CSKA — Zenit, 10 December 2023

Hurry up!

A pleasant moment for the club: there are very few tickets left for the match. The lower sector was sold out a long time ago, about a week before the start of the game, and in the central sectors of the upper tier the best places were almost all sold out. So we are looking forward to a cool, hot atmosphere on these cold days. Hurry up to buy the remaining tickets. And don’t forget to come early so as not to freeze in the queues at the entrance!

Familiar and high quality

“Zenit is our well-known rival, they have really deep roster with quality players,” said CSKA head coach Emil Rajkovic. “They started the season with many injuries, but now our opponents finally have most of their players back, and they are playing really good basketball in the last rounds. For us it will be essential to play good defense on pick-n-rolls, limit their creation and control the rebound. I think we are in good rhythm so we will try our best to defend our home court and extend our lead in the standings. I also think that we can expect a very interesting game, and we will have a lot of fans here in Megasport that will give us extra energy to play.”

The red-blues held only two training sessions before the game - on Friday in Krylatskoye and on Saturday at Megasport. Newcomer Sergei Klyuev has already joined the team and may be included in Sunday's lineup.

Past matchups

Wins-losses: 32-13 (5-0 in EuroLeague, 18-0 against Triumph Lyubertsy)

Games of the 2023-24 VTB United League season:

08-Oct-2023. 1st stage. Zenit - CSKA: 76-80 (+4)

Brief dossier

Zenit St.Petersburg, Russia

Founded: 2014
Colors: dark-blue, white, light-blue
Homecourt: SIBUR Arena (7,120)
CEO: Alexander Tserkovny
Head coach: Xavi Pascual
Website: bc-zenit.com