Sevilla vs Zenit Prediction and Football Tips
Europa League football tips – Sevilla vs Zenit prediction.
Sevilla have one major injury concern going in to this match and that is the fitness of first choice goalkeeper Beto. That being said, Sergio Rico has performed well during his absence. Manager Unai Emery has rotated his squad in Europe this season and it will be interesting to see who he brings in for this game. Kevin Gameiro and Carlos Bacca are competing for a place up-front.
Zenit have selection problems courtesy of suspensions from the previous round. Top goal scorer Hulk will be missing, along with Domenico Criscito, Igor Smolnikov and Danny. With Hulk unavailable it could be a return to Sevilla for striker Aleksandr Kerzhakov, who could join Rondon in attack.
Probable Line-ups
Sevilla: 4-2-3-1 formation: Rico; Diogo, Pareja, Carrico, Tremoulinas; Iborra, Mbia; Vitolo, Banega, Vidal; Gameiro
Zenit: 4-3-3 formation: Lodygin; Anyukov, Lombaerts, Garay, Neto; Witsel, Tymoshchuk, Garcia; Shatov, Rondon, Kerzhakov
- Sevilla have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Zenit have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1 of their last 10 matches
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Sevilla have scored an average of 2 goals and conceded an average of 0.9 goals per game
- Over the course of their previous 10 matches, Zenit have scored an average of 1.6 goals and conceded an average of 0.5 goals per game
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Sevilla’s previous 10 matches
- There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 4 of Zenit’s previous 10 matches
- The last time these teams met in Seville, was 2006 and Sevilla ran out 4-1 winners
Sevilla will come in to this match full of confidence following a great come-back against Barcelona in La Liga on the weekend. Zenit have been in good form themselves but do tend to struggle when playing away from home in Europe and with a number of key players missing, could find this game a difficult one to win. Sevilla will know the importance of taking a lead to Russia and should have enough to defeat Zenit at the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, especially having kept 5 clean sheets in their last 7 home games.
We say: Sevilla to win to nil at 8/5 with Bet365
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