On August 6, the match of the 4th round of the Russian Premier League will take place, in which Akhmat Grozny will play Zenit St. Petersburg at home. The forecast for this match is given by the well-known commentator of "Match TV" Timur Zhuravel.
In the new season, the RPL has formed quite unusual trends for our championship – matches turn out to be very productive and there are practically no bookmaker bottoms. All this makes the Russian Championship even more unpredictable, but in this case it is not easy for experts to find reliable forecasts for a particular match.
Timur Zhuravel admitted that he remains very impressed by the performance of Claudinho and Wendel in the match with Lokomotiv – they were great. At the same time, the commentator notes a very strong level of Zenit's reserves, who could fight for the championship title even if they gathered in a separate team. This state of affairs, of course, makes the "blue-white-blue" a big favorite in the upcoming match.
"Akhmat" does not manage to find his game at the start of the new season. Even in the only match so far won for themselves with "Torch" (2:1) at home, Andrey Talalaev's team looked generally worse than its opponent. It's hard to imagine that in the match with Zenit, the green-whites are waiting for a cardinal transformation.
The expert is practically convinced that Zenit will take the 3 points they need in this match, unless, of course, they start fooling around, as it was in the match with Khimki (1:1). Also, Zhuravel, mindful of the trends of the championship, puts on a greater total in the match. With a combined choice, the coefficient for such a scenario is quoted very high by bookmakers.
