Zenit U21 will play against Pari Nizhny Novgorod-Junior at home

The youth team of Zenit continues their home game series. Ahead for Roman Knyazev’s team is a matchup against their peers from Nizhny Novgorod. Here’s the key information about the upcoming round of the VTB United Youth League.

Zenit U21 (4th place) and Pari Nizhny Novgorod-Junior (6th place) are close neighbors in the standings. Both teams have 21 wins, but Zenit U21 has two games in hand. In the last round of the regular season, the Nizhny Novgorod team suffered two away losses to CSKA-Junior — 64:58 and 69:52, respectively.

Like our recent opponent, UNICS-2, the guest team has one of the highest three-point shooting percentages in the League, making 30.8% of their shots from beyond the arc. The leaders of the "city team" are guard Georgy Shilokhvostov (14.6 points per game), who has recently been part of the main team, and forward Yaroslav Anikin (12.1 points).

Based on previous results, Zenit U21 has the upper hand in this matchup, with 26 wins compared to 17 for Pari Nizhny Novgorod-Junior.

The games against the Nizhny Novgorod team will take place on February 8 and 9 at the Basketball Academy court (Severnaya Road, 12). Both matches will start at 14:00 Petersburg time. Entry for all fans is free. The games will be streamed on the VTB United Youth League website.