Zenit – CSKA Moscow, Russian Premier League Predictions

3 of the last 4 matches of Zenit ended with Under 2.5 goals

In 4 of the last 5 away games of CSKA in the league, they recorded clean sheets

🏆 Zenit started the title defense perfectly

Zenit started as they finished last season – with dominance and victories. 2-0 in the first two rounds as a guest against the teams of Rotor and Rostov. In the next round they host Tambov, but before that will meet perhaps their main opponent, CSKA Moscow, who also play well. Zenit is impressed by the good inclusion of defender Dejan Lovren, who arrived from Liverpool. He will be a regular man in the starting 11 for the team this season.

🆙 This time CSKA is determined to fight next to Zenit for the crown

CSKA recorded victories over Khimki and Tambov in the last round. This means 6 wins in the last 8 matches for the team. CSKA have serious ambitions for this season and expect big progress in the standings, respectively in the play, too. An important player, Vlasic, was bought from Everton. Of course, he has played on loan so far, but because of his good performances he was bought from the English club. This is also the biggest transfer for CSKA in the summer so far, but they have not parted ways with key players, as they did in some previous years. It is not expected that such a thing will happen by the end of the window.

The two best teams in the championship face up in the third round

 Expert view: We expect to see a more closed match, because usually when two such strong sides meet in good shape at the beginning, they prefer not to lose, because one loss has a bad effect more from a psychological point of view, not that they can’t catch up, it’s still the beginning of the season, though. We think that both Zenit and CSKA will be quite cautious. We must keep in mind that the few goals in the Russian Premier League are typical, so this also gives us the courage to choose Under 2.5 goals at 1.66.