* Zenit St. Petersburg have not lost in 11 European home games since their defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League in September 2008.
* Zenit have won all of their six home matches in Europe this season and have scored on an average three goals in each match since the group stage.
* Luciano Spalletti won the Russian Premier League title with Zenit in November 2010, less than a year after he was appointed their coach.
* Zenit have never featured in a European penalty shoot-out.
* Twente defeated former Russian champions Rubin Kazan 4-2 on aggregate in the round of 32 in the Europa League this campaign.
* The Dutch champions defeated Rubin 2-0 in the Russian city of Kazan in the first leg of that tie.
* The Tukkers have alternated between wins and losses in four European games on the road. If that pattern is to continue, then they should lose to Zenit in St Petersburg.
* Twente midfielder Theo Janssen and Zenit’s Danko Lazovic were team-mates at Vitesse in 2006-07.
LAST MEETING
March 10, 2011: Twente 3-0 Zenit St Petersburg
Twente virtually secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League after a 3-0 victory over Zenit at home. Luuk de Jong opened the scoring after 25 minutes and Denny Landzaat added a second 11 minutes into the second session. Then in injury time De Jong netted his second and wrapped up the win.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Zenit St. Petersburg: Malafeev; Anyukov, Meira, Bruno Alves, Lukovic; Shirokov, Denisov, Zyryano; Lazovic, Danny; Kerzhakov
Twente: Mihaylov; Rosales, Wisgerhof, Onyewu, Buysse; Brama, Janssen, Landzaat; Bajrami, De Jong, Chadli
Prediction
Zenit will be compelled to win against Twente at home to have something to cheer about but they wouldn’t be able to put three past the Dutch champions.
Zenit 2-1 Twente 
