CSKA — UNICS, 10 November 2022

PRE-GAME BREAKDOWN

It was not easy for Kazan side to maintain their leadership status. In the away game with Minsk they started off briskly, earned +18, but allowed their opponents to drag themselves into the difficult ending and prevailed with a modest score of 54-58. Nevertheless, eight wins is a record streak for UNICS at the start of the regular season.

The Red-Blues worked in Krylatskoye on Monday, after which they moved to Megasport for the next week - all training sessions before the meeting with Nizhny will also take place here. Only Semen Antonov, who is recovering from Achilles surgery, remains outside the roster.

PRE-GAME QUOTES

Emil Rajkovic, CSKA head coach:

UNICS is putting in a lot of energy both defensively and offensively, and this is a style of coach Perasovic. Their record tells about them, they are still unbeaten and they’ve defeated Zenit in St.Petersburg. Like always, they are a really good basketball team. I expect a real battle tomorrow, a physical game. We have to answer, to be physical and agile as well that will help us implement or game plan.

PAST MATCHUPS

Wins-losses: 82-23

CSKA biggest margin of victory: 102-54 (+48) (1997-98 Russian Championship. Quarterfinal)
UNICS biggest margin of victory: 113-77 (-36) (2000-01 Russian Superleague. Regular season. 2nd stage)

Games of 2021-22 Season:

07-Nov-2021. VTB League Regular Season. UNICS – CSKA: 69-64 (-5)
15-Dec-2021. EuroLeague. Regular Season. CSKA – UNICS: 67-88 (-21)
28-Jan-2022. EuroLeague. Regular Season. UNICS – CSKA: 75-86 (+11)
07-Feb-2022. VTB League Regular Season. CSKA – UNICS: 103-105 3ОТ (-2)

SHORT DOSSIER

UNICS Kazan

Founded: 1991
Color: green, black, white
Home court: Basket Hall (7,500)
President: Evgeny Bogachev
Head coach: Velimir Perasovic
Website: www.unics.ru
Trophy case:
- EuroCup winner (2011),
- FIBA Europe League winner (2004),
- 4-time Russian League runner-up (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007),
- 6-time Russian League bronze winner (2000, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011),
- NEBL champion (2003),
- 3-time Russian Cup winner (2003, 2009, 2014),
- 3-Russian Cup runner-up (2005, 2007, 2010),
- 3-time VTB United League runner-up (2010, 2012, 2016)