Minsk vs Zenit. Preview

After a confident victory over Avtodor Saratov, our team goes to visit another club, which is still not as high in the standings as they would like.

Rostislav Vergun's team started the new season with 10 defeats in a row. However, in the last game with Astana, Minsk residents already had good chances to win, they just did not play the decisive moments of the meeting in the best way. However, this suggests that the opponent is gradually finding his game and sooner rather than later, will win the first victory.

In general, the unsuccessful start of the season has already forced Minsk residents to start taking some measures. The first such measure was the departure of the South Sudanese center Koch Bar — he played only 3 games and was marked by an average statistic of 1 point. Obviously, big man did not convince the coaching staff of his need for Minsk.

Jared Ogungbemi-Jackson is responsible for scoring points in Minsk. The Canadian-Jamaican point guard brings his team an average of 15.4 ppg. — this is by a margin the best indicator in the Belarusian team and the 11th indicator in the entire competition.

Also a big danger comes from Daniil Kosko (10.7 points + 4.6 rebounds) and Grigory Motovilov (9.3 points + 2.3 assists).

Zenit has met with Minsk (formerly Tsmoki-Minsk) 17 times in the history of the VTB United League. So far, Minsk has not been able to please their fans even once in the confrontation with our team — 17-0 in favor of blue-whites.

Of these 17 victories, 9 were won on the road, and 8 more were won at home.