Syarhyey Hyerasimets believes Zenit St. Petersburg are on course to win their third Russian Premier League title this season and commented on injury problems.
Zenit St. Petersburg’s latest Russian Premier League 2-1 win over Spartak Moscow at Luzhniki stadium saw the defending champions open up a nine-point lead over second-placed, CSKA Moscow with seven games to go.
The St. Petersburg club are in a decent run of form, having claimed vital three points against the Myaso recently. However, they have to endure some anxious moments, before they clinch the league title for the third time in their
history, as they still have to play games against CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow.
There’s little doubt that Zenit’s latest win against the Moscow-based club has made them favourites to win the league title, as their closest rivals, CSKA, dropped 2 points against Kuban Krasnodar on Saturday.
Zenit will play the upcoming crunch league tie against the Railroaders, and Hyerasimets believes that it will be a closely contested match, revealing that both the teams are eyeing the league tie this season.
In the upcoming game, the Meshki will travel to Moscow in a game that could see them play without http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Viktor-Fayzulin-c36130.
The aforementioned players are not likely to participate in the upcoming fixture owing to respective injuries. Hyerasimets believes that the Bomzhi, despite leading Lokomotiv by 11 points on the league table, have a mountain to
climb if they are to claim all three points.
“I would say that the team is in optimum condition. The only thing that has worried me is that they have a couple of tough matches against their direct competitors. Moreover, I am sure Lokomotiv will give them tough fight.
"Fayzulin and Arshavin have been out of form so I am not worried about them. But I think Zenit will struggle without the rest of the injured players.” The former Dynamo St. Petersburg player was quoted as saying.
Hyerasimets has urged Zenit to step up in the remaining games of the ongoing league campaign, and admitted that they have been sloppy as compared to the last season.
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