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Zenit Petersburg vs Slavia Prague Prediction & Betting tips
The Europa League Group C is considered one of the most balanced. With Zenit St. Petersburg, FC Copenhagen, Girondins Bordeaux and Czech runner-up Slavia Prague all four teams have the potential to reach the sixteenth finals. Before the first match day, the experts saw slight advantages at Zenit St. Petersburg, while most Slavia Prague did not tend to see them in the top 1 or 2. But the Czechs already played in the first game with a threesome, while the Russians drove home with a point from Copenhagen. On Thursday, St. Petersburg and Prague will meet. Both botched the dress rehearsal last weekend. And yet: In the match between Zenit St. Petersburg and Slavia Prague, according to the betting odds, the Russian representative is the favorite for a bet on a winner.
Zenit St. Petersburg:
Zenit St. Petersburg got caught on Sunday. On Sunday, the team lost as part of the ninth matchday of the Russian Premier League a little bit surprisingly at the so far third Anschi Makhachkala with 1: 2. For Zenit St. Petersburg, it was the first defeat in the ninth league game. Zenit St. Petersburg took the lead shortly after the break. After the opponent was able to equalize, a dismissal for Makhachkala seemed to play the Petersburg back in the cards. But instead of Zenit, the home side scored ten minutes before the end of the penalty spot to the much acclaimed victory. Despite a chance ratio of 11: 4, a goal shooting ratio of 7: 3 and 59% ball possession Zenit St. Petersburg suffered the first bankruptcy in the league. Zenit St. Petersburg is still the leader of the Russian Premier League with seven wins and a draw, but the advantage over Krasnodar is just three points. Overall, it was for the fifth of the preseason, the third defeat in the fifteenth competitive match this season.
All three previous competitive defeats conceded Zenit St. Petersburg away. At home, the club is unbeaten not only in this season. Season and competition Zenit St. Petersburg has lost none of his last ten competitive matches in his own stadium. Zenit St. Petersburg won eight of those ten games and drew twice more. Among the successes was also the legendary 8: 1 against Dinamo Minsk in the second leg of the semi-finals of qualifying for the Europa League, which made the subsequent move into the group stage in the first place possible. After the 0: 4 in the first leg in Belarus hardly spoke for Zenit. However, Zenit St. Petersburg scored only two goals, which saved the Russians in extra time and there they shot after the interim 1: 4 from the 109th minute even four goals more goals. Zenit St. Petersburg led 1-0 at half-time with FC Copenhagen on Matchday 1 of the Europa League group stage, but ended up with a 1-1 draw. However, in the match between Zenit St. Petersburg and Slavia Praha, the betting odds are clearly pointing in the direction of winning a home win.
Slavia Prague:
Slavia Prague made it equal to its competitors and lost at the weekend also away at the formerly fifth Banik Ostrau with 1: 2. The Czech runner-up also played in the majority, unlike St. Petersburg but already from the sixteenth minute. And yet Slavia Prague conceded two goals in the first round and went with a 1: 2 back into the cabin, which the guests then in the second half could not catch up. With a chance ratio of 19: 6 and a goal shooting ratio of 11: 4 and 56% possession of the ball Slavia Prague had many arguments on his side, but could not capitalize on the many opportunities. For Slavia Prague it was their only second defeat in the tenth game in the Czech 1st League. The other eight league games Slavia Prague could win all. Slavia Prague are still leading the Czech league table, but after the weekend’s defeat and Viktoria Pilsen’s victory at the same time, they only manage to score better than their pursuers. Before the defeat in Ostrava Slavia Prague had won six competitive games in a row and conceded only one goal conceded.
Overall, Slavia Prague suffered three defeats in his fourteen competitive games this season. In addition to the two bankruptcies in the league, there was one in the second leg of the semi-final qualification for the Champions League. At Dynamo Kiev, the Czechs lost 0: 2. Slavia Prague earned a deserved 1-0 win at home to Girondins Bordeaux on Matchday 1 of the Europa League group stage. The odds were 16: 7 for the Prague after the final whistle and also in the shots on the goal the Czechs were at the end with 5: 1 in the lead. With a draw in St. Petersburg Slavia Prague would certainly be satisfied, especially since the Russians are considered to be the toughest competitor in this group. Last season, Slavia Prague failed in a group with Villarreal, Astana and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Slavia Prague lost 1-0 to the Kazakhstan side on the final day of their match against Astana at home to reach knockout stages. In the match of Slavia Prague at Zenit St. Petersburg, the odds of betting on away win are almost three times higher than the odds for betting on the Russians.
Zenit Petersburg vs Slavia Prague head to head matches
25.01.18 CF Zenit Petersburg Slavia Prague 5 : 1
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| Prediction: | Zenit Petersburg to win |
| Selection odds: | 1,78 |
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