St. Petersburg will host regular season game on Monday.
Zenit (Saint Petersburg) vs. Uralmash (Yekaterinburg)
Time: 19:30 (Moscow time)
Place: Russia, St. Petersburg, CSC Arena
Broadcast: Match! Igra, VK Video, VTB League website
Zenit: At the start of the season, the St. Petersburg team faced injuries. Three key players are currently out: Nenad Dimitrijevic, Trent Frazier and Sergey Karasev. This has had a significant impact on Zenit’s results. The team lost to direct rivals UNICS and CSKA, and now in an unusually low 6th place. The hosts need to improve the place in the upcoming game. Just recently in the Winline Basket Cup game, Aleksander Sekulic’s team confidently defeated Uralmash in Yekaterinburg. Now the team has to repeat that in the VTB League.
Uralmash: Zenit shares sixth place in the standings with Uralmash. So the upcoming game will be important for both teams. The guests are also suffering from injuries. Octavius Ellis, Tyrell Nelson and Yauheni Beliankou missed the last game. But despite these problems, the Yekaterinburg team showed character at the start of the season. Uralmash has already managed to beat Lokomotiv Kuban on the road and fought with UNICS. So, this game is unlikely to be an easy walk for Zenit. The guests has enough talented players capable of bringing Uralmash win.
