Kazan UNICS will play against Serbian Megi in the VTB United League Super Cup group stage match.
UNICSUNICS played a match against CSKA Moscow at the start of the group stage.
In the first quarter of the match, both clubs showed an equal fight, not allowing the opponent to go far ahead. As a result, the first leg of the match ended in a draw. In the first five minutes of the second quarter, the teams also did not allow their opponent to get ahead, but then the Muscovites managed to break through the Kazan defense. As a result, they managed to break away by nine points after the second leg of the match. In the third quarter, Velimir Perasovich's wards were rapidly closing the gap. Thus, by the third minute of the quarter, they managed to even the overall score in the game. After that, CSKA gathered its strength and again in the second half of the segment went far ahead of its opponent. At the end of the quarter, Muscovites were leading with an advantage of 14 points. At the beginning of the final part of the match, UNICS was rapidly reducing the score again, getting closer and closer to its opponent. But the team still could not catch up with their opponent, the gap was too big between the participants after the third part of the match. As a result, Kazan lost the match with the score 71:76 (17:17; 11:20; 22:27; 21:12). Jalen Reynolds stood out from the UNICS players. He scored 20 points and made eight rebounds.
"Mega"Mega, in turn, started at the group stage of the VTB United League Super Cup only yesterday, and CSKA Moscow also turned out to be its rivals.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Serbs could not resist the onslaught of their opponent, so in the middle of the segment they were already ten points behind. In the future, "Mega" managed to make a small breakthrough, but it did not greatly improve the situation. As a result, in the first part of the match, Muscovites went ahead by eight points in the overall score. At the beginning of the second quarter of the meeting, the wards of Marko Baracha again showed a mediocre game both in defense and in attack, but towards the end of the segment they again managed to make a breakthrough. As a result, the teams finished this part of the match in a draw. In the third quarter of the match, the Serbs could not put up a decent resistance to their opponent, allowing him to add 17 points to the gap. In the final part of the match, CSKA slowed down and did not show aggressive play in attack. It was a good chance for Megi to cut the score, but the Muscovites defended well. As a result, the teams drew the last quarter, and the Serbs were defeated with the score 101:76 (29:21; 25:25; 28:11; 19:19). Following the results of this match, Malkom Casalon can be noted in the Megi squad. He brought the team 16 points, made five rebounds and intercepted the ball three times.
ForecastBoth teams lost their opening matches to CSKA in the group stage of the VTB United League Super Cup, while the attack of UNICS and Megi left much to be desired.
In defense, Mega is also not very strong, and therefore, here, UNICS can still show a bright game in attack. We suggest that you bet more than 153.5 points on the total.
