diego Laxalt made 7 interceptions, with 5 rebounds each for Maystrovich and Eli Dasa
