CSKA vs Zenit. Preview
Context
Like the blue-whites CSKA has already managed to get burned once in this regular season. The trip to Nizhny Novgorod ended with an insulting defeat for the Army team at the end of the meeting. After that failure, Andreas Pistiolis's team had a week's rest while Zenit beat the CSKA offenders in the sixth game of this VTB United League draw. At the moment, the red-blues are on the third line in the standings with 4 wins in 5 matches.
CSKA comes into this match with the best rebounding statistics among all participating clubs, averaging 42 rebounds per game. The most productive players on the Moscow team at the start of the season are Melo Trimble (11.6 points) and newcomer Aleksa Avramovic (11.2), a high-profile signing this offseason who has already made a quick adjustment to his new team.
Connections
Andrey Vorontsevich has played against CSKA many times with both UNICS and Nizhny. But now the forward faces his first match against his former team in Zenit colors.
Head-to-head
This will be the 51st game in the history of the teams' matchups in the VTB United League, where Zenit has come out on top 18 times. Sunday’s game marks the first meeting with the Moscow team since last season’s semifinal series.
Quotes
Zenit head coach Xavi Pascual shared his thoughts before the match in Moscow.
It's another big game against a very good team. They are playing very well all the season and we know that this kind of games we have to play very well if we want to win and without ups and downs. All the game we have to be solid defensively and offensively.
Who. Where. When.
Opponent: CSKA
Location: Megasport Arena, Moscow
Date: October 13, 17:00 (local time)
Broadcast: Match TV, VTB United League website, Okko Sport, Start
