As part of the group stage of the VTB United League Super Cup, Serbian Partizan will play against Lokomotiv Kuban from Krasnodar.
"Partisan"On the fifth of September, Partizan held a friendly match against the modest Sloga, which plays in the Basketball League of Serbia.
The team from Belgrade easily beat their opponent in each quarter, which allowed them to finish the meeting with a crushing score of 108:83. The next day Partizan played a friendly match with Borac club from Chachak. This meeting was held with a large rotation of the squad and eventually ended with a score of 84:94 in favor of Borac. On the ninth of September, Vlado Shchepanovich's wards held another friendly match, this time the Spanish Fuenlabrada was in the competition. In this meeting, the team from Spain was stronger with a score of 84:98. On September 11, Partizan held a test match with another Spanish team, Joventud. The Serbian club played unsuccessfully again and this time lost with a big score of 62:92. On September 13, Partizan played a friendly match against Barcelona, where the team from Belgrade finally showed a good game, which allowed it to succeed with a score of 81:75. Partizan played their last friendly match against another Spanish club, Manresa. In this meeting, initially the players of the Serbian club did not play, but closer to the middle of the match, Partizan added and eventually won a crushing victory with the score 98:96 (22:34; 21:19; 27:24; 28:19).
"Locomotive-Kuban"On the third of September, Lokomotiv-Kuban had a tough friendly match against Runa from Moscow, in which they were able to win thanks to a successful three-point throw by Fedor Klyuchnikov at the end of the match.
The final score is 89:86. On the seventh of September, the Krasnodar club played a match at the Gloria Cup tournament against the Turkish Tofash, in which it was able to win with a score of 75:68. The second match at the Lokomotiv-Kuban tournament was held on the ninth of September, this time the Turkish Anadolu Efes was in the competition. The meeting ended with the defeat of Krasnodar with a score of 63:74. Then, on September tenth, Lokomotiv-Kuban held a friendly match against Turk Telecom. In the first quarter, the wards of Alexander Sekulich could not resist the onslaught of the opponent and eventually lost with a double-digit difference, and in the future, no matter how "Lokomotiv-Kuban" tried, but it was not possible to win back against a strong opponent. As a result, Krasnodar lost the match with a score of 68:82. On September 13, Lokomotiv-Kuban held a friendly match against another Turkish club, Bakhchesehir Kolezhi, this time the Russian club was defeated with a score of 61:86. On September 15, the Krasnodar team played a test match against the Turkish Karshiyak. In this match, Lokomotiv-Kuban again played unsuccessfully and lost with a score of 71:85. The last friendly match, which was on September 18, Lokomotiv-Kuban played against the Serbian Crvena Zvezda. The teams drew the first quarter, but later the Serbs managed to break through the defense of the Krasnodar club and win the second quarter. After a long break, Lokomotiv-Kuban gradually reduced the gap in the score, but in the end could not save the match. As a result, Krasnodar lost with the score 69:73 (17:17; 17:25; 21:18; 14:13).
Personal meetingsThe last time Lokomotiv-Kuban and Partizan met each other on December 22 last year as part of the European Cup.
The meeting ended with the victory of Krasnodar with a score of 101:94.
ForecastBoth clubs showed a stubborn struggle in the friendly matches that took place in September, and therefore they are unlikely to slow down in the games at the VTB United League Super Cup.
"Lokomotiv-Kuban" and "Partizan" are able to show bright basketball, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 154.5 points on the total.
