Zenit St Petersburg vs Juventus Prediction & Betting Tips - Champions League

Prediction published on 18/10/2021, 00:25  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 18/10/2021 at 00:27 in Champions League Predictions

Zenit have hit a slump in their last two matches and they will be keen to avoid a third straight loss when they host Italian giants Juventus in Group H of the UEFA Champions League. Going to this game, Zenit have three points, in third place while Juventus lead with six points. While Zenit have just one clean sheet in their last five matches, they’ve managed to score in all of them, with Artem Dzyuba the key man. He has five goals in the team’s last five games. They thrashed Malmo 4-0 in their last group game, recovering from the 1-0 loss to Chelsea earlier. Zenit’s recent matches have been high scoring, each of the last five producing over 2.5 goals with Zenit scoring two or more in three of the five while both sides have scored in four. They are however poor when it comes to the Champions League; in the last 10, they’ve lost seven and won just two. They have two clean sheets in the 10 matches and failed to score in four.

Juventus have picked up well after a slow start and they have shown signs of challenging for honors after last season’s dismal showing. They go into this game unbeaten in their last seven matches, winning six of them, with five straight wins and four clean sheets in them. One area that seemed troublesome for Juventus was the defence and that seems well addressed now, as they have three straight clean sheets going to this game. They are coming from an ill-tempered 1-0 win over AS Roma, their third straight 1-0 win and the fact that they can hold off for a gritty win is a sign of improvement. They’ve managed five straight wins by one-goal margins and they will be very confident going to this game. Juventus have three straight wins away from home and have scored in all five away matches this season. They have eight wins, and two losses in the last 10 Champions League matches and away from home they have four wins in the last five in this competition.