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Russia vs New Zealand Prediction & Betting tips
Upcoming Saturday is so, Russia and New Zealand take care of the confederation Cup 2017 at the Krestovsky Stadium in St. Petersburg! Russia feels like a host country to immediately bring a good result, while New Zealand is on a stunt.
Russia :
For Saturday, Saturday is the only victory. On paper, Portugal and Mexico are favored to reach the semifinals, so the three points against weak brother New Zealand are immediately crucial in the tournament opportunities of the Golden Eagle.
After last year’s so beloved last year, in which Russia has already stranded in the group phase, the country is achieving international success. The Cherchesov coach, appointed after the EC, with successive defeats against Costa Rica and Qatar, did not set a dream start, but after the 2-0 win on Hungary and the 1-1 draw against Chile, self-confidence was recovered a little. However, it is only questionable to what extent Russia can set a good Confederation Cup because the country can not have flaps like Dzyuba and Dzagoev. Former Feyenoord striker Smolov will have to take this tournament to the Russian goalkeeper production. He plays for Krasnodar today, but has recently been linked with clubs such as Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund. So, Smolov is well placed to put himself in the shop.
Probable setup Russia
Akin feev; Vasin, Shishkin, Kudryashov; Kombarov, Golovin, Glushakov, Smolnikov; Miranchuk, Samedov; Smolov
New Zealand :
Even though the coach of Hudson and his men is a forbidden word, New Zealand is of course the great underdog in this edition of the Confederations Cup. Nevertheless, the country has been on track in recent years, since Australia joined the Asian zone in 2006, the All Whites are supreme in Oceania. Not for nothing, New Zealand makes up for her fourth participation in the Confederation Cup and achieved two World Cup finals twice. Even though New Zealand is still waiting for her first win in one of those two tournaments, at the 2010 World Cup, the country managed to stun by dragging a draw in all three of her three teams (including a 1-1 draw Against former reigning world champion Italy). New Zealand can thus strike a nice ballet.
Of course, it must be very strange if New Zealand does not finish at bottom A. With defeats against Northern Ireland (1-0) and Belarus (1-0), preparation did not go well on rolls. New Zealand must obviously have the sleeves up and work hard, then hoping for an input of attacker Wood. The Leeds United striker scored last season as top scorer of the English Championship and is thus New Zealand’s hope in scared days. At the back, however, the country with the absence of injured West Ham United defender Reid is severely harassed. Coach Hudson, however, is not scared: “Our goal is to make the home front proud.”
Probable setup New Zealand
Marinovic; Wynne, Tzimopoulos, Durante, Boxall; Thomas, Tuiloma, Lewis, Rojas; Meltz, Wood