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Borussia Dortmund Zenit betting prediction


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This encounter opposes team that are living different situations of the season. Borussia Dortmund goes through a phase of confidence, plays at home and has a squad of enormous quality, being expected to dominate and have several chances to score goals. On the other hand, Zenit St Petersburg presents some difficulties in its most backward sector, especially when playing away from home. Having said that and also taking into account the great difference of the squads, risking in favor of the comfortable triumph of the German team is a good option.
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Preview
Borussia Dortmund and Zenit meet at Signal‑Iduna‑Park, in a match for this stage of the UEFA Champions League (Group Stage). There is no record of official head‑to‑heads between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last time they met, on 19‑03‑2014, the match ended with the final score: Borussia Dortmund (1‑2) Zenit.

Analysis Dortmund

The home team plays their second match in Group F, after the (3‑1) loss in their first match for this group stage, against Lazio. In their last match, for the Bundesliga, they got a home win against Schalke 04 by (3‑0). In the last 10 home matches Borussia Dortmund has won 6, tied 1 and lost 3. Their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches. In their home matches there is a tendency for goals, since 44 of the last 51 matches have ended with Over 1,5 goals and 37 out of 51 have ended with Over 2,5 goals. In 15 matches, they have conceded the first goal 5 times and have never been able to turn the score around. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 20 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 8 of their 22 goals between minutes (46'‑60').

Borussia Dortmund heads into this match with a 3-0 victory against Schalke 04, thus returning to the triumphs after the defeat against Lazio: the team's goals were signed by Erling Haaland, Manuel Akanji and Mats Hummels. It should be noted that the Germans lost 3-1 against Lazio in the first round of the Champions League. The team coached by Lucien Favre has good moments, with well-organized plays, using the side aisles to create danger to the opponent. Note that Erling Haaland is the best scorer of Borussia Dortmund with 7 goals in 8 official matches. For this match the coach won't count on Nico Schulz, Marcel Schmelzer and Dan-Axel Zagadou, all injured. In isolation is Emre Can.

Confirmed Lineup: Roman Bürki, Manuel Akanji, Raphaël Guerreiro, Thomas Meunier, Mats Hummels, Mahmoud Dahoud, Jadon Sancho, Axel Witsel, Giovanni Reyna, Erling Haaland, Marco Reus.
Coach: E. Terzic.

Analysis Zenit

The away team comes to this 2nd round of Group F after a loss in their debut in this group stage, against Club Brugge, by (1‑2). In their last match, for the Premier League, they got a home loss against Rubin Kazan by (1‑2). In the last 10 away matches Zenit has won 5, tied 4 and lost 1. Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches. This is a team that likes to score first. They have opened up the score in 12 of the last 15 matches, they have reached half‑time in front in 8 of those 12 matches and have held on to the lead until the end of the 90' in 9 of them.

The Zenit St Petersburg team comes to this match unmotivated from a defeat, by 1-2, against Rubin, in a game counting for the Championship of Russia. It should be noted that the visitors lost against Club Brugge, by 1-2, in the first round of the Champions League. Usually, coach Sergey Semak plays in 4-3-3, favoring defensive organization and long balls for the attack. Captain Artem Dzyuba is Zenit St Petersburg's top scorer with 7 goals scored in official matches. For this match he coach cannot count on Malcom, a player who is recovering from injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Mikhail Kerzhakov, Vyacheslav Karavaev, Douglas Santos, Dejan Lovren, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Aleksandr Erokhin, Daler Kuzyaev, Wendel, Wílmar Barrios, Sebastián Driussi, Artem Dzyuba.
Coach: S. Semak.

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The tip and bet suggestion for the Dortmund vs Zenit match, on 28 October 2020, of the preview written by the editors of Online Betting Academy, goes to: Asian Handicap, Dortmund -1 ⇒ bet available on 1xbet.

The Dortmund vs Zenit on 28 October 2020 will be played at Dortmund, SIGNAL IDUNA PARK.

The most voted bet by tipsters at Online Betting Academy, for the Dortmund Zenit match, on the "match odds" market, was a win by Dortmund at with 91% of the tips.

 

UEFA Champions League - 2020/2021

  • 100% 178 / 178 Games

  • Home team wins 44.94%
  • Draws 15.73%
  • Away team wins 39.33%
  • Over 1.5 82.58%
  • Over 2.5 56.74%
  • Over 3.5 30.34%
  • Goals 507
  • Goals /match 2.85
  • Goals /match home 1.53
  • Goals /match away 1.31
  • Both teams score 47.75%
  • Goals after 80' 18.93%
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