In the last Saturday match of the 21st round of the Russian Premier League, Zenit St. Petersburg will play Ural Yekaterinburg on its field. We bring to your attention the forecast for this meeting.
Zenit
Zenit continues to lead the championship very confidently, coming off by 7 points from its nearest rival 10 rounds before the end of the season. In the first two matches of the RPL of the spring part of the season, Sergey Semak's team defeated Pari NN (3:0) and Khimki (3:2) at home. But after that, the St. Petersburg team unexpectedly flew out of the Russian Cup from Dynamo Moscow (1:1, 4:5 pen.), after which they lost to CSKA in the away match of the championship (0:1).
"Ural"
Ural is on the 10th place in the standings, having a 6-point gap from the zone of transitional matches, which allows you to feel quite calm. After the winter holidays, taking into account all the tournaments, Yekaterinburg did not lose 5 matches in a row, bringing their overall winless streak to 16 matches without defeats. But still, before the international break, the Uralians still turned out to be weaker than Dynamo Moscow (0:1) in their native walls.
Statistics and figures
- Zenit has lost only 1 match out of the last eight, winning 5 times;
- In five of the last eight matches in the championship, Zenit did not miss;
- Zenit has won only 2 matches out of the last five at home, but also lost only once;
- Zenit has never lost to Ural in its history (19 wins + 4 draws);
- Ural has lost only 1 match out of the last 17, winning 10 times;
- In the last three matches of "Ural", the "Total less than 2.5 goals" bet was held;
- Ural has a 9-match unbeaten away streak (5 wins + 4 draws).
Forecast
Ural has never scored points in St. Petersburg in matches with Zenit. Having interrupted their winless streak in the last round, it will be very difficult to do it again, as it is a blow to the motivation and confidence of the team as a whole. Although the residents of St. Petersburg did not have a solid part of the players who left for their national teams, so there may also be some problems here. Most likely, the hosts will win here in not the most spectacular style.
