Zenit vs Ural: forecast for the friendly match

Current form

As expected, Zenit did not experience any particular problems in the final of the RPL Winter Cup. Sergei Semak's team skated through Spartak Moscow, winning the match with a score of 3:0. The St. Petersburg team is diligently preparing for the continuation of the season. They have already played eight friendly matches, in which they won four times, lost twice and drew twice. The upcoming opponent is significantly lower in playing class, so the team from the cultural capital is quite capable of extending the victory march and doing it confidently, even if not the most basic team enters the field.

Disqualifications and injuries

Karavaev, Kerzhakov, Volkov and Vasiliev were injured.

Interesting betting trends

• Zenit is on a winning streak of three games in a row
• In all eight friendly matches, the St. Petersburg team scored

Approximate line—up: Latyshonok — Mantuan, Nino, Drkusic, Santos — Wendel, Barrios, Glushenkov - Enrique, Luciano, Casserra.

Current form

Ural, of course, is not as cool as Zenit, but it still conducts the preparatory campaign well. The team played four friendly matches, in which they drew twice, won once and lost once. Face-to-face confrontations with residents of St. Petersburg are not encouraging. A total of 30 matches were played, and in none of the matches did the team from Yekaterinburg turn out to be the winner. Naturally, this cannot go unnoticed, and in the upcoming confrontation, the nominal guests are exposed as a huge underdog.

Disqualifications and injuries

All the players are in formation.

Interesting betting trends

• Ural has failed to score in the last two matches
• In five of the last six meetings, Ural has conceded

Approximate composition: Mamin - Mamin, Begich, Italo - Beveev, Egorvchev, Chudin, Sungatulin, Margasov - Ishikov, Sekulich.