Zenit St. Petersburg and Johor Darul Takzim from Malaysia will meet in a friendly match. How will the upcoming duel end? We'll figure it out.
Zenit
Zenit continues to prepare for the continuation of the season of the Russian Premier League and the Fonbet Cup of Russia. The team from the banks of the Neva River during the training camp held only two friendly matches, in which they beat Al-Bidda from Qatar with a non-personal score of 9:0, and also defeated another Qatari club Lusail (3:0). Recall that the wards of Sergei Semak lead the standings, ahead of the nearest pursuer by six points. The blue-white-Blues will play their first official match on February 25 on the road against the Ulyanovsk Volga in the match of the first round of the playoffs of the Path of the Regions of the National Cup.
Johor Darul Takzim (Malaysia)
Johor Darul Takzim, on the contrary, is just getting ready for the start of the new season. The team won the national championship last season, beating the nearest pursuer by 12 points. For 22 games, she has not suffered a single defeat, hitting the opponents' goal 61 times and conceding 12 goals, which is the best performance among all clubs. Johor played three matches during the training camp, in which they won two victories over Levski and Lokomotiv Moscow with the same score 1:0 and lost to Rostov with a score of 0:2.
Statistics and figures
- Zenit is the favorite of the match according to bookmakers;
- Johor Darul Takzim did not suffer a single defeat in the championship last season;
- Zenit scored 12 goals in two friendly matches during the training camp;
- The teams have not met each other before
Forecast
I think that the team from the banks of the Neva River should win a landslide victory, because, probably, it will play the main squad, so in the morning the blue-white-blue will play against the Urals. I propose to bet on the victory of Zenit with a head start (-1.5).
