UEFA Cup Betting Latest
UEFA Cup Betting Latest
Good night yesterday with Bremen winning 2-1 against Lazio and the two
strikers I highlighted bagging a goal each.
Hopefully I can keep the run going with todays best bet.
Zenit St Petersburg to beat AZ Alkmaar UEFA Cup Group A 16:30 kick off GMT
These two teams are in the same group as Nurnburg of Germany, Larissa of
Greece and Everton so will be hoping to get off to a good start with 3
teams progressing from the group stages.
To get to this point in the competition Zenit beat Standard Liege of
Belgium 4-1 on aggregate with a 3-0 home win doing the damage.
AZ overcame Pacos Ferreira of Portugal 1-0 over two legs with the solitary
goal coming in the away leg.
Zenit are top of the Russian league on goal difference from Spartak Moscow
after 27 games and so are well into their season and their home record
reads won 9 drawn 4 lost 1 scored 27 conceded 14. The only defeat was a
3-1 reverse to Spartak back in April and since that time Zenit have gone
from strength to strength.
In their last 6 games in the league they have won 5 and lost won winning
the 3 games in that time by scoring 7 and conceding only 2.
At 5/6 best price with Coral bookmakers this makes a home win an
attractive proposition to me.
Their opponents tonight AZ have made a poor start to their league campaign
and after 8 games have won2 drawn 2 and lost 4 scoring 14 and conceding 11
and they currently sit 12th in the table.
On their travels in the league they have 1 draw and 2 defeats to show for
their efforts scoring 3 and conceding 5. Their form over the last 6 games
does not offer much encouragement either with only 2 points being picked
up from a possible 18, and I feel that they will struggle to get anything
from today's encounter.
The other bet I will have today is a more speculative one in the first
goalscorer market offered by Bet365.
Pavel Pogreniak has scored 11 times in the league for Zenit this season
and no fewer then 8 of them have been first goals! Now at 8/1 in the first
goal market I feel a few pounds/Euro can be risked for a good potential
return.
The fact that Pogreniak with 11 goals is supported so well in the goal
scoring department by Arshavin (9 goals) and Zhirinovsky (9 goals) is the
main reason I feel Zenit will come out on top and I would not put anyone
off having a look at the anytime goalscorer market to see what price the
other 2 are.
Just a reminder that this game kicks off at 16:30 GMT today so get on
early if you decide to invest.
Good luck,
Silverfox.
