Zenit vs Krylia Sovetov Prediction: Will the St. Petersburg team be able to cope with the Samara team?

Prediction for the RPL match which will take place on October 22. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Zenit took a break for the national team matches with a friendly game against Kazakhstan's Kairat. The team almost lost, losing 1:2 in the 85th minute, and only then managed to equalize. Gustavo Mantuan scored 2:2, and Aleksandr Erokhin scored the game's first goal.

As for official competitions, Zenit has two wins in a row - at home in the Russian Cup over Baltika (2:1) and away in the championship over Sochi (2:0). Thus, the reigning champion rehabilitated for two consecutive misfires - from Lokomotiv (1:2) and Orenburg (1:3) in the RPL. They are in third place in the national championship, seven points behind first-place Krasnodar, but they can move up to second place if they beat Krylia Sovetov.

The team is consistently getting results this season and showing great football. The recent 4:0 with Spartak, where Krylia destroyed the team, will long remain in the memory of Russian football fans. The Samara team has lost only two out of 11 matches in the current RPL and scored 25 goals - more than any other team in the league.

However, Krylia Sovetov is not without failures. So, in the previous round, the Samara club had one of the worst meetings in the current championship, losing away to Pari NN - 0:2. Krylia had an unexpectedly difficult time scoring goals and lost not only on the score but also in the game.

Regarding defense reliability, only Krasnodar and Pari NN are better than Zenit in this championship. St. Petersburg has conceded 11 goals in 11 rounds, with five coming in lost matches to Orenburg and Lokomotiv. So, even given the high efficiency of the attack, it will be extremely difficult for Samara to hit Zenit's goal more than once. Moreover, as the previous round meeting against the same Paris NN showed, it is possible to stop the Samara attack.

We believe in the reliability of the reigning champion's defense and bet on a win for the Blue and White, but at the same time, we believe that Zenit will score at least twice. Krylia Sovetov has scored 2+ in four of their last five away games in all tournaments.