May 7 at 18.00 Moscow time “Zenith” will play with “Spartacus” in the 26th round match of the RPL. Predictions for this meeting were given by famous commentator and FONBET Ambassador Karen Adamyan.
In what form “Zenith”
Blue-white-blue almost once again became the champion of Russia ahead of schedule. There is a high probability that this could happen with the final whistle in the match against Spartak. To do this, Rostov on Saturday, May 6, must lose points with Fakel, and Zenit itself must defeat the red and white.
In 25 rounds held, Sergei Semak’s ward had 19 wins, four draws and two losses. In the last five matches, only Rostov stopped the Petersburgers (0:0). The advantage of blue-white-blue over yellow-blue is 11 points. On April 29, Zenit beat Krylya Sovetov away (5:1). Two goals were scored before the removal of one of the Samara defenders, three more after that. The poker was made by striker Malcolm, bringing his total goals this season to 22. This is the best indicator in the RPL. His compatriot, Claudinho, with eight assists, is one of the best assists in the championship.
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Check can be satisfied with the stability of the team. The removal of the Russian Cup from FONBET in mid-March allowed the team to focus on winning another championship. All the leaders are in line, which makes Petersburgers the favorite for the derby of both capitals. Only the statistics on goals conceded should be worrying: in the last seven rounds, they managed to keep a clean sheet only twice.
In what form “Spartacus”
The red-whites are in third place, 12 points behind Zenit and one point behind Rostov, and one point ahead of CSKA. The team’s task at the end of the season is not to get out of the top three. Although Guillermo Abascal’s ward went for the winter break with the desire to compete with the Petersburgers for the championship in the spring and win the Russian FONBET Cup for the second time in a row. However, the disqualification and constant injuries of the leaders forced them to say goodbye to this hope.
Akron, the representative of the first league, knocked out the Muscovites Cup, and in the eight spring rounds of the championship, they managed to take the maximum points in only three games. The team missed too much: in this segment, Spartak players were punished twice by Ural, Fakel and Orenburg, three times by Dynamo and Krasnodar. Not only managed to get away from “Akhmat” (0:0). On April 29, a draw with Rostov (1:1) was recorded.
Despite frequent mistakes in their own half, the red-white team remained a formidable force. In the last 16 matches, Abaskal ward has suffered only one defeat. All thanks to the game in attack. Quincy Promes was among the leaders of the scoring race for a long time, but due to injury, he allowed Zenit’s Malcolm to overtake him. Now the Dutch player has 17 goals. Alexander Sobolev is in good form, having scored five goals in the previous three rounds. The main problem before going to St. Petersburg is the disqualification of Ruslan Litvinov and the injury of Georgy Jikia.
Zenit – Spartak: head-to-head statistics
It’s tough for the red-white away game against the blue-white-blue. In November last year, for the first time in six matches at the Gazprom Arena, we managed to go undefeated in regular time (0:0, 2:4 on penalties in the cup match). Previous success at St. Petersburg started in May 2012. In the first round of the current RPL draw, Zenit turned out to be stronger in Moscow with a score of 2:1.
Karen Adamyan’s prediction for the match “Zenith” – “Spartak” on May 7
Spartak frankly failed in the second part of the championship: it flew out of the Russian FONBET Cup, and instead of fighting for the championship with Zenit, it may have dropped out of the top three. This is all due to poor execution of moments. The red and white team pulled out a draw in the last round with Rostov already in stoppage time by the second half, although they should have beaten the opposition with a shot from the penalty area (14:1).
What makes Spartak special under Abascal is the transformation after the break. In the first half, the team scored 22 goals, in the second – 33. It is not clear why it was impossible to play as usual from the first minute, but after talking in high tones in the dressing room, the players were excited. Most likely, in the match with Zenit, the red-white players will have a more effective action in the second half. In the last face-to-face meeting, when the Muscovites beat St. Petersburgers in the Cup, all three of their goals were scored after the break»Adamyan shares his opinion.
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