Zenit St. Petersburg vs Dinamo Prediction: Expect a productive match

Prediction for the RPL match which will take place on August 6. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Zenit has one of the toughest and most interesting seasons in recent years. They are already without Malcom, who became the Premier League's top scorer a year earlier, and the transfers of Wendel and Claudinho could happen soon. Nevertheless, the resulting personnel restructuring has not prevented the Blue and White Blues from showing decent results. They have already won the OLIMPBET Super Cup of Russia. There was a victory in the opening round of the championship over Pari NN - 2:0, success in the cup match with Akhmat - 2:0, and the last battle with Rostov things were heading for victory, but a foul in the penalty area in the 93rd minute led to a penalty and a draw - 1:1.

Dinamo continues to have serious problems. Just a couple of years ago, they reached the final of the Russian Cup and finished with bronze medals in the championship, and now one failure is replaced by another. Last season Slavisa Jokanovic failed as head coach, and now Marcel Litschka is having a hard time. In the first official game, they suffered a painful defeat to Krasnodar - 1:3. Then, in the cup match, they lost to Pari NN on penalties - 1:2. It seemed that last weekend the capital team would not get away with a victory over Krylia Sovetov, as they led 3:1 in the 74th minute, but in the end, it was a draw - 3:3.

Zenit this season has a less stellar squad than before, as Malcom has already left St. Petersburg, and Wendel continues to look for a new team. At the same time, this does not affect the team's results, as they have made only one misfire so far, playing a draw away to Rostov, but they played a draw in Rostov-on-Don in the last championship. But Dynamo still has no progress in the results. In three official meetings under Marcel Licka, they haven't won a single game, and they have an away game against the reigning champions ahead.

The clash between Zenit and Dinamo in St. Petersburg is traditionally productive. The rivals in the previous five head-to-head meetings at Gazprom Arena scored 18 goals (3.60 per game on average). The next battle is unlikely to be much different from the previous ones, as the team's head coach is Marcel Licka, who lost 0:8 away to St. Petersburg a year earlier with Orenburg but kept bending his line to the last.