ZENIT v SLAVIA PRAGUE
Thursday 4th October 2018 – Kickoff: 1955hrs
Football – Europe – Europa League Betting Tips
Group C sees joint second placed Zenit take on Slavia Prague at the Saint-Petersburg Stadium with more betting tips for our readers in Thursday night’s Europa League.
Match day two provides Zenit the chance to return to their home ground to take on Slavia Prague, and a chance to reduce the two points deficit following the match day one results. Zenit grabbed a useful point in a 1-1 draw away at Copenhagen and although they lost 2-1 away at Anzhi on the weekend, the home side will be confident of getting a result of sorts this evening.
Zenit had previously put together a five-match unbeaten run prior to the loss at Anzhi which included wins over Orenburg and Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League as well as a resounding 4-0 win away at Volgar in the cup.
The Russian club also possess a strong sequence of results at home in the Europa League too as they’re unbeaten in their last eight matches, with seven wins included within this run. Midfielder Erokhin (4 goals) along with forwards Dzyuba (4 goals) and Driussi (3 goals) should ensure the hosts get something from this clash.
Onto Slavia Prague, and they head over to St Petersburg on the back of their opening group C win over Bordeaux at their Eden Aréna with a 1-0 victory. However, they too fell to defeat on the weekend in their domestic Czech Liga top flight encounter away at Banik Ostrava with a 2-1 loss.
This defeat ended a promising run of six wins on the trot in all competitions for the visitors, while in the Europa League, Slavia Prague have struggled to register wins on their travels at this level in recent times.
A 2-0 win away at Maccabi Tel Aviv during the qualifying rounds ended a miserable run of 14 away ties without a win for the Czech Republic side, and indeed, they’ve managed just two away wins from their last 17 on their travels.
My betting tips therefore advise using the handicap on Zenit in this one.
Pick: Zenit AH-0.25 @ 1.61 Bet Victor
