As part of the opening meeting, the players of UNICS and Lokomotiv-Kuban will compete face-to-face for the 3rd place of the VTB Basketball United League. Which of the rivals will be able to start with a victory? Our sports portal gives a forecast for this game.
UNICS
The Kazan team started the series against Zenit St. Petersburg at a very solid level. It should be noted that UNICS won the opening meeting by showing its teeth to the opponent. However, after that, the "white-greens" began serious problems, and they suffered three defeats in a row. At the same time, the factor of their site did not help the hosts either, since today's hosts lost both matches on their own parquet, missing the chance to win the series, being the favorite of the entire confrontation.
"Locomotive-Kuban"
The Krasnodar team failed to defeat the capital CSKA in the previous round. Note that the Southerners looked very solid against the background of their opponent. They even managed to win the third match of the series when they met with the "army men" in Krasnodar, but Loko did not have enough for further exploits. "Railwaymen" lost to the opponent with a score of 1:3. In the upcoming match with UNICS, the Kuban team is also not considered the favorite of the battle, and it will be difficult for it to win even in the fights for the 3rd line of the VTB United League.
Statistics and figures:
- UNICS is the favorite of the meeting;
- The Kazan team lost 3 matches in a row;
- Lokomotiv-Kuban won twice in 5 matches;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the opponents ended with a score of 101:94 in favor of Lokomotiv in overtime.
Forecast
I don't expect incredible results from this meeting. Most likely, our bet will be in favor of a reduced total for the match. The first game between the clubs will be as accurate as possible. Opponents will not be able to break the threshold of 168.5 points.
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