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Zenit Petersburg (Rus) vs Utrecht (Ned) Prediction & Betting tips
An international competition without Zenit St. Petersburg? This is not easy to imagine these days, but it could happen on Thursday. After all, the Russians have to go after a 1-0 defeat in the return of the Europa League play-offs. Opponents in the local Krestovsky Stadium is the Dutch representative from Utrecht. Zenit St. Petersburg still has at least ninety minutes to turn the result and the Russians are not the least favorites to reach the group stage.
Zenit Petersburg (Rus) :
The season in the Russian Premier League is already a little advanced and Zenit St. Petersburg can be very satisfied with the performance so far. After seven games, Zenit St. Petersburg has six wins and a draw at 16: 3 at the Tabellenspitze. The dress rehearsal on the weekend has succeeded, as Zenit St. Petersburg however only narrowly with a 1: 0 at the closing Amkar Perm could win. Currently, the lead on the Second Lokomotive Moscow is three points. Speaking of Moscow: The Russian capital determined in the pre-season the happenings in Russian football, when Spartak became Moscow champion and CSKA Moscow Vizemeister.
In this season, Zenit St. Petersburg wants to go straight back and have shot Spartak Moscow 5-1 on their own. At all, Zenit St. Petersburg has a makellose record at home. All three home games in the Russian Premier League have been won. The home defeat against the Israeli representative Bne Jehuda in the last round of the Europa League qualifying was a bit surprising. After the 2-0 first-leg victory at foreign facility, the Russians were able to allow themselves the 0: 1 home run however still just so.
Utrecht (Ned):
The season in the Dutch Eredivise is not yet as old, but the season start of Utrecht can be considered successful. In the first two games, the team not only won two victories, but also stayed without conceding the 3-0 home win in The Hague and 2-0 home win against Willem II Tilburg. After two game days, all the other seventeen teams from the Eredivisie have already had to go behind at least once. With a 1-0 win in the play-off first leg against Zenit St. Petersburg, Utrecht has been even three competitive games without a match. All in all, Utrecht have not conceded a goal in five of their previous seven competitive games this season. The Dutch have not lost any of these seven games.
In addition to the already mentioned three victories in league and the first leg against Zenit St. Petersburg, there was another 3-1 win against FC Valetta from Malta in the second round of the Europa League qualifying after the teams in the first leg Without a gate. Torless also ended the first leg in the last qualifying round, when Utrecht had to play against Lech Posen from Poland. Away then handed the club a 2: 2 due to the out-of-control rule for reaching the playoffs. In total, only three of the eight fired shots from Utrecht went to the Polish body. Looking at the whole game, the continuation could be described as something happy.
Zenit Petersburg (Rus) vs Utrecht (Ned) head to head matches
16.08.17 EL Utrecht Zenit Petersburg 1 : 0