Zenit – Dynamo M

Zenit will not be able to defeat Dynamo

On Sunday, 06 August, Zenit will play at home against Dynamo. Both teams may be disappointed with the start. The champion did not take maximum points, while the Bilo-Syni failed and immediately joined the outsiders. Sergey Semak's wards suffer from the instability of the squad. The club lost Malcom and Kuzyaev over the summer. Plus Wendel is still unavailable. The main defender Rodrigao cannot play due to injury. It turns out that the whole backbone axis is destroyed. On the positive side, Cassierra has regained his form. The Colombian striker is the only Zenit player scoring in RPL. Moreover, apart from the legionnaire, no one even hit the goalpost. Bakayev and Mostovoi do not have the stability to replace the foreigners. There are also questions about the state of Mantuan and Du Queiroz. Objectively, the new Brazilians are weaker than the former stars. Zenit are not expecting Wendel on the pitch in the match with Dynamo. That is, all the problems will remain. The team is already unable to dominate for two halves. Dinamo continues the crisis of last season. The game has changed in favour of more attacking, and the results have become even worse. Marcel Licka opened the championship with three goals against Krasnodar, followed by a penalty shootout loss to Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Cup and a surprising fiasco against Krylia Sovetov. In Samara, Dynamo fell victim to Krylia Sovetov in the second half, although they dominated the first half. In the dry residue: one point and seven conceded goals. A disappointing result in St. Petersburg will provoke talk of a new resignation at Dynamo. The club can easily find itself in the relegation zone. Lichka completely restructured the game in an attacking manner. Now the team has Smolov and Tyukavin in the starting lineup, but there are objective difficulties with the squad. The coach did not get any new players in the summer. This beats the centre of the field. In the last match Licka did not from a good life rearranged the role of supporting midfielder for the edge defender Laxalt. The defence is also alarming. The Paraguayan centre-back pair regularly makes mistakes, and the Israeli is the worst in his position in the RPL according to the first rounds. Bookmakers give odds on Dinamo more than 6.00. Objectively, there is no such difference in class now. These are quotes of the sample of last season. Dynamo have a very high level of motivation. The quality of players is inferior, but not globally. Zakharyan, Smolov, and Tyukavin are able to create problems for Zenit's defence, where Semak will choose a defender between injured Chistyakov and newcomer Erakovic. It is logical to assume that Zenit will not win with a big score.