On Sunday, 31st March there will be a match of the Russian Super League quarterfinals between Kazan's Zenit and Yenisei.
The undisputed leader of the Super League, outclassing its opponents in all aspects. The team has been undefeated for nine matches and often wraps them up with sweeping scores of 3:0 or 3:1. They only conceded thrice throughout the season: to Belogorie (0:3, 1:3) and Novosibirsk's Lokomotiv with a score of 0:3. They currently hold a strong record of 27 wins and 3 losses in this tournament.
A strong mid-tier team that can surprise almost any opponent (but not in this case). In their past five matches they easily overcame Soligorsk's Shakhtar (3:1, 3:1), but they were hopelessly beaten by Belogorie 0:3, St. Petersburg's Zenit 0:3 and Novosibirsk's Lokomotiv 1:3. They have 15 wins and 15 losses in their 30 matches this season.
In their history, the teams have met twenty times, and in all matches, Kazan's Zenit has found the key to victory. The latest five matches ended with scores of (3:0, 3:2, 3:0, 3:1, 3:0).
The odds speak for themselves: a home victory in this match is valued at 1.01, while Yenisei stands at 16.00. I reckon we're in for a one-sided game, hence, here I would take handicap 1 for sets (-2.5) for 1.50. No matter how good Yenisei might be, they have a long way to reach the level of Zenit.
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