CSKA-Zenit. Fedotov knew how! What about Nikolic?
Alexey Anisimov September 12, 2024, 19:45 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
Under the previous coach, the military team was able to hold off the champions. The question is what will happen now.
The first autumn international break is all. This means that the time has come to return to club football. The beloved Russian Premier League will be one of the first to return. On September 14, the match of the 8th round of the RPL CSKA – Zenit will be held at the VEB Arena in Moscow. The kick-off is scheduled for 16:30 Moscow time. Bookmakers have already made predictions.
What do bookmakers expect from the Russian Championship match CSKA – Zenit on September 14, 2024?
Bookmakers cannot identify a clear favourite in their predictions, but they give a slight preference to the guests. Zenit’s victory is offered to bet at odds of 2.42, which is approximately 41% probability. CSKA’s victory is comparable to a draw and is presented at odds of 3.30 in bookmakers, which is approximately 30% probability.
At the same time, analysts believe that the central match of the eighth round of the RPL will not be productive. A total of more than 2.5 goals has a rate of 2.23, and a total of less than 2.5 goals has a rate of 1.70. If both teams score, the rate will be 1.94. The most likely analysts consider the score to be 1:1, the coefficient is within 5.70.
Analysis and prediction for the match of the 8th round of the Russian Premier League CSKA – Zenit (09/14/2024)
It is quite clear why bookmakers do not expect a high performance in the upcoming match. CSKA, with the help of Vladimir Fedotov, realized that, compared to the current Zenit, it is only a strong middle class. Therefore, in order to achieve results, it needs to tune the matches with the champion in this context.
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Under Viktor Goncharenko, the army team tried to fight back against Petersburg, which was rich in every sense, but they could not keep up and often conceded three goals. But Vladimir Fedotov’s approach allowed them to contain a powerful opponent. In the last six direct confrontations, they never lost in regular time and won two matches with a minimal score.
However, the Red-Blues are now managed by Marko Nikolic, and this is his first game for Zenit in his new position. And we recall how the Serbian specialist performed with Lokomotiv against Sergei Semak. There is not much to brag about. From August 2020 to August 2021, there were five matches: two home draws and three losses, one of them 1-6.
It must be admitted that their former players fought and scored often. The current ones can do just as well. The fact is that CSKA looks happy even without a strong central striker. In the last three matches of all competitions they managed to score eight goals. In each of them the progressive Tamerlan Musaev distinguished himself. Besides, Ivan Oblyakov is always good.
As for Zenit, it is enough to say that they are usually the leaders of the Russian championship. They scored 18 goals in seven rounds. After the loss of Maxim Glushenkov due to injury, the club slowed down, but went into the September break after a 3-0 away win over Paris NN. Now Claudinho is absent due to illness, but Alexander Sobolev has been signed.
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In a word, there is practically no doubt about the goal of the St. Petersburg team, despite the quality of the army team’s defense. Perhaps the main question is whether Marko Nikolic will be able to counterattack the champion with his new club. If we do not look at the unfortunate statistics of the Serbian in face-to-face confrontations with Semak, then CSKA has at least a good movement and a stable attack. So you can think about goals in both directions.
Tender: both will score 1.94.
