Dynamo M – Zenit

Grands won’t score much in an important matchup

On Saturday, 26 April, Dynamo will play against Zenit. The Muscovites are already at most claiming only the bronze medal. Zenit cannot make a mistake - Krasnodar are still ahead by two points. Dinamo's future with Marcel Licka is in doubt. It is very likely that the main tournament for the team is now the Cup of Russia. In the championship even the third place is unlikely to save the coach from resignation. The atmosphere around the club is negative. Dynamo defeated Rubin 3:1 in the last match. Yaroslav Gladyshev unexpectedly became the hero. The young midfielder scored a double. The main problem for Dynamo is still Konstantin Tyukavin's injury. Without the main forward, Lichka tried to come up with a scheme with a mobile midfield, but the idea didn't pay off. In the game with Rubin Moroccan Mauhub returned to the field. The footballer still does not score in important matches. But Dynamo has the usual depth on other positions. So much so that the player of the Mexican national team Luis Chavez now remains in the reserve. Zenit revived after the defeat to Spartak. Bookmakers have Zenit as the favourites for the whole championship. Sergey Semak's team defeated Rubin, drew with Lokomotiv, scored four goals against Krasnodar and beat Khimki at home. That is 10 points out of a possible 12. Zenit's attacking group looks decent, but there is still no stability at the end of the season. Against Khimki they got only three shots on goal and less than 1 on xG. Luciano Gonda is helping out. The Argentine has already scored ten goals in nineteen games. In terms of average performance, he is not that far from the RPL's top scorer Manfred Ugalde. Zenit have no global problems with injuries at all. Even Sergei Volkov has recovered, but Semak can easily cover the right-back position with more attacking players. Dynamo and Zenit have no inclination to attacking play in their head-to-head meetings. Total more did not pass in four official matches in a row. And now bookmakers for some reason expect an open game. The base total in the line is three goals. Zenit is very cautious in matches with top clubs. The total usually fails. For example, this was the case in two meetings with Lokomotiv, they acted carefully against CSKA (1:0, 0:0), they played the match with Spartak without goals. That is, the concert with Dynamo is unlikely to be expected. Zenit plays poorly against teams from the top-6. The statistics is very modest. Dynamo without Tyukavin have much worse realisation in top matches. You can remember the meetings with Lokomotiv and CSKA in the championship, when they could score more. Zenit will definitely not give up a classic minimal victory.