✪ Europe - Champions League - Single Pick ✪ ► Time: 18:00 CET ► Zenit St. Petersburg - AEL Limassol ► Pick: Zenit (-1) | Zenit (-2) ► Odd: 1,65 | 2,70 In the second leg of the 3rd Champions League qualification round Zenit St. Petersburg from Russia will host Cyprus side AEL Limassol at the Petrowski stadium. First leg result: AEL Limassol 1-0 Zenit St. Petersburg. It was quite a surprise when Zenit lost the first leg in Cyprus with 0-1 seven days ago, because they’ve completely dominated this encounter. 60% ball possession, 22 goal attempts, 6 shots on goal and 10 corners, but Zenit couldn’t convert this superiority into goals. And with Limassol’s first and only goal attempt they’ve conceded the game-deciding goal; three minutes later Alex Witsel was sent off. Now Zenit has the chance to equalize this encounter at their home ground. After an impressive 4-0 victory over Arsenal Tula four days ago in the first Premier League fixture Zenit looks more than ready to do that. The team is well-prepared and healthy, also all their World Cup players are finally back. Head coach Andre Villas-Boas has the strongest Zenit squad available - expect the suspended Witsel. Possible line-up: Lodygin; Criscito, Garay, Neto, Smolnikov; Tymoshchuk, Faizulin; Shatov, Danny, Hulk; Kerzhakov. We don’t need many words for AEL Limassol. The 1-0 victory was more than lucky for them; even the AEL players should know that. There’s no chance for them to survive this second leg in Russia. Limassol is expected to “park the bus” in front of their own box and just hold the 0-0 as long as possible. The AEL squad is not more than average but it’s enough for the Cyprian league. The strongest players are Portuguese midfielder Zezinho and Brazilian winger Diego Barcelos, but this is just not enough against a team like Zenit. Luciano Bebe is suspended for today’s match. Possible line-up: Fegrouch; Edmar, Cadu, Sielis, Carlitos; Nikolaou, Guidileye; Danielzinho, Zezinho, Sardinero; Gikiewicz. No more words needed here, Zenit will win this match and AEL’s Champions League campaign this year is already over. flashscore/match/fDMX4qGf/#match-summary
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:48:41 +0000
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