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Valencia Zenit betting prediction


Betting suggestion:

The most likely scenario is that both teams will score at least one goal. Analysing the last matches of both teams it’s clear that they both have more offensive than defensive quality, so they are unlikely to present defensive strategies, since they will surely want to make good use of their strengths.
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Preview
Valencia and Zenit face at the Mestalla Stadium, Valencia, in a match for the 1st round of the Group H of the Champions League.
 
There is no head to head history between these two teams, in a match which has the added interest of being a duel between two Portuguese coaches.

Analysis Valencia

The home team arrives at this match after a 1-0 win over Sporting Gijón, with a goal by Paco Alcácer at minute 91’. With this win Valencia climbed to the 7th position, with 5 points.
 
Before arriving at this group stage, the Spanish team eliminated Monaco, the team of another Portuguese coach, Leonardo Jardim, with an aggregate result of 4-3. In the last 10 matches they have scored an average of 1,6 goals and suffered 1,05 goals per match.
 
In these matches coach Nuno Espírito Santo’s team has opened up the score 4 times and have always held on to the lead. Finally, it’s important to notice that they have suffered the most goals in the second half.

Confirmed Lineup: Jaume Doménech, João Cancelo, Gayá, Shkodran Mustafi, Aymen Abdennour, Javi Fuego, Dani Parejo, Enzo Pérez, Sofiane Feghouli, Pablo Piatti, Álvaro Negredo.
Coach: Voro.

Analysis Zenit

The away team arrives at this match after a 2-2 draw against CSKA Moscow, with goals by Hulk and Smolnikov. It’s important to notice that Zenit only won a single match in the last 4 national league rounds.
 
In the last 10 matches, including friendly matches, coach André Villas-Boas’s team has scored 1,4 goals and suffered 0,9 goals per match. Therefore, 60% of these matches have ended with Under 2 goals.
 
Their best period is between minutes 76’ and 90’, in which they have scored a total of 6 goals and suffered only 2. On the contrary, their worst moment is between minutes 61’ and 75’.

Confirmed Lineup: Yury Lodygin, Igor Smolnikov, Aleksandr Anyukov, Domenico Criscito, Nicolas Lombaerts, Ezequiel Garay, Javi García, Danny, Axel Witsel, Hulk, Artem Dzyuba.
Coach: S. Semak.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Valencia vs Zenit match, on 16 September 2015, of the preview written by the editors of Betting Academy US, goes to: Both teams to score – Yes ⇒ bet available on bet365.

The Valencia vs Zenit on 16 September 2015 will be played at Valencia, Estadio de Mestalla.

 

UEFA Champions League - 2015/2016

  • 100% 217 / 217 Games

  • Home team wins 51.61%
  • Draws 21.2%
  • Away team wins 27.19%
  • Over 1.5 75.12%
  • Over 2.5 51.61%
  • Over 3.5 28.57%
  • Goals 584
  • Goals /match 2.69
  • Goals /match home 1.58
  • Goals /match away 1.12
  • Both teams score 47.93%
  • Goals after 80' 17.29%
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