Zenit - Lokomotiv-Kuban. Betting Tip for the match of the VTB United League
On January 11, the central match of that game day will be the meeting between Zenit and Lokomotiv-Kuban. The Krasnodar team lost the last match, while the team from St. Petersburg won. What will happen now? Bets and betting tip will give the answer to this question
Match announcement
BC Zenit
Current form
After the failure in Kazan, Javier Pascual's charges went to Samara. This time, luck was on their side and they won with a score of 103:54. Xavier Moon showed himself to be excellent in Zenit. The American managed to score 18 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. His actions helped the team to a confident victory.
Thanks to the success in Samara, Zenit retained the second place. Javier Pascual's charges have won 19 matches, but they are ahead of UNICS only on additional indicators.
Disqualifications and injuries
Doubtful: Fraser, Bacon
Interesting facts for betting
Zenit is one of the best home teams of the current season. On its home court, it won 9 out of 11 matches. Javier Pascual's charges lost only to UNICS and Lokomotiv-Kuban.
Tentative line-up: Moon – Zhbanov, Karasev – Spellman, Hunter.
Lokomotiv Kuban
Current form
Lokomotiv-Kuban made another mistake. That time the team lost to Parma at home. Before the start of the match, the Krasnodar team was considered the favorite of the confrontation, but despite this, they lost with a score of 77:82. The team's most productive player was Carvel Anderson. He started the match from the bench, but this did not prevent him from scoring 16 points.
Lokomotiv-Kuban continues to occupy the fourth place in the tournament table. Andrey Vedischev's charges have won 17 matches so far.
Disqualifications and injuries
Lokomotiv-Kuban has no personnel problems.
Interesting facts for betting
Lokomotiv-Kuban is having a hard time playing in St. Petersburg. The Krasnodar team has lost 3 of their last 4 head-to-head encounters in this city.
Probable lineup: Miller – Anderson, Uzinsky – BJ Johnson, Martyuk.
Trends
Bet 1st quarter. Victory of Lokomotiv-Kuban
In 2 of the last 3 head-to-head meetings, Krasnodar won the opening segment
1.98Bet 1st quarter: total under 40.5 points
In 2 of the last 3 head-to-head meetings, more than 40 points were not scored in the first quarter
1.75Tip and bets
Once again, we suggest betting on a low-scoring outcome. Zenit has repeatedly proven that it is not going to act aggressively and approaches matches very carefully. Defense is always in first place for Javier Pascual's team and it is unlikely that the match with a key rival will be played differently. Most likely, the hosts will try to extinguish the attacking ardor of the guests, so we do not believe in high scoring. The opponents should not score more than 158 points.
Our prediction is total under 158.5 points at 1.75
Bet on the outcome
Zenit plays hard against its main rivals. If the team wins, it does so by a few points. It is quite possible that it will not be able to crush Lokomotiv-Kuban.
Betting Tip - Lokomotiv-Kuban with a handicap of (+8.5) points for 1.65
Bet on statistics
The St. Petersburg team is doing well in terms of attack. In 3 of the last 4 home games, Zenit has not scored less than 80 points. Most likely, nothing will change in the confrontation with Lokomotiv-Kuban.
Betting Tip - Zenit: total over 80.5 points for 1.78