Panevěžská hopes to beat Helsinki twice
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Jul 16, 2024
The Russian Super Cup will be staged in the early hours of Sunday morning, with St. Petersburg facing Krasnodar. St. Petersburg was the domestic double champion last season, and it can be said that they are very dominant. In addition, their outstanding performance in the Russian Super Cup in recent years, I believe they can win the cup again.
The 2023-24 season is another successful season for St. Petersburg. In the league, they have won six consecutive championships, and in the Russian Cup, they have reached the top again after a lapse of 4 years. Now that the new season of the Russian Premier League will start soon, the team's current goal is of course to win the Russian Super Cup again . It is convincing that St. Petersburg is the team that has won the Russian Super Cup the most times in history. It has won the championship 8 times in the team's history, including the past 4 years. The foundation and psychology are definitely ahead of any other team. Regarding the new season lineup, St. Petersburg has made sufficient reinforcements during the offseason this summer. Among them, M. Guchenkov, the assist king of the Russian Premier League last season, was dug from Lokomotiv Moscow. This is a great addition to the offensive end of St. Petersburg, which already has last season's Russian Super League sharpshooter Kasiera . In addition, St. Petersburg also got Krasnodar's main defender He Gaofu last season. This time, he switched to his old master in the Russian Super League, which is expected to create a greater advantage for the new club to win.
Although Krasnodar finished second in the Russian Premier League last season, they are only 1 point behind St. Petersburg. Obviously, the former has put great pressure on the latter in the championship process, and their strength should not be underestimated. But the disadvantage is that Krasnodar has been very wary of St. Petersburg in recent years. In the 12 league matches since the 2018-19 season, Krasnodar has suffered 4 draws and 8 losses, and there is a strong taste of competition between them. Another point is that Krasnodar has no experience in the Russian Premier League, which is very shabby in front of St. Petersburg, which is aiming for a five-time championship. In terms of lineup, Krasnodar not only did not invest too much, most of them signed free players for free, and the main goalkeeper M. Shakolov was also bought by the French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain. It can be considered that the strength has not increased but decreased. From a comprehensive point of view, it is impossible to expect Krasnodar to pose too much threat to St. Petersburg, and even a rout is inevitable.