Zenit Petersburg take on the visitors Rubin Kazan at “Krestovsky Stadium” in the matchday two of the Russian Premier League. The game will be played in Saint Petersburg on Saturday, July 22nd.
After another unsuccessful season and having been left out in the cold in the UEFA Champions League, Zenit Petersburg are the most active performer at the Russian transfer market this summer. It will just suffice to mention engagement of the head-coach Roberto Mancini and two Argentine football players: Sebastian Driussi and Leandro Paredes for whom they had paid 43, 20 and 23 million EUR respectively. Zenit Petersburg opened the Premier League season with 2:0 triumph over the debutant SKA Khabarovsk. In 2017 Zenit Petersburg conducted not too many clashes at the home field – just six of them resulting in four victories, one draw and one loss.
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Rubin Kazan also replaced the head-coach. Kurban Berdyev returned to the native club accompanied by four players from FK Rostov, having enforced each squad’s line of the club from Kazan. Despite the qualitative strengthening of the roster, Rubin Kazan entered the new season of the Russian Premier League with 1:2 defeat to Krasnodar at the home turf. In other words, there is a plenty of work left to do in the club from Kazan if it would like to succeed.
Zenit Petersburg know how to play against Rubin Kazan as they have not been beaten by “Tatary” since the 21st of July 2013 across seven consecutive head-to-heads. The team from Saint Petersburg won six clashes during that streak, whereby last four of them in a row with 13:4 aggregated score. I believe that in the forthcoming fight the win will be on behalf of the well-knit hosts.
Prediction for the match: Zenit Petersburg to win.
