In the match of the regular season of the VTB United League, Avtodor Saratov will host Astana from Kazakhstan on its site.
AvtodorOn September 24, Avtodor played a friendly match against the Moscow club Runa.
In this match, the club from Saratov showed far from the best basketball in its performance and eventually lost to the Moscow team with a score of 71:83. The next day, the team played a test match against the IBA. In the first two quarters, the wards of Nebojsa Vidic played on equal terms with their opponent, but in the end they did not have enough strength to demonstrate a good game, which is why they lost the match with a score of 79:99. These matches were played in Moscow. On September 27 and 29, Avtodor played two friendly matches against Parma Perm. In the first meeting, the Saratov team could not put up a decent resistance. In the first two quarters, the team showed a rather weak game. Only in the last two quarters the club managed to gather its strength. The final score is 75:89. In the second match, Avtodor was able to take revenge. In the first quarter, Saratov demonstrated a rather poor game, which is why their opponent pulled 11 points ahead in the overall score. In the second quarter, the club showed a great team game and made a breakthrough with a score of 13:0. As a result of the second segment, Avtodor managed to break away by five points. In the third quarter, the rival of the Saratov club demonstrated a more successful defensive game, but this did not stop Vidic's wards. They were able to add another five points to their lead. In the final part of the match, both opponents showed an equal game, but still the club from Saratov managed to win the final segment with a difference of two points. Final score – 90:78 (14:25; 26:10; 26:21; 24:22).
"Astana"On September 29 and 30, Astana held friendly matches against Barca Atyrau.
In the first match, the team showed a pretty good game. In the first half of the match, the team from Astana did not show a confident game, allowing the opponent to leave for a long break with an advantage of four points. But in the next two quarters, Oleg Kiselyov's wards demonstrated a great team game. As a result, this allowed Astana to defeat its opponent with a score of 92:59. In the second match, Astana showed a good result again. In the first quarter, she was able to present a pretty good game compared to her opponent, going ahead by four points in the overall score. In the second quarter, the clubs demonstrated an equal struggle, but Oleg Kiselyov's wards managed to add two more points to the gap. In the third segment, the teams did not show an active game in attack, but the club from Astana again added three points to the gap. In the final part of the match, "Atyrau Bars" also did not demonstrate an aggressive game, thus, "Astana" managed to win with a score 77:64 (18:14; 21:19; 17:14; 21:17). Dmitry Gavrilov stood out from the Astana squad in this game, scoring 17 points.
Astana and Avtodor last played against each other on March 20 as part of the last season of the VTB United League regular season. Then Avtodor in Kazakhstan won a landslide victory with the score 84:61 (12:16; 23:20; 19:14; 30:11).
ForecastIn this match, Avtodor is considered by bookmakers to be a fairly clear favorite.
The team from Saratov, although they did not play the pre-season matches in the best way, but Astana is far from the most serious opponent. With their fans in the opening match, the Saratov team must win, and therefore we also suggest that you bet on Avtodor.