Shinnik Yaroslavl hosts Ural in the Russian Cup quarterfinals. The match will be played on Wednesday, March 18th at Arena Khimki (Khimki)
Shinnik is fighting for playoff games in the FNL. It resumed the championship relatively well, and the Black and Blues are one of the most productive teams in their championship. The game will be held in Khimki, so Shinnik will have no advantage in terms of the home field factor. But this should not be a big problem for Pobegalov’s men - the team scores most of the points on the road. No significant changes in the squad compared to the November period have occurred. Yaroslavl did not become weaker.
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With such a defense as Ural demonstrated in the match against Zenit, the visitors can hardly count on something serious. The game in St. Petersburg turned out to be strange – before it, the champion could not score in two rounds in a row, but as many as three goals flew into the net of Ural already by the 15th minute. The defense of the visitors remains the most unreliable in the Premier League, and the team scores a little more than a goal per round.
We will see the match between teams that are approximately equal now. Spring football will do the trick. Yes, Ural still plays in the Russian Premier League, but Yaroslavl, judging by the test meetings and the start, does not look so bad. And the nominal hosts have already managed to break the resistance of Sochi in the 1/16 finals of the cup. We’ll probably see a viscous and mutually non-sharp game and a small number of goals. Pobegalov is no worse than Parfenov, and he knows how to prepare his team for cup matches. I would try to bet on a +1 handicap of Shinnik. Currently, the visitors do not look such a clear favorite.
Prediction for the match: Shinnik Yaroslavl to win with +1.0 handicap
