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Zenit Petersburg vs Bordeaux Prediction & Betting tips
In order to achieve a victory that will allow him to continue at the top of the standings, on Thursday the Russian team of Zenit will be visited by Bordeaux from France, to be played at the Saint-Petersburg Stadium in Saint Petersburg, valid for Group C of the UEFA Europa League.
Zenit Saint Petersburg:
Those led by Sergei Semak come from suffering a hard setback in their visit to Dinamo Moscow where they lost 1-0 and thus cut a streak of two consecutive victories.
The truth is that the defeat of the weekend was the second in the last three games of the Premier League of Russia, but despite this Zenit remains comfortable in the first place of the standings with 25 points, with six points on their Main escorts such as Krasnodar and CSKA Moscow.
But now the mind is set on making a good presentation in the UEFA Europa League where they first tied a goal in their visit to the Danish team of Copenhagen and then a home win 1-0 thanks to the goal of Aleksandr Kokorin and thus are located sharing the first place of the group with the Danes, both with four points, so this Thursday by the hand of Artem Dzyuba, the Lions aim to add a new victory and what better to do before their fans where they come to win their last three games where also add a streak of twelve games without losing at home taking into consideration all official competitions.
Bordeaux:
Meanwhile, those led by Eric Bedouet have been very irregular throughout this start of the season, so Bordeaux comes to lose 2-0 in his visit to Montpellier and thus stalled in eighth place with 14 points, away from the UEFA qualification zone posts.
But this irregularity has also been shown disputing the UEFA Europa League where the French cast has lost both games, first 1-0 in his visit to Slavia Praha and now last in 1-2 home to Copenhagen, so a result that does not be triumph this Thursday would do without any chance of fighting for one of the first two places in the group that allow to continue in the race.
Their numbers playing away from home are not the best for Bordeaux since they have only been able to get a victory in their last seven official outings where four ended in defeats and now before a Russian team such as Zenit who knows how to enforce the locality, Well, the situation does not look good at all.