On Sunday, starting with 18:30, the Krasnodar – Zenit match will be played, within the 26th round of Russia, the first league. In the round, the two teams drew in St. Petersburg, score 1-1, the scorers being Santos (own goal) and Dzyuba. In Krasnodar, the hosts won only one duel with Zenit, out of 8. In total, the title champion lost 3 times in 17 direct matches with the “Taurus” team.
Krasnodar has won 3 of the last 5 stages of the “Premier League” and accumulates 45 points in the ranking, being placed on the third place. This position is qualifying in the Champions League preliminaries, and the team coached by Murad Musayev would repeat the performance from the previous season. In 2019/2020, Krasnodar is undefeated at home, as well as Zenit, managing to win 6 of the 11 matches played “at home”. In general, the “Bulls” are 3 points ahead of Rostov and are 3 points away from the second place occupied by Lokomotiv Moscow.
Zenit comes after 4 very important consecutive victories, 7-1 with Ural, 4-0 with TSKA Moscow, respectively 2-1 with Samara and Tambov. The team coached by Sergei Semak accumulated 59 points and leads the ranking in Russia with an advance of 11 points over Lokomotiv Moscow. Zenit is close to the 7th trophy in the “Premier League”, the second in a row since 2018/2019. This season, “Leii” have won 10 of the 12 away matches, lost twice and have an external goal difference of 21-5.
Zenit is the favorite before the meeting, but Krasnodar could get a positive result, just like in the St. Petersburg tour. However, if the guests do not lose, we have at our disposal “2 soloists – without equal”, where the draw returns our money to the game account.
Krasnodar has no official trophy in Russia;
The “bulls” participated 6 times in the European cups;
Zenit won 6 Russian champion titles;
The “lions” are the holders of the trophy in the Premier League.
PREDICTION: Zenit to win @ 2,10
