On October 24, the match of the 12th round of the Russian Premier League will take place, in which Zenit St. Petersburg will play Spartak Moscow at home. The forecast for this match is given by the famous Match TV commentator Konstantin Genich.
The last three trips to St. Petersburg for Spartak ended in defeats, and the upcoming match also does not promise the "red-white" rosy prospects. The main loss of the Spartacists before this match, of course, is Gigot, who will not be able to enter the field because of the sorting of cards. There is no equivalent replacement for him at the moment. And Maksimenko hasn't been helping out lately, to put it mildly.
Of course, Spartak can rely on its powerful attacking line, where Sobolev gained good form, and Larsson also started scoring. But still, Zenit has more resources now, and even the loss of Kuzyaev due to disqualification does not look critical for the blue-white-blues. Moreover, you should not even get too hung up on the defeats of St. Petersburg from Sochi and Tula Arsenal. Spartak is traditionally a powerful irritant for Zenit, and this will be the best option for Sergey Semak's team to interrupt a 3-match series of defeats.
Konstantin Genich notes that Zenit is more mobilized, more confident and better than the current Spartak. Of course, a match with such a sign can go according to any scenario, including one that defies logic, but still the expert bets on a clean victory of the hosts, even if not too high a coefficient is offered for this event.
