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Zenit Petersburg vs Lokomotiv Moscow Prediction & Betting tips
Slowly but surely the seriousness of life begins again in the first European leagues. After the U21 European Championship ended last weekend with a Spanish victory, we also know next Sunday who could secure the title at the Women’s World Cup.
Also on this weekend, the Super Cup will be held on Saturday evening for the kick-off of the Russian Championship. In the Moscow VTB Arena Master Zenit St. Petersburg and Cup winner Lokomotiv Moscow meet each other. Certainly at the beginning of the new season an interesting clash, as both teams will go again with great ambitions in the new season. Loko could not win a competitive match against the opponent in the last year. Will the Reds win the Cup this year?
It will not be easy against the champion of 2019. Zenit was able to deliver convincing results in the preparatory matches, but the Muscovites have also come through the preparation without defeat. In the bookmakers, the light blue have the nose ahead. In the game Zenit St. Petersburg vs. Lokomotiv Moscow will be paid odds of 2.45 for a tip on the team of coach Sergey Semak. But at the beginning of a season, of course, it is difficult to make a reliable prediction. Nonetheless, the betting base shows all the facts about the game in this analysis. The kick-off in the VTB Arena will take place on Saturday at 17:00.
Zenit St. Petersburg:
St. Petersburg won the Russian championship for the fifth time last year and is therefore qualified for this duel for the Super Cup. The title win in the last season succeeded in an impressive way. From the first to the last matchday the light blue ones were in the first place in the table! A final, sovereign appearance over the entire season.
Zenit was also able to convince in the UEFA Europa League. In the group stage, the team of head coach Sergey Semak could leave the teams of Slavia Prague, Girondins Bordeaux and Copenhagen behind and qualified for the knockout round. It was still going on until the round of 16, when they finally lost to Villarreal.
Let’s let ourselves be surprised, if Zenit moves confidently in this season’s circles at the top of the Russian table again. The first endurance test will take place on Saturday against Lokomotiv Moscow, against which they were able to get four points in the league last year. In preparation, the light blue ones were even more successful than the Loko. All four friendly matches against Wacker Innsbruck (6-1), Levski Sofia (1-0), Honved Budapest (3-0) and Red Star Belgrade (1-0) were victorious. We therefore see good chances for the Semak-Elf to win the Super Cup. We therefore meet in the game Zenit St. Petersburg vs Lokomotiv Moscow the forecast that the Cup goes to the north of Russia. For this tip we can dust betting odds of 1.75.
The squad of light blue is compared to last year largely unchanged, so Coach Semak can go with a well-rehearsed team at the start. This week, the commitment of Douglas Santos from Hamburger SV was announced. The defensive will be organized by captain Branislav Ivanovic. In the offensive, the coach has many variations with Dzyuba, Azmoun, Mak and Driussi. Not for nothing Zenit scored the most league goals last season. Basis of the title win was the home strength of the team. 13 of the 15 games in their own stadium were won. In all likelihood, all players except Daler Kuzyaev will be available on Saturday.
Locomotive Moscow:
Lokomotive has qualified for the Russian Super Cup as cup winner of the last season. In the final of last year’s Cup competition defeated the team of head coach Yuri Semin Ural Yekaterinburg 1-0 goals. The winner of the victory was defensive midfielder Dimitri Baronov after about 30 minutes. This was Loko’s chance to win the cup for the eighth time.
In the championship, the Reds had to let the team from St. Petersburg ahead, but secured second place in front of FK Krasnodar, which entitles them to take part in the UEFA Champions League this year. Also in the last year Moscow interfered in the CL, albeit with little success. Loko started in Group D together with FC Porto, FC Schalke 04 and Galatasaray Istanbul. After the group stage and only one win, they had to cut the sails early.
The master of 2018 will surely want to say a word about the title again this season. In the last season Lokomotive set the season start properly in the sand and ran from the beginning of a point deficit afterwards. Of course, this should be avoided this year. A look at the preparatory games shows that the form of the Red seems to be correct.
Against Austria Klagenfurt (3: 1) and FC Fastav Zlin (4: 2) were brought in training camp victories. At the end there was a 0-0 draw against the Slovak first division side MSK Zilina.
Let’s take a look at the squad from Loko. The former Schalke Benedikt Höwedes pitched his tents after being stolen from the Blue-Whites in Moscow. Here he plays with his former teammate Jefferson Farfan back in a team. The Peruvian will be missing on Saturday, having injured himself in the last group game at the Copa America against Brazil. The Pole Grzegorz Krychowiak was now firmly committed by Paris Saint-Germain after a year of lending and is certainly the king’s transfer of Moscow this summer. The defensive will be organized by Croatian international Vedran Corluka. In the offensive, coach Semin will bet on national striker Fedor Smolov.
Before the start of the season against Rubin Kazan, there is now the first showdown with Zenit St. Petersburg. Does the team have the right early form to win the Supercup?
Zenit Petersburg vs Lokomotiv Moscow head to head matches
07.04.19 PL Lokomotiv Moscow Zenit Petersburg 1 : 1
22.01.19 CF Zenit Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow 1 : 3
23.09.18 PL Zenit Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow 5 : 3
05.05.18 PL Lokomotiv Moscow Zenit Petersburg 1 : 0
29.10.17 PL Zenit Petersburg Lokomotiv Moscow 0 : 3