SSN BET - Match of the Day: FC Zenit - FC Tambov. Match two champions.

Hello! So, today is a significant day for Tambov. Today will be the debut of FC Tambov in the Premier League and immediately with the match with the champion. The check will be tough, but yesterday and the second RPL debutant was also unlucky in the match with Spartak, to be exact, it was not lucky with the referee, who clearly judged the entire match in favor of Spartak. But today is not about that. Let us consider the internal match of the two champions.

Zenit

For Zenit last season was very successful. After a long rush from one foreign coach to another, the club’s management still made a fashionable decision now - to appoint the former player Sergey Semak as head coach. Under his leadership, the club from the very first rounds outlined claims for the championship and eventually achieved its goal. He overtook the St. Petersburg club's closest rival - Lokomotiv by eight points, and without meeting with him serious resistance.

However, in the Supercup of Russia, Zenit, contrary to all forecasts, lost to Lokomotiv 2-3, starting the season in a bad way. The club was not too active in the transfer market, it only strengthened some positions - Douglas Santos was acquired from Hamburg, Alexey Sutormin came from Orenburg.

Tambov

Tambov last season was great in the FNL - the team led by Murat Iskakov had a great part of the tournament, but at the finish almost lost all their advantage. Replacing the coach at the finish of the season with Alexander Grigoryan did not particularly benefit the team, but Tambov still won the tournament, overtaking Sochi's FC by four points. In the offseason, “citizens” are trying to strengthen the composition - free agents, came from Anzhi Vladislav Kulik and Ivan Markelov, from Minsk Dynamo passed Sally Muniru.

It is also necessary to note the transition Adesoye Oyewole from Orenburg and Mikhail Kostyukov from the Yenisei. Tambov played a number of friendly matches in preparation for the season, where he was very successful - victories over the Soligorsk Shakhtar (3-1), Dynamo Minsk (3-2) and Belshina (2-0), as well as a zero draw with Rubin, serious success.

Zenit last season showed excellent results and in the summer having strengthened several positions, it clearly expects to repeat success. In the upcoming fight, the Semak team is not considered to be the clear favorite - there is a very serious difference between the rivals in the class, and Grigoryan hardly managed to build a new team in a short off-season. No matter how hard I support my team, need to be realistic - Tambov is not at the level of the Premier League, and certainly not a rival to Zenit.

I consider only one bet for this match W1 (-2) with 2.01. But in the live, depending on the game of the guests, I can consider the Tambov scored with 2.32.

Good Luck!