On Saturday, July 9, Zenit will play Spartak Moscow in the match for the Russian Football Super Cup. The start of the meeting at the Gazprom Arena in St. Petersburg is at 19:00 Moscow time. Zenit – Spartak: forecastbet, odds, statistics.
“Zenith”
Last season, the St. Petersburg club won the fourth title in a row ahead of schedule at the end of April, with a victory over Loko (3:1), following which they relaxed in matches with Spartak (1:1) and Nizhny Novgorod (0:1).
In the off season “Zenith” left Dzyuba, Kritsyuk, Ozdoev and Yuri Alberto. Midfielder came from Spartak Bakaevfrom Sochi – Cassier and Rodrigao.
In the Match Premier Cup, the St. Petersburg club first beat Pari NN on penalties – 1:1 (5:3), then in the same way Sochi – 1:1 (4:2), and then defeated CSKA (3: 0) and won the tournament ahead of schedule.
In the last friendly match on the eve of the start of the tournament, Zenit in Sochi beat the Serbian champion Crvena Zvezda – 2: 1.
“Spartacus”
The red-and-whites finished the RPL season in 10th place, repeating their anti-record, but won the Russian Cup, beating Dynamo in the final match with a score of 2:1.
After that, the head coach of Spartak Paolo Vanoli left the club along with his coaching staff, but following 13 hours he was replaced by a young Spanish specialist Guillermo Abascal.
Also in the off season “Spartacus” broke up with Bakaev, Kutepov, Glushenkov, Larsson, suspended Kral’s contracts. Forward Zinkovsky moved from Krylia Sovetov.
In control matches, Spartak drew with Alania (2:2), defeated Baltika (3:2) and defeated Yenisei (3:0). Quincy Promes scored 5 goals in three matches.
Forecast and rate
On the victory of “Zenith” in this meeting bookmakers give coefficient 1.54for a draw in regular time – 4.50and for the victory of Spartak – 6.00.
For the conquest of the trophy by Zenit, they give a coefficient of 1.30, and for the success of Spartak – 3.55.
Last season, Spartak lost in St. Petersburg with a score of 1:7, drawing 1:1 at home. In the last 10 official matches, Zenit lost only once, scoring five victories.
The red-and-whites have not beaten Zenit since 2017, and in St. Petersburg, not since 2012. Forecast: “Zenith” will not lose the riding match. .
Interesting options rates “Both to score” for 1.80 and TV 2.5 for 1.67.