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 former football player of the "red and white" Eduard Mohr.
Zenit and Spartak suffered defeats in European competitions this week, but showed a good game at the same time. In the upcoming match, the teams will strive to cheer themselves up and, of course, their fans, trying to beat a principled opponent in the derby of the two capitals.
Zenit atypically lost in the last two rounds of the RPL. Naturally, all the rights to mistakes have already been used, and it is impossible to lose more points, since Dynamo and CSKA have already equaled the blue-white-blue in points, otherwise the leadership will be lost. In addition, in the next round, St. Petersburg will play just with Dynamo, and by this match it is desirable to have a point margin so that there is an opportunity to at least draw.
The hosts will not be able to count on the disqualified Kuzyaev in this meeting. Due to injury, Malcom will most likely not play, and Claudinho's participation in the match is questionable. It is quite possible that Dzyuba and Azmun will be paired in the starting lineup, which means that a bet will be placed on an attacking game.
Spartak has two very big losses – Ponce can't play, and, most importantly, Gigot, who is disqualified. To Kofrie and Djikia, another performer will have to be put as the third defender. Narratives completely failed the game against Leicester, so it's worth waiting for Gaponov or Kutepov to appear on the field. There are also problems in the support zone – Litvinov cannot withstand the busy schedule, there is simply no alternative to him. Yes, and it concerns Zobnin.
Eduard Mohr believes that the upcoming match will turn out to be a goal. Spartak has almost nothing to lose, so you need to take risks and go on the attack. But it is still far from the fact that this will help the "red-white" to score points. The expert also believes that a penalty should be awarded in this tense match – somewhere the ball will fall into the defender's hand, or one of the attackers will be knocked down in someone else's possession.
