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Ufa v Zenit St. Petersburg Betting Tips
Both of these sides failed to find the back of the net in their season opener last weekend but I expect at least one of these sides to break their goal-scoring duck on Saturday.
Ufa suffered a bad start to the season losing to Ural away in Ekaterinburg. Many had tipped either of those two sides for the drop so it was arguably already a relegation six-pointer which Ufa lost. Victor Goncharenko’s squad has been significantly weakened this summer, mostly by star man Oleksandr Zinchenko’s move to oil-rich Manchester City. The Bashkortostan side have so-far failed to reinvest the money made from the Zinchenko transfer and it doesn’t look like happening any time soon. Another defeat against title-contenders Zenit on Saturday puts them on the back-foot right from the start of the season.
Mircea Lucescu’s Zenit side were expected to put Lokomotiv Moscow to the sword given the Muscovites problems both on-and-off the pitch but could only claim a point. However, it must be said that the Zenit squad was missing a few players, most notably their main striker Artem Dzyuba, whilst Axel Witsel was said to be ‘lacking motivation’ as he tries to push through an exit this summer.
Although Zenit will still be without Dzyuba, you would expect them to go to lowly Ufa and get a result. Goncharenko’s side had nothing really going for them against Ural and I cannot see them stepping up their game here.
Obviously there is no value in the Zenit win so I have decided to go with a win to nil for the St. Petersburg side. Ufa offer nothing exceptional in the attacking third of the field and I doubt they will create much against their opponents on Saturday.
Secondly I have gone with Zenit to be winning at half time. After their drab draw with Lokomotiv signaled a somewhat poor start to the season, I expect Lucescu’s side to come out of the blocks and start well against Ufa, making sure that they have put the game to bed before half time.
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