Khimki M. VS Unics Kazan ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )
PREVIEW & TIPS Khimki M. VS Unics Kazan
Khimky MR – Unics – In the derby of the 21st round of the regional VTB league, the Euroleague and the five-placed Khimky (9-8) are waiting for the second-placed Unicsa from Kazan (14-1), who has minimally got the first session this season on their field with 80:79. Unics got three of the last five matches.
Khimki M. News
Unlike Euroleague, where they have already won placement in the play-off, Khimkiya’s team does not flourish in the domestic championship-VTB league this season. In the last five games, in fact, they lost three, and in the last lap, two weeks ago, defeated at home at Kazakhstan Astana with 79:84. In the absence of Shveda, who with 22.5 points per match was the first shooter of the VTB League, then Honeycutta, Sokolov, Zubkov, Todorovic, Gill and Robinson, the best was Vialtsev with 17 points.
After the triumph of Turkish Anadolu Efes definitively won placement in play-off, last week’s derby in the Russian derby was defeated in Euroleague by CSKA with 73:90, and with 20 points and eight assists the best was Shved. The “Armies” in that match completely overcame and caught as many as 15 jumps in the attack, out of a total of 33. They collected only 21 rebounds, and the jump game will have to be at a much higher level. CSC did not play hurt Honeycutt, Sokolov, Zubkov and Anderson.
Credible initial composition Khimkiya: Shved, Markovic, Jankins, Gill, Thomas
Khimki M. VS Unics Kazan STATS
The hosts have played three important Euroleague duels in the past 10 days, when Unics retired after his departure from the Eurocup, out of which they lost only a domestic match against CSKA. However, surely these games of this trip to Tel Aviv and Istanbul left a mark on the host team, which could not provide a worthy resistance to CSKA.
Unics Kazan News
Unics is second-placed because he has played three games less than the CSKA leader (16-2) but is the least defeated team in the VTB league. They have only been defeated in their 9th round in their field just since CSKA, and for three months there have not been any matches in the VTB league for Eurocup. As they are in the final Eurocup series with 1-2 defeated German Bayerans, they are now faced with trying to secure a return to Euroliga, through which they played last season, through the VTB League.
Last season they lost both games in the VTB league against Khimkiya and were defeated and quite convincing – home with 73:98 and away 70:87. These seasons play much better and even if they fall into another position, all the way to the finals will have the advantage of a domestic pitch. This is very important in the effort to come to the finals because in case CSKA is a champion, again as a finalist of the VTB League, as well as two seasons ago, won the return to Euroleague. With only 72.5 points received, they are the best defense, and with 86 points scored they are the second attack on the VTB League.
Credible initial composition of Unic: Colom, Smith, Lockett, Lasme, Ndour