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Russian league regular season is starting its final stage and ST. Peterseburg cannot afford any slips here. They lost the top spot but Krasnodar who are in spot 2 are just 2 points head of them and Stavrpol in spot 4 are two points short. Petersburg played one game less but they also had away games with both of those those opponents in the last 4 rounds. A defeat here would potentialy saw them face Medvedi in semifinal. In any case, the home team wants the runner-up spot and the home court advantage until the final.

As for their results, we need to differentiate between meetings with teams of worse quality (worse 4). They scored 37 against UOT home and 34 against Celjabinsk and Ufa. Sungul are faster and more similar to UOR when it comes to the game. They scored 30 against Sungul and Celjabinsk, 32 against UOR and Ufa.

Sungul average 30,6 per game on average, 31,7 away. They are much more competitive home. Thanks to the good offense, they stood up in the last away games but they conceded well over this margin against top teams: Kaspija and Medvedi 34, Krasnodar and Stavropol 39. They lost to UOR home and conceded 32. That defeat killed any chance for playoffs. I expect the home team to go over 30. Details

This is the second friendly game between these two teams in two days. There were quite a few questions regarding the Turkish lineup against Georia. They often play with 'strange' teams and that is why their results are so different from one another. They did brilliantly yesterday, Georgia (who play exclusively with players from their domestic league) controlled the entire game but the Turks were very motivated and didn't allow a lot of attempts. They were organized in defense while finishing the offensive attempts patiently, not allowing Georgia a lot of counterattacks. It's no wonder that the game finished with just one goal scored. Georgia won but the game was tough, nervous and with a lot of yellow cards. The Turkish goal keeper turned out to be brilliant. I expect something similar today. Both teams are preparing for a very important qualifiers for the EC in Slovenia and the result from these games is clearly important. The Turks will host the group (Russia, Slovakia and France also in that group). Georgia will face Italy, the Netherlands and Belarus. The Turks most likely chose Georgia because they are similar to Belarus. I don't see this with more than 4 goals. Details