Samara - Zenit. Betting Tip for the match of the VTB United League

International

BC Samara

Russian Federation

VTB United League

8 January 05:00 UTC

BC Zenit

Russian Federation

On January 8, Samara will make another attempt to break its impressive losing streak, but its opponent will be very formidable. Will the home walls help the team in the confrontation with Zenit? The bets and betting tip will give the answer to this question

BC Samara vs BC Zenit Prediction and Betting Tips (08.01.2025)

Command Analysis

BC Samara

Russian Federation

Current form

Samara has lost its main players and continues to fall in the tournament table. At the moment, Vladislav Konovalov's team is in tenth place in the tournament table and risks letting MBA get ahead. The advantage over the Moscow team is only one victory.

Samara is approaching the confrontation with Zenit with a 5-match losing streak. The last time it won was in early December, when it defeated Lokomotiv-Kuban with a minimum score. In the previous round, Samara lost to Uralmash (64:68) on the road.

Disqualifications and injuries

Will not play: Platonov.

Interesting facts for betting

Samara looks very unconvincing in attack right now. Even on their home court, Konovalov's charges are not impressive in their scoring performance. For example, in their last three home games they have not scored more than 73 points.

Estimated lineup : Kardanakhishvili – Pynko, Amosov – Goldyrev, Popov

BC Zenit

Russian Federation

Current form

Zenit made another misfire. That time, Javier Pascual's charges lost to UNICS on the road (71:75). This was the second failure in matches with this opponent in recent times. At the end of last year, the team from St. Petersburg lost to this opponent at home (76:79).

Despite all the failures, Zenit remained in second place in the tournament table. The team has 18 won matches. According to additional indicators, it is ahead of UNICS.

Disqualifications and injuries

Questionable: Bacon, Fraser.

Interesting facts for betting

Zenit has never lost in Samara. The team has won all matches in this city and is not going to change anything now.

Tentative line-up: Moon – Zhbanov, Karasev – Spellman, Hunter.

Trends

Bet 1st quarter. Zenit win

In the last three head-to-head meetings, the St. Petersburg team won the opening segment

1.45

Bet 1st quarter: total under 40.5 points

In the last three head-to-head meetings, no more than 40 points were scored in the opening quarter.

1.75

Tip and bets

1.81Total under 158.5

Zenit continues to use its favorite tactics. Javier Pascual's charges act very cautiously and are in no hurry to rush forward. In the previous match against Samara, a total of 153 points were scored. And the rest of the battles with this opponent did not please with the results.

It is also worth remembering that Samara is currently in a deep crisis. In general, we do not believe that the duel will be a high-flying one.

Our prediction is total under 158.5 points for 1.8

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1.75Samara with a handicap (+20.5)

Bet on the outcome

No matter how bad Samara's playing form is, we don't believe in a rout. Zenit isn't impressing with its spectacular play right now either. The hosts should hold out on their home court.

Betting Tip - Samara with a handicap (+20.5) points for 1.75

Bet on statistics

Zenit does not always manage to show a productive game. This is not surprising, because the team acts slowly. We expect that now the guests will not run forward.

Betting Tip - Zenit: total under 82.5 points for 1.78

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