Zenit St Petersburg vs Rosenborg Preview

Zenith host Rosenborg after a solid start to their European campaign which has seen them win two of their last two group games, scoring 8 goals and conceding just one in the process.

They have slumped in their local league recently even though they remain top of the league.

They come into this game off the back of a 0-1 loss to Arsenal Tula but we expect them to bounce back with a win in this encounter.

Before that loss to Arsenal Tula, they were on a 6 games unbeaten run at home winning five of those matches convincingly.

Their last European game against Real Sociedad finished well as they bagged a 3-1 win but they struggled at some points in that game and the likes of Aleksandr Kokorin and Emiliano Rogoni will be looking to pull them through this game again.

Rosenborg have had a good if not unspectacular campaign in their league so far.

They are 12 points clear at the summit after 25 league games but they are not a team you can bank on when they play away from home.

They lost their last away game 4-0 at Real Sociedad and it is hard to see them improving rapidly as they visit Russia in this encounter.

Rosenborg are an attacking side and they should  continue with that attacking system in this game as there have been 3 or more goals in 5 of their last 6 games so far.

Zenit have also seen the same number of goals in five of their last 7.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Zenit St Petersburg 

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Anzhi Makhachkala		2-2		Zenit St Petersburg	Oct 1, 2017	Russian Premier League
W	Zenit St Petersburg		3-1		Real Sociedad	Sep 28, 2017	Europa League
W	Krasnodar		0-2		Zenit St Petersburg	Sep 24, 2017	Russian Premier League
W	Zenit St Petersburg		3-0		FC Ufa	Sep 18, 2017	Russian Premier League
W	Vardar		0-5		Zenit St Petersburg	Sep 14, 2017	Europa League

Rosenborg

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Rosenborg		1-1		Sarpsborg FK	Oct 1, 2017	Norwegian Eliteserien
W	Rosenborg		3-1		Vardar	Sep 28, 2017	Europa League
W	Lillestrom		0-3		Rosenborg	Sep 24, 2017	Norwegian Eliteserien
W	Rosenborg		3-0		Valerenga	Sep 17, 2017	Norwegian Eliteserien
L	Real Sociedad		4-0		Rosenborg	Sep 14, 2017	Europa League