As part of the match of the 12th round of the Russian Football Championship, the players of Fakel and Zenit St. Petersburg will come face to face. On whose side will the victory be in this meeting? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this game.
"Torch"
In early September, the team from Voronezh was headed by Dmitry Pyatibratov, under whose leadership the RPL newcomers were able to win their first victory of the season. The hosts were able to defeat Lokomotiv with a score of 2:0. After that, the hosts lost to Spartak on the road in the Russian Cup (0:3). After that, the Voronezh team shared points with Sochi in the national championship – 1:1. In the last meeting, Fakel drew with Torpedo in the capital (2:2) on its own field. After 11 matches played, Fakel is in 12th position with 9 points.
Zenit
The St. Petersburg team in September was able to literally destroy Orenburg, outplaying the opponent with a score of 8:0 in the national championship. In the Russian Cup, Zenit lost in Samara to the Wings of the Soviets (0:2). Before the break, "blue-white-blue" on the road in Moscow were able to get the upper hand over the capital "Dynamo" (2:0). After that, the St. Petersburg team lost in the National Cup to the capital Spartak with a crushing score of 0:3. In the last meeting, Zenit outplayed Rostov 3-1 in the RPL, inflicting the first defeat of the season on Karpin's team. Within the framework of the RPL, Zenit is in first place with 29 points.
Statistics and figures:
- Zenit is the favorite of the match;"Torch" can't win 4 matches in a row;
- Zenit has 3 wins in 5 matches;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals ended with a score of 2:0 in favor of Zenit.
- Forecast
Zenit will be able to confidently beat the opponent with a handicap of 1.5 goals.
After all, the residents of St. Petersburg are in good playing shape, and they do not intend to miss the first place in the national championship. A handicap of 1.5 goals should be played here.
