CSKA Moscow vs Plzen betting tips 2 October 2013 Champions League

CSKA Moscow vs Plzen betting tips 2 October 2013 Champions League: "CSKA Moscow is awaiting their second match in the Champions League in the worst possible time as they lost the first game away to Bayern Munich 3:0 and are now in a must win situation, but things to be worse, they are nowhere close to their good, recognizable form. Russian team has no victory in last four matches, drawing only one game, while they didn’t manage to score a single goal in those four games."

After defeat to Bayern, they have also lost away to Spartak Moscow 3:0, made a goalless draw at home against poor Anzhi and once again lost on the road, this time to Terek Grozni 2:0 few days ago. With this poor form, team dropped at the table and are now fourth at the table and have five points less than league leaders from Zenit. Also worrying part is that they didn’t do much except ball possession in previous game in Grozni, while the team has to step up now and show much better face in case they want to progress to the next phase of Champions League. Home side will surely be without midfielder Cauna who is out till Novemeber with injury, while they will have attacking midfielder Dzagoev and forward Doumbia questionable for this game. They are expected to field up the team in theirs’ usual 4-2-3-1 formation.

Plzen, on the other side, in comparison to their tonight’s rival, are doing more than well in the domestic competitions. They are coming from a 2:1 victory away from home over Jihlava, as the team continued run of ten undefeated matches in the domestic league and currently have seven victories and three draws holding the second position.

Start in the new season could be a bit better as the team is four points below Sparta Prague which is league leaders. They have suffered 0:3 defeat at home against Manchester City in the first round of Champions League, as the Czech side was unable to resist much more stronger side in the second halftime when they conceded all the goals. No doubt that in a group together with Manchester City, Bayern and CSKA, there reasonable target should be getting the third position, therefore their goal for tonight’s game would be staying undefeated in Moscow. Left defender Limbersky who is regular part of the team is doubtful for tonight’s game, while the Czech side has no other injury worries.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in seven of Viktoria Plzen’s last 8 games in the Champions League.
As said, Russian side is entering game in the worst possible form as they didn’t score in last four matches, while the Czech side might be very dangerous on counter attacks. Visitors might be able to pull out much more than the current odds are showing, while the pitch in Moscow shouldn’t be in the best possible condition and might hurt the team that tries to build attacks consistently.

Bet: Plzen +0.75 Asian handicap