Europa League Zenit vs Molde 23/08/2018

Zenit vs Molde Europa League

Zenit disappointed last season the St. Petersburg team did not go beyond the 5th place in the Russian championship being a long way from the title fight.

In the current season are more bet on recovering the title of champions and the beginning of the championship is to be really interesting. 4 games, 4 wins.

In the Europa League, they finished sixth last season.

At the time, eliminated by Leipzig. This year they started very badly in this competition and seriously compromised the continuity in this event. They lost 4-0 at Dinamo Minsk.

They managed to reverse the situation in the second meeting winning the opponent by the same 4-0.
In extra time they suffered 4-1, but then did 4 more goals and won 8-1 in a fantastic and historic turnaround.

Motivated by this result, they applied plate 4 to Ufa for the championship last weekend.

The Molde were second in the Norwegian league last season, but far from Rosenborg. This year there are holes down and occupy the 4th position of the championship.

They have been a team with ups and downs but have not played the same football last year. The Molde started this Europa League by eliminating the Glenavon losing 2-1 away and winning 5-1 at home.

Then they beat Laci from Albania 3-0 at home and 2-0 out of doors. In the final round they drew 0-0 away from home with the Hibernian Scots and then at home they won by clear 3-0.

Out of the house have revealed some problems. Last weekend they lost 3-1 to a modest Norwegian team that struggles for permanence revealing such a competitive irregularity this Mold this season.

Today’s Football Prediction Zenit vs Molde

After the work they have done in operating the turnaround, I am fully convinced that this Zenit will not let this meeting go away and quite possibly this round.

They are a superior team, with players of greater size and experience in the European scene.

The Molde this year is a little weaker, the team presents a lot of irregularity and in games outside the home the game is short and have difficulty to go out to play.

Given this, I expect a good result of Zenit that is going through a great moment of form and that to play at home, should confirm all his favoritism and win this match.

I do not expect categorical thrashing like in the last round, but I expect a triumph of the Russians fulfilling at least the minimum services that are demanded to them, that is to win.