Zenit scored eight unanswered goals to Orenburg in the RPL match

Petersburg “Zenith” inflicted a major defeat on “Orenburg” in the home match of the ninth round of the WORLD of the Russian Premier League (RPL).

The meeting ended with the score 8:0. Wendel scored a hat-trick, Malcolm scored a double, Ivan Sergeev and Daler Kuzyaev scored one goal each, the ball was sent by the guests’ defender Alexander Pavlovets.

This victory was the largest for the “blue-white-blue” in the championships of Russia. Previously, Zenit won twice with a score of 8:1 – in matches with Luch-Energia in 2008 and Torpedo Moscow in 2014. Zenit also repeated its own record – in 2002, the team defeated the Andorran Encamp (8: 0) in the UEFA Cup qualification.

The biggest victory in the history of the RPL was won by Sochi in the game with Rostov in June 2020 (10:1).

Zenit scored 23 points and single-handedly topped the RPL standings, Orenburg (9) is 12th. In the next round, the team of Sergei Semak will play away with Dynamo Moscow, Orenburg – on the road with PARI NN.

RPL world. 9th round

Zenit (St. Petersburg) – Orenburg (Orenburg) – 8: 0 (5:0)

Goals: Wendel, 3 (VIDEO), 44 (VIDEO), 68 (VIDEO). Sergeev, 17 (VIDEO). Kuzyaev, 19 (VIDEO). Malcom, 29 (VIDEO), 59 (VIDEO). Pavlovets, 51 (VIDEO).