Malmö FF and Zenit will take on on Tuesday in the 5th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be played in Malmö at the Eleda Stadion (Malmö).
Malmö FF is in the 4th place in the table with 0 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Chelsea in its last match in the Champions League. Thus far,, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 5 times.
Zenit occupies the 3rd place in the table with 3 points. It comes from a 4-2 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Champions League. Thus far,, it has won once and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Malmö FF
Malmö FF has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 33.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (3 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 4-2-3-1 (once).
Jon Dahl Tomasson is expected to play against Zenit with the following players: J. Dahlin, L. Nielsen, F. Brorsson, A. Ahmedhodzic, S. Krukow Rieks, S. Peña Flores, B. Innocent, E. Rakip, J. Berget, S. Nanasi and A. Čolak.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Malmö FF would be 27.55.
F. Beijmo, J. Knudsen, P. Sejdiu and O. Toivonen will definitely miss the match.
Zenit
Zenit has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (2 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 5-4-1 (once).
Sergei Semak is expected to play against Malmö FF with the following players: S. Kritsyuk, Y. Rakitskiy, D. Lovren, D. Chistyakov, V. Karavaev, A. Mostovoy, W. Barrios Terán, M. Valle da Silva, A. Sutormin, C. Rodrigues Parise Leonel and S. Azmoun.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Zenit would be 27.36.
M. Ozdoev will definitely miss the match.