Sochi vs Zenit: Zenit begin their pre-season preparations with a Club friendly clash against Russian side, PFC Sochi on Saturday at home.
Match Details:
Teams: Sochi vs Zenit
Venue: Stadion Sdyushor Smena
Date: Saturday 25th June, 2022
Time: 10:30 PM IST
Live Link: http://www.sonyliv.com/
Preview
Sochi head into this after a 5-1 victory over Dinamo in their previous Russian Premier League clash last month.
However, it wasn’t enough in the long run as Sochi finished runners up in the season.
Cassierra scored a hat-trick alongside goals from Yusupov and Noboa as they ended a successful season in dominant fashion.
With 56 points from 30 matches, Sochi fell 9 points short of Zenit.
They now can make amends when they face Zenit in a pre-season friendly opening match on Saturday.
On the other hand, Zenit began their pre-season earlier this week with a 1-1 draw against Nizhny Novgorod.
However, they won 5-3 on penalties to kickstart their new season preparations in style.
Zenit now aim to make it 2 in 2 with a win over Sochi as they continue preparing for another tough campaign which is expected to go down to the wire.
Zenit face CSKA, FK Crvena Zvezda before their Super Cup match against Spartak next month; which officially starts the 2022-23 footballing campaign.
Both teams last met in the Russian Premier League in April, where it finished goalless.
Form Guide
Sochi: WDWWW
Zenit: WLDWW
Last Matches of both teams:
Dinamo 1-5 Sochi
Zenit 1(5)-1(3) Nizhny Novgorod
Точное расписание первых пяти матчей сезона #ТинькоффРПЛ 📌 pic.twitter.com/yAg3Vrjgnz
— Футбольный клуб «Сочи» (@pfcsochi) June 24, 2022
Where to watch the live streaming and broadcast of Sochi vs Zenit in India?
The match is live streamed on Sony LIV and Jio TV App.
Team News
The hosts have no injury concerns however, Zenit see Yerokhin and Karavaev missing this one due to long term injuries.
F/T’ | We take the win 5-3 on pens!#ZenitNN 1-1 pic.twitter.com/ZcJLNMOBS3
— FC Zenit in English✨ (@fczenit_en) June 21, 2022
Sochi possible 11:
Adamov, Terekhov, Drkusic, Rodrigao, Margasov, Noboa, Tsallagov, Makarchuk, Yusupov, Cassierra and Angban
Zenit possible 11:
Odoevskiy, Adamov, Chistyakov, Krugovoi, Santos, Claudinho, Kravtsov, Malcom, Mostovoy, Sergeev and Sutormin
Prediction: Sochi 1-1 Zenit
Given it’s a pre-season and early season fatigue could jet in, we don’t see an intriguing clash.
However, both teams have fine players capable of getting on the scoresheet and we see a stalemate happening here.
