As part of the group stage of the VTB United League Super Cup, Serbian club Mega will play against CSKA Moscow.
"Mega"On the third of September, Mega held a friendly match with the Turkish club Karshiyaka.
Throughout all quarters, the participants showed almost equal results, as a result, the meeting ended in a draw with the score 82:82 (24:20, 21:24, 18:22, 19:16). On the eighth of September, the Serbs played against the Overtime team at the opening of the Stevan Jelovac Memorial tournament. Throughout the match, both teams showed an equal game, but at the end of the meeting, the wards of Marko Baracha broke through the opponent's defense and won the match with a score 90:87 (24:26, 22:22, 26:22, 18:17). On the ninth of September, Mega fought with the Meridian team for the first place in the tournament. In this match, Mega won a fairly easy victory, confidently beating the opponent after the first quarter in each of the subsequent segments. Final score - 83:62 (23:25, 18:9, 22:16, 20:12). The last game of the club took place on September 15 against the Turkish "Bursaspor". In the first quarter, the wards of Marko Baracha showed a mediocre game, allowing the opponent to break away by seven points. In the second segment, Mega again did not show a high-quality game on the court, and therefore Bursaspor added seven more points to the gap. The third quarter again was no different from the previous ones, Bursaspor was much stronger and continued to confidently increase its advantage. Only in the final part of the match "Mega" was able to show a good result and finish the segment in a draw. As a result, the Serbs were defeated with the score 71:99 (19:26, 18:28, 16:27, 18:18).
CSKACSKA held the first match of the group stage of the VTB United League Super Cup yesterday against Kazan UNICS.
In the first quarter, both teams showed an equal game, going nose to nose. As a result, the first leg ended in a draw. The beginning of the second quarter also took place in an equal struggle of the teams, but closer to the middle of the segment, the Muscovites managed to break through the opponent's defense, as a result, they were able to break away by nine points. After a long break, Kazan were able to equalize the overall score in the match. The further course of the game again turned into an almost equal struggle with the minimal advantage of Emil Raikovich's team, but after the middle of the segment, CSKA regained control of the game and broke out at the end by 14 points ahead in the overall score. In the final part of the match, the UNICS players were able to show a decent fight, beating their opponent in the quarter, but this was not enough for them to win. CSKA turned out to be stronger with the score 76:71 (17:17; 20:11; 27:22; 12:21). Anton Astapkovich is worth mentioning from the CSKA squad. He scored 18 points and made nine rebounds.
ForecastBoth clubs score quite a good number of points in their games.
Moreover, the Serbs are unlikely to be able to stubbornly resist the pressure of Muscovites. CSKA has to show good and attacking basketball, and therefore we suggest that you put more than 157.5 points on the total.
