In the match of the regular season of the VTB United League, Krasnoyarsk Yenisei will host Nizhny Novgorod on its site.
"Yenisei"In preparation for the new season, the Krasnoyarsk club actively worked on friendly tournaments in Turkey, and also played several test matches.
In Turkey, Yenisei played from the sixth to the 17th of September and showed controversial results. It all started with the defeat of "Bursaspor" - 68:79 (11:18; 20:25; 20:20; 17:16). On the eighth, the Krasnoyarsk club lost to "Turk Telecom" - 72:80 (18:24; 17:24; 17:14; 20:18). On the tenth of September, Yenisei lost again, this time to Tofash" - 60:63 (15:14; 15:17; 17:20; 13:12). 14 The Yenisei numbers were pretty much inferior to Anadolu Ephesus, but it was quite expected – 65:83 (14:24; 16:18; 21:21; 14:20). 16 September "Yenisei" lost again, but this time the Krasnoyarsk club gave a good fight to the Serbian "Crvena Zvezda" - 71:72 (17:19; 21:19; 20:13; 13:21). And on the 17th "Yenisei" drew with "Pinar Karshiyakoy" - 72:72 (17:17; 19:20; 16:10; 20:25).
Also, Yenisei played two matches against the Novosibirsk team, which is inferior in class to the Krasnoyarsk club. On the 27th, Yenisei turned out to be stronger with a score of 88:85 from (15:16; 26:16; 15:25; 20:19; 12:9. And on September 27, the Krasnoyarsk club has already won a crushing victory with the score 97:68 (25:22; 26:8; 21:16; 25:22).
"Nizhny Novgorod"And the Nizhny Novgorod club was mainly preparing for the matches of the new season in Russia.
Recall that Nizhny Novgorod played at the Kondrashin and Belov Cup on September 17 and 18. In the semifinals of the tournament, the team immediately got to CSKA Moscow, to which it lost with a crushing score of 60:96. And in the match for the third place, Nizhny Novgorod lost to the IBA in a hard struggle with a score of 66:69.
After that, Nizhny Novgorod went to Samara for the Primatov Cup. In the semifinals of the tournament Nizhny Novgorod played against Perm Parma. Zoran Lukic's team again played a very difficult match, but still it turned out to be stronger with a score of 85:82. At the same time, the victory at Nizhny Novgorod turned out to be strong-willed, after the first quarter Parma led with an advantage of 15 points. And in the final of the tournament, Nizhny Novgorod lost to Samara in a very hard struggle with a score of 87:91. In this match, Divine Miles and Evgeny Baburin played well for the Nizhny Novgorod club, who scored 17 points each.
Nizhny Novgorod and Yenisei last played against each other on March 20 as part of the VTB United League regular season. Then the Krasnoyarsk club on its site turned out to be stronger with the score 87:79 (20:29; 28:14; 23:15; 16:21).
ForecastIn this match, "Yenisei" is considered a small favorite among bookmakers.
The Krasnoyarsk club should have a special mood for the first home match of the new season, and therefore we also suggest that you bet on the victory of Yenisei.