Benfica vs Zenit St. Petersburg Free Betting Tips

Tuesday night, Zenit moves to Benfica on the last day of the group stage of the Champions League. Benfica must prevail widely to hope to reach the 3rd place of this group G while the Zenit must win to give himself every chance to qualify for the knockout stages.

Benfica vs Zenit St. Petersburg Free Betting Tips

Benfica was disappointed in this Champions League pool and finished in 4th place with 4 points in the bag. The Portuguese squad only won once, at home against Lyon (2-1), for 3 losses conceded against Leipzig (1-2), Zenit (3-1) and Lyon (3- 1), and a good draw on the lawn of Leipzig on the last day despite a rise of 2 goals from the Germans in the final minutes (2-2). Leaders of their championship with a record of 12 wins and 1 defeat, Lisbon are doing better on the national scene. Last weekend, they easily beat Boavista (1-4).
Zenit is currently 2nd in Group G of the Champions League and has the same number of points as the team ranked in 3rd place, Lyon. The St. Petersburg-based team lost 2 games against leader Leipzig (2-1 away and 0-2 at home). Otherwise, she started the competition with a good draw from Lyon (1-1) and won against Benfica (3-1) and Lyon on the last day (2-0), each time at home. Unsurprisingly, the reigning Russian champion trustees 1st place in his league with 10 points ahead of his closest pursuer. Last Friday, Zenit quietly took the measure, at home, of Dinamo Moscow (3-0), thus signing a fourth success of rank.

The staff for Benfica vs Zenit St. Petersburg

On the Portuguese side, the excellent Rafa Silva, young Tavares, right-back Almeida and goalkeeper No. 2 Svilar are stranded in the infirmary. Florentino Luis and Zivkovic are not in the group either. In the league, the indispensable Pizzi scored 9 goals while the young Brazilian Vinicius has 7 goals.
Zenit must always play without his goalkeeper Lunev, without the former Bordeaux Malcolm, without the former Lyon defender Mamanna and without the substitute Zuykov. In addition, Kokorin, who has recently been released from prison, is unqualified and incumbents Rakistkiy and Kuzyaev are suspended. Finally, the potential holders Zhirkov and Driussi are uncertain. Against Lyon, the huge Dzyuba has again marked. In the league, he has already scored 10 goals.

The compositions for Benfica vs Zenit St. Petersburg

The probable composition of Benfica (go to 20h for the official compo):
Vlachodimos – Tavares, Ruben Dias, Ferro, Grimaldo – Pizzi, Taarabt, Gabriel Pires, Cervi – Chiquinho, Vinicius.
Absent: Almeida, Silva, Svilar, Tavares (injured), Florentino Luis, Zivkovic (choice).
Unsure: None.

The tactical provision provided (4-4-2):
Vlachodimos
Almeida – Ruben Dias – Ferro – Grimaldo
Pizzi – Taarabt – Gabriel – Cervi
Chiquinho – Carlos Vinicius

The probable composition of Zenit (go to 20h for the official compo):
Kerzhakov – Karavaev, Ivanovic, Smolnikov – Driussi, Shatov, Ozdoev, Barrios, Douglas Santos – Azmoun, Dzyuba.
Absent: Lunev, Mamanna, Malcolm, Zuykov (injured), Kokorin (unskilled), Rakistkiy, Kuzyaev (suspended)
Uncertain: Driussi, Zhirkov.

The planned tactical disposition (3-5-2):
Kerzhakov
Karavaev – Ivanovic – Smolnikov
Driuss – Shatov – Ozdoev – Barrios – Douglas Santos
Azmoun – Dzyuba

The history of confrontations Benfica vs Zenit St. Petersburg

Since 2008, both teams have played each other 7 times. Zenit lead with 4 wins against 3 for Benfica.
Zenit won the first leg with a margin (3-1).

Key points for the match Benfica vs Zenit St. Petersburg

– Benfica can still dream of 3rd place in case of a big win but Zenit would also be well insipired to win if he wants to see the 8th of C1.
– Benfica have won their last 5 home games.
– Zenit has won its last 5 matches in all competitions.
– Zenit must at least draw to be certain to have at least the Europa League