Zenit St. Petersburg (home)
- Second-placed Zenit St. Petersburg can move level on points with the table-topping Krasnodar if they beat the visitors in the main game of the Premier League weekend on Sunday.
- The leaders have 52 points from 23 matches, but Zenit are only one point behind after picking up 51 points in 23 games.
- Sergey Semak has been Zenit boss since May 2018 and he has a reputation for being able to mix things up and get results in big games.
Krasnodar (away)
- Krasnodar are a possession-based, high-tempo attacking football team under coach Murad Musayev.
- Krasnodar are unbeaten in their last five games with 4 wins and 1 draw.
Head-to-Head
The hosts have won three of their last five meetings with the visitors .
Key Players
- Maksim Glushenkov is their leading scorer in the league with nine goals in 21 matches.
- Aleksandr Sobolev has chipped in with three of their last eight strikes.
- Cordoba, the Colombian goalscorer, has been in red-hot form for Krasnodar with six of his team’s last ten goals coming from his boots.
- Eduard Spertsyan has been a creative force for Krasnodar with three assists in his last five appearances.
Betting Insights
- Zenit have played 12 home league games this season with a record of 11 wins and 1 draw, so they should be able to take all the points in this top-of-the-table clash.
- The hosts have only conceded six goals in 12 home league matches this term and average just 0.50 goals against at their fortress.
- Krasnodar have scored 19 goals in 11 away league games this term, so they can definitely trouble Zenit’s defence on Sunday.
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Recommended markets:
- Home team odds: 2.04.
- Over 2.5 goals: 2.11.
- Both Teams to Score - No: 1.9.
Prediction
Cordoba’s form will make Zenit wary, but their home form and Zenit’s winning streak of five in all competitions suggests the home side will edge it.
