I would be quite surprised if Spartak gets anything from their visit to St.Petersburg.

The away side has serious squad issues ahead of the big derby as leading centre-back Gigot is suspended, which adds further woes to their dreadful defense.

Leicester scored 4 on Thursday, coming back to win a Europa League match in Moscow. Earlier this autumn Spartak conceded 2 against Dynamo Moscow and against Napoli. Rui Vitoria has fundamental issues as the backline is simply understaffed and there are not enough defensive midfielders on his roster. After they released Kral to join West Ham, there were basically just 3 players left for 2 positions in centre-mid zone (Umyarov, Zobnin and Litvinov). Zobnin is only just returning from injury and is far off his best form. Umyarov is unavailable through injury for the clash vs. Zenit. 20 year old Litvinov has been surprisingly good, but is highly inexperienced - just 386’ minutes at Premier League level during his short career.

In their last 2 games Spartak was largely outplayed by both Leicester and Dinamo. Not a single reason to expect a turn in this trend just days after the show in Europa League.

Zenit is not looking better by any means, if you judge on what the table records show. 3 defeats (2 in Premier League and 1 in the Champions League) is an unprecedented situation for the reigning champion. To Zenit’s credit, though, they deserved better in all 3 games. Red card against Sochi threw everything in jeopardy, Arsenal Tula had to concede 3 or 4 in the 1st half, Juventus found a late winner in a level match. Zenit is clearly a level above all in the Premier League and the fact they’ve lost twice in the lead up to derby vs. Spartak, in fact, gives an extra argument in home win favour.

Malcom and Claudinho, two influential figures in their attack, are doubts, but as it often happens with Zenit anyone who is rated “doubtful” eventually starts the game. I am certain Semak will prefer to risk them both in order to break the team’s fall and get a much needed win.

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如果斯巴达从他们的圣彼得堡之旅中得到了什么，我会很惊讶的。

在德比大战之前，主后卫吉戈特被禁赛，这给他们糟糕的防守带来了更多的麻烦。

莱斯特队在周四的比赛中攻入4球，在莫斯科赢得了一场欧罗巴联赛。今年秋天早些时候，斯巴达克在对阵莫斯科迪纳摩和那不勒斯的比赛中分别输了2球。鲁伊·维多利亚有一些基本的问题，因为后防线人手不足，而且他的名单上没有足够的防守中场。在他们释放了克拉尔加盟西汉姆之后，基本上只剩下3名球员在中卫区域的两个位置上(乌米亚洛夫、佐布宁和利特维诺夫)。佐布宁刚刚从伤病中恢复过来，离他最好的状态还差得很远。乌姆yarov因伤不能参加对泽尼特的比赛。20岁的利特维诺夫表现惊人的好，但却缺乏经验——在他短暂的职业生涯中，他在联赛的上场时间只有386分钟。

在最近的两场比赛中，斯巴达克被莱斯特和迪纳摩击败。没有一个单一的理由期待这一趋势在欧罗巴联赛的表演后几天就转变。

无论如何，天顶看起来都没有更好，如果你根据表记录所显示的来判断的话。3场失利(联赛2场，欧冠1场)对卫冕冠军来说是前所未有的。值得赞扬的是，他们理应在所有三场比赛中取得更好的成绩。对索契的红牌让一切都处于危险之中，图兵工厂在上半场以3或4失球，尤文图斯在一场水平比赛中找到了最后的制胜球。泽尼特显然是联赛中最重要的一个级别，事实上，他们在德比对阵斯巴达克的比赛中输了两场，这为主场获胜提供了额外的理由。

马尔科姆和克劳迪尼奥，这两位在进攻上很有影响力的人物，上阵存疑，但就像泽尼特经常发生的那样，任何被评为“怀疑”的人最终都会开始比赛。我确信斯迈克宁愿拿他们两个冒险，以阻止球队的下滑，获得一场急需的胜利。