Zenit vs Ural Match Preview

Zenit is ranked at the first place with 47 points and comes unbeaten in the last five matches with three wins and two draws. They have a six-point difference with the second spot and with nine weeks remaining they seem determined heading towards another title. But to do so they need to get back to winning ways after two draws in a row.

In fact, at home, they are one of the two teams yet to lose a game with six wins and five draws in 11 games. Here they scored 22 goals in 11 games, averaging two goals per game and conceded only five which is almost 0.5 goals per game.

Ural, on the other side, is ranked at the 9th place with 25 points and comes after a win three draws and a loss over the last five matches. They are only three points above the relegation zone and I think it will be a fierce fight until the end. But they have the worst defense in the league with 34 goals conceded in 21 games.

I guess now that they have to face the second-best attack in the league this should cause a lot of problems for them. That is because while their attack has been quite decent so far they will also the a team that has conceded only 9 goals the whole season.

In conclusion, I think Zenit can win this match and cover -1 goals of Asian handicap. They have the better team here and after two consecutive half false steps, they have to change something. There is no better place for this than in front of their fans. They won six out of their six previous matches at home against Ural and fully covered -1 goals AH on four occasions. Ural does not come in the best shape to this game and I do not think they have what it takes to be able to stop Zenit.