Apoel Nicosia meets Zenit St Petersburg in the first game of the group stage of Champions League 2011/2012 at 19:45 UK time on September 13th 2011
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APOEL Nicosia
After a loss in the first leg of the Champions League play-offs against Wisla Krakow with 0:1, APOEL managed to find their way into the groups for Champions league with a home victory of 3:1. Two rounds from the Cyprus’s first division passed already, where APOEL tied the first match 0:0 against AEK Larnaca and won their latest game on September 9th 2011 with 3:1 against Alki with 3:1. APOEL has never met a Russian team before which promises for an interesting and unexpected match. APOEL are already undefeated in 7 European games, 4 victories and 3 draws.
Zenit St Petersburg
Zenit is very focused on this game and Champions League, judging by the result for the Russian Premier League on September 10th 2011, a loss from Lokomotiv Moscow with 2:4. Before this match, Zenit had only 2 losses and has been unbeaten for over 15 matches in a row. The team has never met a team from Cyprus. While team lost both away games in the knockout stage of Europa League last year, they were able to win all visits in the group stage, which is a good sign for another here. Second group stage appearance for Zenit, a win and two defeats in 2009 in their 3 visits. Overall record of W2 D1 L4.
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Prediction
As both teams have never met before, there’s no statistics or records by which we can build a good analysis. Performance wise, Zenit seems to be in better shape than APOEL, but is a visitor and feels quite uncomfortable while visiting in Champions League.
A minimum victory with 1:0 for Zenit is worth the odds of 7.00 (bet365)
A game with a few goals at Under 2.5 goals has the odds of 1.66 (bet365)
Judging by the current shape of both team and the odds the sportsbooks give out for both teams, I am willing to take the away victory for Zenit. My prediction, Zenit to win the game with a minimal lead.
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