LiontipsSamara - Zenit. Betting Tip and bets on the match of the VTB United League
Command Analysis
Current form
Samara has lost its main players and continues to fall in the tournament table. At the moment, Vladislav Konovalov's team is in tenth place in the tournament table and risks letting MBA get ahead. The advantage over the Moscow team is only one victory.
Samara is approaching the confrontation with Zenit with a 5-match losing streak. The last time it won was in early December, when it defeated Lokomotiv-Kuban with a minimum score. In the previous round, Samara lost to Uralmash (64:68) on the road.
Disqualifications and injuries
Will not play: Platonov.
Interesting facts for betting
Samara looks very unconvincing in attack right now. Even on their home court, Konovalov's charges are not impressive in their scoring performance. For example, in their last three home games they have not scored more than 73 points.
Estimated lineup : Kardanakhishvili – Pynko, Amosov – Goldyrev, Popov
Current form
Zenit made another misfire. That time, Javier Pascual's charges lost to UNICS on the road (71:75). This was the second failure in matches with this opponent in recent times. At the end of last year, the team from St. Petersburg lost to this opponent at home (76:79).
Despite all the failures, Zenit remained in second place in the tournament table. The team has 18 won matches. According to additional indicators, it is ahead of UNICS.
Disqualifications and injuries
Questionable: Bacon, Fraser.
Interesting facts for betting
Zenit has never lost in Samara. The team has won all matches in this city and is not going to change anything now.
Tentative line-up: Moon – Zhbanov, Karasev – Spellman, Hunter.
Trends
Bet 1st quarter. Zenit win
In the last three head-to-head meetings, the St. Petersburg team won the opening segment
1.45Bet 1st quarter: total under 40.5 points
In the last three head-to-head meetings, no more than 40 points were scored in the opening quarter.
1.75Tip and bets
Zenit continues to use its favorite tactics. Javier Pascual's charges act very cautiously and are in no hurry to rush forward. In the previous match against Samara, a total of 153 points were scored. And the rest of the battles with this opponent did not please with the results.
It is also worth remembering that Samara is currently in a deep crisis. In general, we do not believe that the duel will be a high-flying one.
Our prediction is total under 158.5 points for 1.8
Bet on the outcome
No matter how bad Samara's playing form is, we don't believe in a rout. Zenit isn't impressing with its spectacular play right now either. The hosts should hold out on their home court.
Betting Tip - Samara with a handicap (+20.5) points for 1.75
Bet on statistics
Zenit does not always manage to show a productive game. This is not surprising, because the team acts slowly. We expect that now the guests will not run forward.
Betting Tip - Zenit: total under 82.5 points for 1.78
