The hosts have been dominating their opponents in recent years and today they come under even more pressure to try to take the top of the table at this beginning of the championship.

Zenit arrives for this game after having the first two draws in the competition, 1-1 vs Ufa and 1-1 vs Lok Moscow, both on the road. In the overall standings, they are second place with 1 point behind Dinamo Moscow, which shows that this game is very important to keep the proximity with the first place. Playing at home it is possible to expect a greater aggressiveness from them to get the 3 points since throughout the year 2021 they only registered one defeat in this situation, adding a total of 15 wins at home, including the preparatory friendlies. Over the last few years, Zenit has been indisputably the main team in the League, since they are one of those who make the most efforts to build a good team and always manage to keep a good coach. They need to chase victory today and can count on Daler Kuzyaev coming back after being suspended in the last game. On the other hand, midfielder Magomed Osdoev will be absent.

Zenit did the double over CSKA last season with 2-1 home win and 3-2 away. Have overall dominated the matchup in recent years with just one loss in the last 12 games in the league.

CSKA Moscow is in a good moment at the beginning of the season and will certainly not be an easy opponent for the hosts. The team arrives packed with two good wins, 2-0 against Akhmat Grozny at home and 3-1 against Rostov on the road. In the classification, they remain lower and are in the 6th position only. Aleksei Berezutski's men want to show that they are capable against the current champions Zenit, however, they say that it will not be easy to face them since they are the best team in the competition. In addition, they have two defenders in doubt for the game, Gerogi Scheennikov and Vadim Karpov injured. Anton Zabolotnyi was once again at the coach's disposal in the last game, but should only be used in a few minutes until he regains 100% game rhythm.

The hosts continue to show good performances, despite the last two stumbles in the league. Previous draws leave them with more pressure to regain the 3 points, especially today when they are at home in front of some fans. CSKA team will not be easy, but with a more limited squad and with the lack of two players, they must struggle to hold the opponent's strong pace throughout the game, for this reason, I see value in Zenit's victory today.

My probable score 2-0, 2-1.

Marco Antonio,

近年来，主队一直在统治着他们的对手，今天他们承受着更大的压力，试图在赛季开始时占据榜首。 泽尼特在前两场比赛中以1-1 对乌法和1-1 对莫斯科莫斯科后，都在客场进行了比赛。在总积分榜上，他们落后莫斯科迪纳摩1分位居第二，可见本场比赛保持与第一的接近度非常重要。在主场比赛中，可以期待他们有更大的侵略性来获得 3 分，因为在 2021 年全年他们在这种情况下只输了一场，在主场总共增加了 15 场胜利，包括预备友谊赛。在过去的几年里，泽尼特一直是联盟中无可争议的主力球队，因为他们是最努力打造一支好球队并且总是能留住好教练的球队之一。他们今天需要追逐胜利，可以指望戴勒库兹亚耶夫在上一场比赛被禁赛后复出。另一方面，中场马戈梅德奥斯多耶夫将缺席。

泽尼特上赛季主场2-1战胜中央陆军，客场3-2战胜中央陆军。近年来，在联赛的最后12场比赛中只输了一场，总体上统治了比赛。

莫斯科中央陆军在赛季初处于一个不错的状态，对于主队来说肯定不会是一个轻松的对手。球队在主场以 2-0 战胜格罗兹尼，在客场以 3-1 战胜罗斯托夫。在分类中，他们仍然较低，仅排在第 6 位。阿列克谢·别列祖茨基的手下想证明他们有能力对抗现任冠军泽尼特，但他们表示面对他们并不容易，因为他们是比赛中最好的球队。此外，他们还有两名后卫有问题，Gerogi Scheennikov 和 Vadim Karpov 受伤。安东·扎博洛特尼在上一场比赛中再次受到教练的支配，但是应该只在几分钟内使用，直到他恢复 100% 的比赛节奏。

尽管最近两次在联赛中跌跌撞撞，但主队继续表现出色。之前的平局让他们更有压力重新获得3分，尤其是今天他们在主场面对一些球迷的时候。中央陆军队并不容易，但由于阵容更加有限，而且缺少两名球员，他们必须在整场比赛中努力保持对手的强劲节奏，因此，我认为泽尼特今天的胜利很有价值。预测泽尼特胜

比分2-0,2-1

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