European football: Saturday games in Russia and Belgium

Football tips, best bets and predictions for Saturday's matches in the Russian Premier League and Belgian First Division A.

Best bets

Lokomotiv Moscow (5pm)
1pt 8-5 Betfair
Charleroi win to nil (6pm)
1pt 5-4bet365

European football preview

Lokomotiv Moscow have registered three successive top-two finishes in the Russian Premier League and can maintain their 100 per cent start at the beginning of the 2020-21 campaign by defeating Krasnodar in the capital.

Although Lokomotiv have firmly established themselves as the league's second best team – behind big-spending champions Zenit St Petersburg – they are attractively priced at odds-against for their first home game of the season.

Krasnodar look a progressive club and were third last term, only five points behind Lokomotiv, but they haven't done much business in the off-season and may struggle to climb any higher.

Murad Musaev's charges won 3-0 away to Ufa in their season opener but face a much more difficult challenge against Lokomotiv, who they have not beaten in the last three attempts.

Charleroi are doing their best to give the established Belgian clubs a run for their money and look solid odds-on favourites to post a home win over Oostende.

Last season Charleroi finished in third place – their highest since 1969 – and they seem intent on proving it was no fluke.

The Zebras triumphed 1-0 at champions Bruges last Saturday and should bag another three points and a clean sheet at the expense of Oostende, who narrowly avoided relegation last season after amassing just 22 points from 29 games.

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