LiontipsZenit - Samara: betting tip and bets for the VTB United League match
Command Analysis
Current form
Zenit played a great last leg. Javier Pascual's men are properly prepared for the fights. First, they defeated CSKA (79:66), and then removed UNICS from their path (92:83). In the last match, the team from St. Petersburg did not leave any chances for Astana (86:63).
All the successes allowed Zenit to strengthen its position in the standings. Javier Pascual's team is on the second line and is inferior to CSKA in terms of additional indicators.
Disqualifications and injuries
Won't play: Moon.
Interesting facts for betting
In the last three face-to-face meetings, Zenit beat Samara by a margin of 30 or more points. St. Petersburg residents are quite successful in duels with this opponent.
Approximate composition: Fraser – Karasev, Bacon — Vorontsevich, Hunter.
Current form
Samara has reached the penultimate line. The departure of the foreign players did not have the best effect on the team, because it loses too often. For example, she approaches the confrontation with Zenit with a 4-match series of defeats. In recent matches, Samara lost to Uralmash (65:85) and Avtodor (74:90).
The season is already over for this team. Now Samara needs to think about strengthening the squad for next year.
Disqualifications and injuries
Questionable: Kulagin.
Interesting facts for betting
Samara has only won three times at home this season. She failed in the remaining 11 matches.
Approximate composition: Sopin – Chikarev, Amosov – Goldyrev, Zverev.
Trends
The rate is the 1st quarter. Zenit's victory
In the last three face-to-face meetings, the St. Petersburg team won the opening segment.
1.291st quarterbet: total less than 40.5 points
In 2 of the last 3 face-to-face meetings, no more than 40 points were scored in the opening quarter.
1.80Tip and bets
Zenit continues to skillfully use defensive tactics. Thanks to this, it was possible to defeat CSKA and UNICS. It is likely that the residents of St. Petersburg will not change anything in the confrontation with Samara. The latter very often do not please with effective actions, so there is a high probability that the opponents will not score more than 162 points.
Our betting tip is a total of less than 162.5 points in 1.77
Betting on the outcome
In recent face-to-face meetings, Zenit has regularly beaten Samara by a margin of 30 or more points. Considering the guests' playing form, we believe that nothing will change now.
Betting Tip — Zenit with a handicap (-29.5) points for 1.75
Betting on statistics
Zenit scored more than 80 points in most of the last matches. Samara has a weak defense, so Pascual's players should not perform worse.
Prediction — Zenit: total more than 80.5 points in 1.78
