Match Previews

Great win in Leverkusen 4-1 and team is very close to semifinal....Not great start in Russia....Lombaerts (r) and Dominguez (r) are still out while other players are fit....Zenith is coming into this game with mixed feelings again, they made a great job in Germany and got comfortable 4-1 win there so they are one step in semifinal and it is a huge success for Zenith and their coach Advokaat. But in Russia Zenith is not so good right now as they have only 5 points after 4 games and already 7 points behind leader Rubin. Last round they were leading 2-0 over poor Shinnik but failed this lead after defensive mistakes at the end. Zenith don't have much injury worries before this game, they will miss Lombaerts (r) here and he is a good defender, without him Zenith defense looks rather shaky, Kim (r) could recover after an injury but he will probably miss this game though he was rather well replaced. Pogrebnyak (r) is in top form nowadays and he will be spearheaded an attack, he is UEFA Cup top scorer now and will try to score once more. Arshavin (k) who is in a great form too will help him a bit behind, there will be no changes probably in midfield though Zenith could be a bit tired and will try to concentrate more on Russia league now, I think they will not miss their chance to make a confident step to semifinal and will not use reserves here as Advokaat doesn't like such rest situations. Advokaat is back to a coach post after three games disqualification.Defending midfielder  Ricksen (sp)  is injuted and he won't play in the game.