Real Betis Sevilla - Zenit St. Petersburg ai prediction 24.02.2022 Europa League
Betting Tip for matchday 2 of the 2021/2022 Europa League between Real Betis Sevilla and Zenit St. Petersburg.
A 2-1 La Liga win against Mallorca at the weekend secured Real Betis an eighth victory in nine matches, although the same result won’t be essential against Zenit Saint Petersburg after their impressive 3-2 first-leg victory in Russia. Betis can now smell UEFA Europa League (UEL) progression, and having drawn their two prior UEFA home clashes with Russian opposition, a repeat of that will do just fine here.
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BETIS SEVILLA
Betis are currently enjoying a fine run of form, with four consecutive victories despite not keeping a clean sheet in any game. Furthermore, they have lost just one of their five historical clashes against Russian opponents (W2, D2), a repeat of which would see them through here.
That being said, progression is by no means assured given Betis’ peculiar record of having never won a UEL home knockout fixture (D1, L2), despite posting an unbeaten group stage home record in the competition (W5, D4). The first goal may be crucial in deciding whether that record tumbles given the side to score first has won in five of Betis’ last six UEL games (W3, D1, L2).
ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG
If this game follows suit then Zenit have to make sure it’s them who get it, as nothing less than victory will see them progress. The Champions League exitees have only managed the opener once in European competition this season (W1, D2, L4) and Zenit’s task is heightened when you consider they haven’t won a UEL game on foreign soil since December 2017, although that did come in Spain (3-1 vs Real Sociedad).
The fact that any single-goal margin win will do may well spur Zenit on to get that all important first goal, as the away goals rule is out for this season’s UEFA club competitions.
POSSIBLE LINE-UP
BETIS SEVILLA
- Silva
- Sabaly
- Pezzella
- Gonzalez
- Moreno
- Rodrguez
- Guardado
- Ruibal
- Joaquin
- Fekir
- Jose
- COACH: Manuel Pellegrini
- MISSING PLAYERS: Bravo (Calf injury), Montoya (Heel injury)
ZENIT ST. PETERSBURG
- Kerzhakov
- Santos
- Rakitskiy
- Barrios
- Chistyakov
- Karavaev
- Kuzyaev
- Wendel
- Claudinho
- Malcom
- Dzyuba
- COACH: Sergey Semak
- MISSING PLAYERS: Lovren (Ankle injury), Kritsyuk (Knee injury)
Our Betis Sevilla vs. Zenit St. Petersburg betting tips
Also, we are sticking with both teams to score as the main of the bet tips today, mainly because Zenit must go hammer and tong for the win in this clash and have proven they can score with none of their last ten opponents holding them scoreless.
Also, All nine of Zenit’s UEFA matches in Spain have produced over 2.5 goals (W2, L7). And in a game where they can’t sit back but to come out firing all their barrels, we anticipate this game to also feature over 2.5 goals.
Performance
Betis Sevilla performance of the last 5 home matches