Zenit youth team hosts Lokomotiv Kuban-2

Zenit U21 returns to their home court after two away games in Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod. In the next round of the VTB United Youth League regular season, Roman Knyazev's team will face Lokomotiv Kuban-2.

At the moment, the team from Krasnodar has played 8 games, while Zenit has already completed 12 matches. Lokomotiv Kuban-2 lost their last two away games against PARMA-M with scores of 79:71 and 109:82. However, a relatively good start in October has secured them a favorable position in the standings. Ahead of the match against Zenit U21, Jovan Popovic's squad holds 6th place.

On the results of the initial games, two players stand out in the Lokomotiv lineup — guards Ilya Grushevsky (17.4 points + 5.9 assists + 3 rebounds) and Alexander Molofeev (16 points + 5.8 rebounds + 4.5 assists).

In the history of the VTB United Youth League, the teams have faced each other 41 times. So far, the visitors hold a slight advantage with 22 wins against Zenit's 19 victories.

Zenit U21 head coach Roman Knyazev on the upcoming games against Lokomotiv Kuban-2:

There are games ahead with a serious opponent. They are motivated because they have stumbled twice in previous games. The opponent surpasses us in size, we will try to compensate for this with the quality of our game and the speed of decision-making.

The matches will take place on November 13 and 14 at the Basketball Academy (Severnaya Road, 12). Both games will start at 16:00 St. Petersburg time. Admission is free for all fans. The games will be streamed live on the VTB United Youth League website.