CSKA — Uralmash, 25 September 2024

Promising stability

How does a "second tier" team usually differ from a top team? In the summer, as a rule, it loses all those who brought results in the previous season. If you look at the matter from this point of view, Uralmash even nominally claims recognition. Why not? Last spring, the Yekaterinburg team made it to the playoffs and almost knocked Zenit out of the quarterfinals - it was very close. After that, the team not only retained key foreigners - Stanley Whittaker, Javonte Douglas, Tyrell Nelson and Octavius ​​Ellis, but also brought one of the leaders of Enisey, an elite defensive specialist, productive guard Jeremiah Martin. Yes, Ellis got injured the other day – and the club was immediately strengthened by Johnny O’Bryant, who has solid experience playing in the NBA and VTB League. Even without the newcomer who has not yet arrived, the Urals team confidently defeated Samara at the start of the season. So we advise you to follow Rostislav Vergun’s team closely – they are seriously determined to break into the closed club of the Russian elite.

“This is a very crucial game for us”, CSKA head coach Andreas Pistiolis said. “I consider Uralmash as one of the top teams in the league. They have good roster, good coach, and they always bring 100 percent in these types of games. We have to play our best basketball and with the help of our fans it will let us go away with the win.”

CSKA fans will also be interested in following the adaptation of 21-year-old forward Oleg Akramov, who is playing for Uralmash on loan. The Red-Blues' alumnus did not have time to prove himself in the preseason due to injury, but there are more than enough games ahead.

Remained in Megasport

The Red-Blues' opponent in the first round was more serious, but the court was home, and this was one of the factors in the victory over UNICS. We hope that this factor will work on Thursday, tickets, as always, are available on our website.

Speaking of the heroes of the past Saturday, the VTB League noted Aleksa Avramovic by choosing him in the Team of the Week, and the Red-Blues' fans named Amath M'Baye, who showed the highest efficiency rate (23), as the best player of the game. The Muscovites got a day off after the game, returning to the Megasport parquet on Monday. Nikita Mikhailovskii, who was unable to get to the arena on Saturday due to illness, has recovered, but is not yet taking part in practices.

Past matchups

Win/loss ratio: 2-0

Games of the 2023-24 season

03-Nov-2023. Uralmash - CSKA: 73-86 (+13)
21-Jan-2024. CSKA - Uralmash: 88-70 (+17)

Brief dossier

Uralmash Ekaterinburg
Founded: 1960
Colors: orange, black, green
Home arena: Palace of Team Sports (5,000)
President: Viktor Ganienko
Head coach: Rostislav Vergun
Website: bcuralmash.ru
Trophy case: 2-time SuperLeague champion (2022, 2023), SuperLeague vice-champion (2021), SuperLeague-2 bronze winner (2018), SuperLeague-3 champion (2017)