Uefa Champions, FC Zenit St Petersburg, will be keen to make full use of their home ground advantage when they meet Group H log leaders, Real Madrid at the Petrovski Stadium tomorrow evening.
The Russian dynamos have had a slow start to their campaign, losing 1-0 to Juventus in the opening group fixture and they are currently placed third in the group with zero points. They did, however, manage to get the better of Manchester United 2-1 a month ago and this will have done their confidence levels the world of good.
Real Madrid showing early form
Real Madrid, on the other hand, is leading the group and together with Juventus has already bagged three points. The Spanish contenders are clearly on a roll at the moment, having won six of their past eight matches.
Although Real Madrid has a 50% away win record they haven’t managed to clinch an away win in the Uefa Champions league for seven games and this will be their first visit to Russia in 6 years!
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One of the annual highlights of the international football calendar, the Spanish Premier Division, gets underway at the week-end and the highly anticipated clash between League champions, Real Madrid and Deportivo La Coruna is expected to fill the Riazor Stadium to the rafters!
Although Real Madrid, on paper, looks to be the far superior team, having claimed the coveted championship title for the 31st time in the League’s history and is currently hogging the number one spot on the club rankings, head-to-head statistics suggest this fiery match-up will not all be one-way traffic!
In the past decade the two teams have met on 21 occasions and Deportivo has had the better of the results, by a single victory! In fact, the last time the two teams faced off against each other, it was the club currently ranked eighth who came away with the extra points - in March 2008 Real Madrid went down 1-0 to the ‘Herculinos’.
Another point of concern for the ‘Los Blancos’ is the fact they have failed to tame their opponents on the home turf of Estadio Muncipal de Riazor since 1991!
Premier sports bookmaker, Ladbrokes, is offering odds on a wide range of options for the clash between the two Spanish clubs on the 31 August including the correct score, the time of the first goal, the total number of goals and the ‘double chance’, where punters can bet on both their club of choice and a draw at the same time. The current match betting odds are Deportivo 5/2; Draw 11/5 and Real Madrid 10/11.