Zenit – Dynamo M

Zenit and Dynamo may surprise with cautious tactics as well

On Saturday, 10 August, Zenit will play at home against Dynamo. This is a match between the two clear leaders of the RPL: both teams have nine points each, and the winner of the game will head the table alone. Zenit are the clear favourites for the expected encounter, although Dinamo are an extremely uncomfortable opponent in recent years: three wins in four encounters. Sergey Semak's wards, despite years of dominance, managed to surprise at the start. The club simply crushed all opponents at once. No one in the history of Russian championships started better than Zenit. We got three wins in a row and a goal difference of 13:0. It is important that there is nothing close to a coincidence in this. Zenit were very good from the point of view of the game. Maxim Glushenkov is the new season opener. The footballer already had abnormal statistics in the last championship, and now he simply transformed into a scorer. Nobody started better than Glushenkov in the scoring race. Maxim has already scored six goals, although before the tournament bookmakers offered him an individual total of 7.5. Another plus for Zenit is that they have retained all their leaders. Now Sergey Semak has not even two squads, but more. For example, Alexey Sutormin was not included in the application form for any match, but nobody noticed it, although the footballer was the captain of the Russian national team a few years ago. Dinamo started with three victories, but without much noise, although Marcel Licka's team has no problems in terms of performance. The Muscovites have scored eight goals in three games, and conceded only two. Akron managed to win very confidently, although the Dynamo could have easily scored five goals. But before that they had to suffer with Lokomotiv. Not to say that the victory was deserved - the opponent created just as many chances. Given the increased performance of the two clubs, bookmakers put an abnormal total of 3.5. Open football is expected, but the history of personal meetings just the opposite. In the last three matches, the grands have not broken even the basic total of 2.5 goals. In addition, Dynamo is unlikely to risk running into the attack so radically, as it was in the games with outsiders. Lichka found the balance a long time ago. Against the same Lokomotiv, the club did not hesitate to play more cautiously. The odds on Dynamo are growing, but not globally. There is a rise from 5.40 to 6.00. Such a quote also looks slightly overvalued. Still, the Bilo-Syni are in good shape and have no serious losses in the squad. Centre-back Valbuena has already returned to the club. Thus, there will be almost no experimental combinations.