Spartak vs Zenit Prediction: The guests will be stronger

Prediction for the Russian Cup match which will take place on April 3. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Spartak did not have the best first part of the season, but before the winter break they still gained a good momentum, winning three out of four rounds in the championship. The Red and Whites probably weren't happy about the break at all, as they lost their winning rhythm after such a long layoff. In three spring matches in the Premier League they have never won or scored a single goal: the games with Zenit and Ural were 0:0 draws, and they lost to Fakel - 0:2. The team is now in sixth place in the RPL standings. But in the FONBET Cup of Russia, Spartak continue their performance in the RPL, as they managed to get past Orenburg 3:2 on aggregate in the last round.

Zenit is having the toughest season in recent years, which began with a personnel restructuring, because of which in the debut of the championship the team made a number of point losses. Gradually things went uphill, St. Petersburg started to regain their tournament positions, and now with the help of their direct competitors, they have broken into the league leaders. At the same time, they are not playing flawlessly in the spring. In the three opening rounds after the winter break, they beat only Ural 4:1, while their matches with Spartak and Krylia Sovetov were 0:0 and 1:1 draws, respectively. In the FONBET Cup of Russia the Neva team also continue to fight for the trophy, having beaten Dynamo on the aggregate of two matches in the quarterfinals of the RPL Way - 2:1.

After the winter break, Spartak and Zenit are showing very modest results by their standards, with the St. Petersburg team looking more productive than the home team. The Neva team had a tougher calendar, but that didn't prevent them from scoring more points, topping the Premier League standings. The head-to-head statistics also support the Blue and White Blues: they have lost only 1 of their last 15 friendlies, while they have won two of their previous three head-to-head battles.

Spartak and Zenit have already met in their first official game after the winter break. There were no goals scored in that battle, and in subsequent matches, the Red-Whites and the Blue-Whites were not distinguished by their outstanding performance: in the spring, the home team scored and conceded 6 goals in four matches (1.50 per game on average), while the St. Petersburg side had 9 shots on goal (2.25 per game on average). There is no doubt that such skillful teams must finally break the streak of low-scoring battles, and a face-to-face battle is the best opportunity to do so.