Current form
Krylia Sovetov delighted their fans at the start of the season, taking away points away from Dynamo Moscow (0:0) and CSKA Moscow (1:1). The Samaritans continued their series of successful matches in the Cup, when they defeated Dynamo Makhachkala with a score of 2:1 on the road. However, all achievements ended there. In the last two rounds of the RPL, Sergey Bulatov's team lost to Baltic (0:2) and Makhachkala Dynamo (1:4) on their own field. As you can see, at the moment all the successes of the Samaritans are related to performances outside their arena, they failed to score a single point at home.
Disqualifications and injuries
The Wings of the Soviets have no losses in their composition.
Interesting betting trends
Approximate composition: Kokarev — Fernandez, Lepsky, Bozhin, Gorshkov — Banyats, Stolbov — Makarov, Marin, Shitov — Jeffrey.
Current form
Zenit immediately won the Super Cup at the start of the season, beating Spartak in a penalty shootout. After that, St. Petersburg had a three-match winning streak, beat Akron (5:0) and Orenburg (3:0) in the Premier League, and beat Baltika (1:0) in the Cup. Failure happened where it was least expected. In the third round of the Russian Premier League, Zenit sensationally lost to the Motherland (1:2). That defeat clearly shook up the team, and in the next round, Sergei Semak's team did not leave a single chance for Dynamo Moscow (3-0).
Disqualifications and injuries
Zenit has no losses in the squad.
Interesting betting trends
Approximate composition: Moskvichev — Karavaev, Alip, Andrade, Santos — Kondakov, Barrios, Erokhin — Luis Enrique, Augusto, Vega.
Krylia Sovetov, after several successful opening matches, noticeably slowed down, in the last two meetings on their own field they lost to Baltika and Makhachkala Dynamo with a total score of 1:6. Obviously, the Samaritans will use the rotation of the squad today, since the Premier League is a priority. Zenit, after the sensational defeat by the Motherland, made it clear that there was no question of any recession. Sergey Semak worked on the mistakes with his players, and they managed to confidently deal with Dynamo Moscow. In terms of the depth of the squad, few people can compare with Zenit, and this often comes to the fore in cup matches. We expect that the guests will easily win a landslide victory in Samara today.
Our betting tip is for Zenit to win with an Asian handicap (-1) for a coefficient of 1.65
Bet on the total
Zenit, taking into account the Premier League and the Cup, scored four victories, and scored all of them with a dry score. We do not think that the Samaritans will have many chances today to open the defenses of their superior opponent at least once.
The second bet is that Krylia Sovetov will not score with a coefficient of 2.22
Betting on corners
Zenit doesn't impress with its outstanding performance from the corners: there have been defeats in five of the last six matches. Taking into account this trend and the bookmakers' odds, we offer another option for betting.
Betting Tip – Wings of the Soviets with a head start (+2.5) on corners with a coefficient of 1.75
The victory of the Wings of the Soviets on yellow cards is a bet
Krylia Sovetov have not lost on yellow cards in five of their last six matches.
Bet Goals in both halves – no
In three of the last five face-to-face meetings, goals were not scored in each of the halves.
The bet is an accurate score of 0:3
Zenit has scored two of its last three wins with this score.
On August 19, Krylia Sovetov will play Sergey Semak's Zenit in the Cup in the group stage. Over the past five face—to-face matches, St. Petersburg have won twice, Samara once, and two more games ended in a draw. The hosts have had five meetings: one win, two draws and two defeats, while the guests have won four times, losing only once.
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