The Euro Cup and Copa America have calmed down. Footballers are leaving their national teams and heading to their clubs to prepare for the new season. In the Russian Premier League, the 2024/2025 season starts on July 20. There is nothing left until the 1st round and therefore it is time to familiarize yourself with the bookmakers’ predictions.
No changes at the top of the RPL
There will be no intrigues in the new season of the Russian football championship. Analysts of leading bookmakers believe so. You can bet on Zenit’s championship, which will be the seventh in a row, with odds of 1.55. Translated into probability: approximately 64%. Considering that the odds for the rest start from 10:00, this is a lot.
You can understand the bookmakers. The St. Petersburg club has a solid squad by championship standards, retained Sergei Semak as head coach and continues to grow stronger. And not only foreign players, but also the strongest representatives of their home championship. In addition, we take into account the experience of the championship of the 2018/2019 season.
Spartak is the favorite in the fight for the top three
Spartak, Dynamo, Krasnodar, CSKA, Lokomotiv – what unites these clubs? All of them, according to experts, will try to compete with Zenit in the fight for the championship. They all have approximately the same chances, because the odds vary from 10:00 to 15:00. Some have more, some less, but the orders are comparable.
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The most interesting thing is that the rivals will also fight each other for a place in the top 3 of the RPL. There are slightly fewer doubts about the red-and-whites: if they finish in the top three at the end of the season, the odds will be 1.95. With the same odds of 2.35, you can bet on three candidates at once: Dynamo, Krasnodar and CSKA. Loko has a lower chance: odds of 2.85.
There are probably three teams fighting for second and third place. These are Spartak, CSKA and Dynamo. The red-white and red-blue changed their coaching staff and strengthened themselves specifically before the start, while the blue-white did well last season. The Krasnodar team is weakened by the departure of Matvey Safonov, and the railwaymen also seem to be in doubt.
The All Rus’ Derby will please everyone and no one
The new RPL season is also a new opportunity to watch two CSKA-Spartak matches at once. Home and away for each opponent respectively. Of course, the degree of principled opposition has decreased in recent years, but the signal is still bright. And for some players this remains an additional motivation.
Bookmakers believe that each team will score three points out of six possible. This means that both the red-blue and the red-white will win once in the upcoming season. The odds for such an event are the lowest of all other possible options: 4.00. Experts also do not rule out that the balance can swing in either direction. That is, someone can score four points, and someone can score only one.
What is expected of newcomers?
Two teams will make their debut in the new season of the Russian Premier League. We are talking about Akron Togliatti, which was created only in 2018, but has already reached the top and will try to establish itself. Also, Dynamo Makhachkala emerged from the First League, which was revived only in 2021. In general, the faces are really new.
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Of course, analysts did not ignore these teams and gave their predictions. First of all, a passionate meeting is expected. If the Togliatti team finishes better than the Makhachkala team, the odds will be 1.87. If it is the other way around, too. At the same time, if one of the newcomers turns out to be superior to Paris NN, which miraculously remained in the RPL, the odds will be 2.36.
However, the best for Akron and Dynamo Makhachkala, according to bookmakers, are 15th and 16th places. That is, relegation. The odds for such an event are the same for both teams and amount to 1.50. Translated into probability language, this is more than 66%. By the way, the returning Khimki has a 22% chance of relegation.
