Bordeaux vs Zenit St. Petersburg
Europa – UEFA Europa League
Date: Thursday, 8th November 2018
Kick-off at 20.00 UK/ 21.00 CET
Venue: Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux.
The first suit between those teams a few weeks ago finished 2-1 to Zenit but will it's a distinct tale this time in France?
Bordeaux went into their last in shape against Zenit in poor form and they may be in a comparable situation this time spherical. Bordeaux have handiest received one among their closing six matches in what has been a quite barren run for the Girondins.
After a pretty solid opening to the season, they now sit 11th within the league and are low on confidence however it has been a hard string of video games for them. Nice, Lyon, Zenit and Montpellier were usually going to be hard games so it’s now not in reality a wonder that they misplaced three of those fits. Each of those games were pretty tight ultimately and Bordeaux must take this as a motivator for this upcoming suit.
They drew towards Lyon on the weekend which as a large end result that may deliver them the necessary self belief to do the task in opposition to the Russians, but Zenit were in superb form and could run riot.
Zenit currently take a seat atop the Russian Premier League; seven factors clean of second-located Lokomotiv Moscow in what has been a successful starting to this campaign. They are also unbeaten within the Europa League with wins and a draw to date. Zenit have been exquisite of their win over Bordeaux two weeks in the past and can be assured of a similar result here mainly with Alexsandr Erokhin and Artem Dzyuba on fire in front of intention.
They had a mild scare at the weekend against tenth placed Akhmat but still managed to scrape via 1-0 with a slightly weakened crew. Claudio Marchisio scored the triumphing penalty after half of an hour, however it became a completely tetchy fit with simplest one corner between each groups. Akhmat without a doubt took the game to Zenit but the league leaders held sturdy and showed their satisfactory with a clean sheet in spite of so much pressure.
This suit must be tight with Bordeaux determined for a win and fresh off the again of a pretty stable result towards Lyon, however we assume the Russians have to swing this one. Zenit have clearly misplaced three of their final four away, however Bordeaux have best won one among their ultimate seven video games, so Zenit need to keep the upper hand right here, mainly considering how well they had been doing inside the league. Bordeaux managed to get a goal away in Russia a few weeks ago so we assume they may get one at domestic as well as they have scored in seven in their ultimate 8 at the Stade Matmut-Atlantique. Bordeaux might be desperate for a result here but the Russians have to be too accurate for them and we’re backing a 2-1 win for Zenit.
Bordeaux vs Zenit St. Petersburg Head-to-head
Zenit won the only healthy between these teams with a 2-1 scoreline.
Bordeaux is currently on a 4-healthy winless streak and has just one win of their final seven suits.
Zenit has lost simply five in their final 29 suits.
Bordeaux has gained two of their remaining 5 suits at home.
Zenit has lost six of their last 20 fits on the road.
Prediction
Bordeaux have handiest won one in every of their ultimate seven fits in all competitions. They are bottom of Group C and with out a point after 3 games.
Zenit are pinnacle of Group C with seven factors after 3 matches. The Russian aspect have, however, lost three in their last four away suits.
Bordeaux stopped a run of 3 straight defeats away to Lyon on the weekend and need to have won a few confidence from that match.
Prediction: Bordeaux 2 1 Zenit St. Petersburg
