Ural take on the visitors Zenit Petersburg at "SKB-Bank Arena" in the round five of the Russian Premier League. The game will be played in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, August 9th.
Ural show powerful football at the start of this season: Aleksandr Tarkhanov's side passed through the opening four matchdays with not a single defeat and without series purchases and squad's enforcement. Ural got one 1:0 triumph over Dynamo Moscow and three draws with the same 1:1 scoreline against FK Rostov, Ufa and Krasnodar. Still, Ural lost the victory in Krasnodar at the 96th minute of the clash having conceded a goal from a penalty spot. After four gameweeks Aleksandr Tarkhanov's team sits on the ninth position in the table with six points earned and 4-3 goal difference. It should be mentioned that this season Ural finished both home encounters with the draw.
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Zenit Petersburg hit twice last week. To start with, they brought unpleasant surprise to their fans: the side has been beaten by Yehuda with 0:1 scoreline in the UEFA Europa League, however, it managed to promote further by the aggregated outcome of two matches while last Sunday "Zenitchiki" simply destroyed the reigning champion, having thrashed Spartak Moscow with 5:1 scoreline in face of their supporters. After four rounds Roberto Mancini's side shares the first-second places in the standings with Lokomotiv Moscow having got 12 points with 10-2 goal difference. This season Zenit Petersburg won both their fights at away turfs: vs. SKA Khabarovsk 2:0 and vs. Tosno 1:0.
Ural and Zenit Petersburg met nine times in their history and the side from Saint Petersburg won all of them with 22:5 aggregated score. Ural leave solid impressions in this season, besides, Zenit Petersburg are unlikely to bring another furious performance during a couple days. Thus, I presume that even if the hosts lose, the spread will not be big.
Prediction for the match: Ural to win with +1.0 Asian handicap.
