Juventus – Zenit : Preview & Prediction
The “short snout” no longer exists. At least for now. Juventus arrive at the match of the fourth day of Group H of the Champions League against Zenit after a double defeat in the league for 2-1, first at home against Sassuolo and then in Verona against Hellas. The short nose is that victory of measure so dear to the coach Massimiliano Allegri who after a series of 6 games in a row (two 3-2 and four 1-0) suddenly stopped with a draw and two defeats. Juve must rediscover that competitive nastiness if they want to beat Zenit at home and in fact close the qualifying speech for the round of 16 of the Champions League.
The Juventus team, as mentioned, is a distant relative of the one that won its ninth championship two years ago, the players walk around the pitch and determination is a rare commodity. In Turin comes a Zenit who, unlike Juve, in the last two games has given heavy lessons to those who happened to hit him: 7-1 at Spartak Moscow and 4-1 at Dinamo Moscow to consolidate again the leadership at the top of the top division Russian. For the match against Zenit, Juventus will not have de Sciglio while Rugani, Chiesa, Ramsey and Kean are all to be checked after the injuries of the last few days. Furthermore, Allegri cannot field neither Kaio Jorge nor Luca Pellegrini out of the Champions list. Zenit will instead have to do without Douglas Santos and Ozdoev while both Kuzyaev and Malcolm are to be evaluated. Happy news among the ranks of the St. Petersburg team is that of the return of Dzyuba in attack.
That at the Allianz Stadium will be Zenit’s second time in Turin after that of the 2008 group stage when the Bianconeri won 1-0 with a goal from Alex Del Piero at the Olympic Stadium. It is significant that in three previous matches between these two teams just two goals have been scored and Zenit have never found the goal against the bianconeri.
In the last 7 games between league and cup, Juventus has always scored only 1 goal per game.
There were 3 Under 2.5s in the previous head to head between Juventus and Zenit.
The balance of the previous matches between Juventus and Zenit is two 1-0 wins for Juventus and one 0-0.
Juventus have not yet conceded a goal in this Champions League group stage.
From what he is showing, there is a good chance that if Juventus wins it will do so with a lot of effort. The 1 is still considered very probable by the bookmakers but for the latest performances we go to a more “inviting” Under 2.5 also considering the previous ones.
Juventus – Zenit : Betting Tips
Juventus – Win Odds: 1.55
Both teams to score / YES – Odds: 1.70
Over 2.5 Goals – Odds: 1.70
