Zenit St. Petersburg beat Dynamo Moscow 3-0 in the Premier Liga, a result built on a quick-fire double from Aleksandr Sobolev just after the half-hour. The home side won despite spending far less time on the ball.
Sobolev opened the scoring in the 29th minute and made it 2-0 four minutes later, with Maksim Glushenkov providing the assist. Glushenkov then sealed the win with a third in the 87th minute. Dynamo pressed but had no reply.
The stats tell a curious story: Dynamo Moscow had 57% possession and 11 shots to Zenit's three, yet Zenit were ruthlessly efficient – all three of their efforts were on target, and they created two big chances to Dynamo's none. Zenit's goalkeeper made four saves to keep the clean sheet intact.
