On Friday the Russian Super League semi-final will take place between "Belogorie" and Moscow's "Dynamo".
The Belgorod team, currently third in the league table, have had a superb season. They went into the previous match with Moscow's Dynamo as noticeable underdogs at 2.60, but showed character to snatch a 3:2 victory, and earlier they briskly brushed aside Kuzbass with a 3:0 score. This season, the team has claimed twenty-three wins against seven losses.
The visitors, currently fourth in the Super League standings, have recently been playing inconsistently. Yes, they overcame St. Petersburg's Zenit 2:1 in the previous round, but each set was tense, and victory could have gone either way. The situation was similar with Belogorie, but the luck did not smile on the Muscovites. In 30 tournament matches, Dynamo has twenty-two victories and eight defeats.
In the last five meetings, Moscow's Dynamo has a slight edge, with three victories (3:1, 3:0, 3:0), compared to Belogorie's two wins (3:2, 3:2).
Initially, the bookmakers made Belogorie the favourites at 1.80, with Moscow's Dynamo success estimated at 1.95. After a day, the odds on the Muscovites dropped significantly to 1.73. I would back a Dynamo victory here, as they should put forth a maximum effort in this match to avoid a 0:2 knockout. It might be worthwhile to wait a bit and catch tastier odds in the live action.
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