Zenit St Petersburg vs Borussia Dortmund Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 06/12/2020, 01:02  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 06/12/2020 at 01:04 in Champions League Predictions

Borussia Dortmund will be seeking a top finish in Group F when they travel to Russia to take on Zenit in their final Champions League game at the group stages. The Germans have already secured a ticket to the second round, having garnered 10 points, while Zenit have absolutely nothing to play for, having one point so far. Hosts Zenit head to this game after a huge win in the Russian league, beating Ural 5-1, with Sardar Azmoun scoring a hat trick. Ahead of their final group game, Zenit have no win in this group and can’t even drop to Europa League as they are six points behind the third placed side, Club Brugge. The win over Ural is their only victory in the last five matches and they will be disappointed not to have kept a clean sheet in it, having led 5-0 with nine minutes remaining. So far, they have one clean sheet in the last five matches and have failed to score in two of the five. They have conceded two goals or more in three of the five matches and four of the five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. Zenit have scored two or more goals in two of their last five matches but a leaky defence has left the team with just two clean sheets in their last 13 matches. This season has been a mirror of how their Champions League journey has been in recent outings; they have 10 losses in the last 14 matches in the competition. The 14 matches have produced just one win and one clean sheet for Zenit and they head to this game having conceded two or more goals in five of the last six in the competition. At home, in the Champions League, they have two wins in the last six matches. Dortmund, Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen are the most recent German teams to visit Zenit, and all have left with wins. This will be the third meeting between these two sides, and Zenit have one win and two losses.

Dortmund, on their part, have had it rough in the last three matches. They have no win in the three games, and have lacked a cutting edge in attack since lead scorer Erling Haaland’s injury. The German side will have to patch up very fast, with Haaland, who has so far scored 17 goals, reported to be out until January. While they have scored in all their last five matches, it hasn’t been as emphatic as when the Norwegian was on the pitch, and they have just one clean sheet in the last five matches. Dortmund have conceded two goals or more in two of their last five matches and three of their last five matches have produced over 2.5 goals. Defensively, they haven’t been at the top in recent times, conceding six goals in the last five matches, with both sides scoring in four of the five. However, they are unbeaten away from home in the last four games, winning three with two or more goals. The team will sorely miss Haaland in this game, as he had seven goals in the last four away matches before getting injured. In the Champions League, Dortmund are unbeaten in the last four matches, and have scored 10 goals, while conceding four. They however have one away win in five Champions League matches.