Zenit St. Petersburg vs Maccabi Tel Aviv (Pick, Prediction, Preview)

Zenit St. Petersburg – Maccabi Tel Aviv

After earning 12 points from as many possible band from St. Petersburg is mathematically qualified after strutting in a group said more modest, in which ranked second only collected 4 points. Thus, the Russians have managed wins in Group D on the line, the categorical being obtained on their arena against Batavia from AZ Alkmaar score 5-0. Consequently, we expect a good Lucescu to rest some of the owners in order to dispute the championship, and this has been speculated and bookmakers, who gave Zenit a share more than tempting.

On the other side, Maccabi Tel Aviv comes “Petrovsky Stadium” to avenge the defeat in the first leg incredible. After more than 2 months in Tel Aviv, the hosts led 3-0 until euphoric after 77 minutes, but ended up being dramatically defeated 4-3. Moreover, guests have a good chance of getting a positive result in order to qualify against a team relatively experimental band from western Russia.

Given the circumstances of this game, we prefer not to take the victory for the hosts share, but rather a balanced game, which incline even the band in Israel. Consequently, no longer have the pressure of the result, we anticipate that Russian Defense will yield fairly easy and Israelis chances of producing a more pleasant surprise than the tour are indeed achievable.

Both teams to score @ 1.65