In a regular season game Perm will host Kazakhstan.
December 17, Thursday
PARMA (Russia) vs Astana (Kazakhstan)
Time: 19:30 (17:30 МSК)
Place: Russia, Perm, UDS Molot
Broadcast: TV Start
Odds by Fonbet: PARMA — 1,33, Astana — 3,30
PARMA: This year PARMA have already beaten Astana, in a bright and high-scoring game Perm scored 100 points, 40 of them were scored by Adas Juskevicius and Nikolai Zhmako. For Zhmako that game was career-high (19 points), the Ural forward hasn’t beat it yet. For PARMA this game is really important, by a New Year they will have to play against another straight rivals (Zielona Gora), thus 2 wins in these two games will help them outpace the rivals significantly.
Astana: However, for Kazakhstan this game is even more important. Their next opponents are Zenit that will be an obvious front runner so Astana have to gain the victory right here and right now. Game against PARMA will be 7th away out of 9 overall for Emil Raikovikj’s squad, Astana can take a deep breath only in late December, they will have 3 home games in a row. Considering that Astana is a home team it’s too early to write them off, although the opponents aren’t a piece of cake, besides Zenit it’s Zielona Gora and Lokomotiv-Kuban.
