Two struggling sides in group H of the UEFA Champions League, Malmo and Zenit St Petersburg are set to square off at Eleda Stadion in Malmö, Sweden onTuesday. Kickoff schedules for 23rd November 2021 at 23:00 EAT.
Malmo sits on top of the Allsvenskan table with 55 points after 28 matches they have played. However, thing aren’t going so well for them in the Champions League where they are at the bottom of their group having lost all the four matches they have played.
Zenit St Petersburg is also on top of the Russian Premier League with 33 points after 15 matches played and they placed. Zenit sits third in their group (H) having beaten Malmo 4-0 in their first Champions League fixture and losing in the other three matches this year.
Malmo will be looking to step up in this game following 2-2 Allsvenskan shared spoils with BK Häcken. In that game, Malmö FF had 60% possession, 23 shots with six of them on target andgoals scored by Antonio Čolak (5′) and Malik Abubakari (84′). The opponents, BK Häcken got 17 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Alexander Jeremejeff (63′) and Patrik Wålemark.
Zenit St Petersburg comes into match confident after 5-1 Premier League win against Nizhny Novgorod in their previous fixture. In that match, they managed 58% possession, 22 attempts with nine of them on target and goals scored by Malcom (24′), Artyom Dzyuba (34′, 45′, 59′) and Dmitri Chistyakov (88′). Nizhny Novgorod got seven shots with three of them on target and a goal by Aleksei Kozlov (39′).
Malmo’s performances have dropped over the last few games and they are staring at a sixth consecutive defeat in the Champions League whilst the visitors are our favorites owing to their superior pedigree and quality shown in the recent fixtures.
Malmo vs. Zenit St Petersburg head to head
This will be the second meeting between these two teams this year, in the first meeting Malmo lost and they are yet to make amends.
- Saint Petersburg 4-0 Malmo 29/09/21
Home
- Malmo 2-2 Hacken Gothenburg
- Goteborg 0-2 Malmo
- Malmo 0-1 Chelsea
- Sirius 2-3 Malmo
- Malmo 1-0 AIK
Away
- Saint Petersburg 5-1 Novgorod
- Ural Yekaterinburg 0-0 Saint Petersburg
- Juventus 4-2 Saint Petersburg
- Saint Petersburg 4-1 Dinamo Moscow
- Saint Petersburg 7-1 Spartak Moscow
Malmo team news
The home side will have to do without Anders Christiansen, Felix Beijmo, Jonas Knudsen and Ola Toivonen who are sidelined through injuries.
Zenit team news
On the visitor’s sides, Stanislav Kritsyuk and Daler Kuzyaev have been ruled out with injuries while Claudinho is unavailable duet to personal health issues.
Prediction and odds
We are backing the Russian side to triumph in this game however both sides should find the net.
- Zenit St Petersburg Win
- Draw
- Both teams to score
