Zenit-2 wil face Khimki away

Tomorrow, January 20, the Blue-White-Sky Blues farm team will play away against Khimki from the Moscow region as part of Round 15 of the FONBET Super League regular season. Tip-off is scheduled for 19:00 Saint Petersburg time. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the upcoming matchup.

Gleb Plotnikov’s team has been performing at a fairly high level over the past month, suffering just one loss in six games. At the end of 2025, Khimki recorded three consecutive wins over Kupol-Rodniki from Izhevsk, Dynamo Ufa, and Yugra from Surgut. The new year, like for the Blue-White-Sky Blues, began for Khimki with the quarterfinals of the Gazprombank Russian Cup against a VTB United League team. The first leg of the two-game series against MBA-MAI ended in a confident home victory for Khimki, 80:71. After that, the yellow-blues went on a road trip to Siberia, where they lost to Novosibirsk (50:64) but defeated Barnaul (81:79).

Heading into the game against Zenit-2, the hosts sit in second place in the standings. The Saint Petersburg side, having suffered two more defeats, are currently ninth in the regular season table.

Khimki’s top scorer is Fedor Klyuchnikov, who averages 14.3 points per game. At the same time, Viktor Zaryazhko is the opponent’s leading playmaker, dishing out 5.1 assists per game (top three in the league), while Artem Vostrikov leads the team in rebounding with 8.1 boards per game.

The first-round meeting of the regular season, which took place in Saint Petersburg, ended in a 67:60 victory for Khimki. Overall, the two teams have faced each other 13 times in the FONBET Super League, and in every match the team from the Moscow region has come out on top.

The live broadcast of tomorrow’s game will be available on the Russian Basketball Federation’s website.