Zenit St. Petersburg vs Lyon
The match continued UEFA Champions League week 5 the second day will open with a match between Zenit St. Petersburg, who plays host, hosts Lyon. The match was held at Saint-Petersburg Stadium, Zenit St. Petersburg hopes there is momentum for them given the opportunity to qualify for the round of 16 is at this point.
In the group G standings, Zenit St. Petersburg is ranked 3rd in the standings with 4 points. They are just 3 points adrift of Lyon who occupy position 2, in other words the visitors also consider this match like a party of life and death. The reason is if the French team won it was confirmed that the last 16 round tickets belonged to Lyon and RB Leipzig.
The match will certainly run fierce for them, this is considering the previous meeting when playing at the headquarters of Lyon the score ended 1-1. Surprisingly enough Zenit St. Petersburg scored first in the 41st minute through S. Azmoun, the score lasted 0-1 until halftime then Lyon equalized thanks to M. Depay on 51 minutes. It is unfortunate that the Lyon mainstay striker certainly will not play in this match because of injury.
Seeing the absence of key Lyon players would have greatly influenced their game, even in the big match 2 match before they were toppled 2-1 against Marseille. Lyon is currently ranked 9th in the France Ligue 1 standings, an inappropriate position as one of the big teams. Instead Zenit St.Petersburg they top the Russian Premier League standings.
With the home advantage and also the chance to see Lyon’s disappointing condition, it is likely that Zenit St.Petersburg defeated Lyon and made the competition for the top 16 tickets in Group G even more fierce.
Our Prediction: 1
Odds: 2.00