BCK vs ZEN Dream11 EuroLeague | BCK Khimki vs Zenit Saint Petersburg

BCK vs ZEN Dream11 Match Prediction

BCK vs ZEN Dream11: In an all-Russian affair in EuroLeague, BCK Khimki play host to Zenit Saint Petersburg in round-18 at Khimki Basketball Center on Friday night (IST). Khimki are 9th on the points table and can finish the round in the play-off positions with a win in this game, while Zenit are down at the foot of the table, and come into this game on the back of two straight defeats. Who will come out on top in this game?

Form and recent results:

BCK Khimki lost the last two games against CSKA Moscow and ASVEL. In fact, they have lost three times in the last four EuroLeague games.
But Khimki are leading the charge int he VTB United League, having won 12 times in the first 13 matches.
A win here for Khimki, coupled with a defeat for Crvenz Zvezda, will take them into the playoff positions.
Zenit Saint Petersburg are at the bottom of the EuroLeague table.
They have lost four times in the last five EuroLeague matches.

Head-to-head:

This will be only the second meeting between these two regional opponents since 2000 with BCK Khimki winning in that game.

Match Basics:

Host: BCK Khimki
Visitors: Zenit Saint Petersburg
Match Timing: January 10, @ 10:30 PM
Venue: Khimki Basketball Centre

BCK Khimki vs Zenit Saint Petersburg team news:

BCK Khimki team news:
Status out: Center Timofey Mozgov is not on BKC Khimki‘s active roster as he recovers from an injury. Anthony Gill has been ruled out indefinitely with a nose fracture.
Status Questionable: Alexey Shved missed the last game for Khimki due to an illness and should return for this game.

BCK Khimki active roster: Alexey Shved, Janis Timma, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Sergey Karasev, Andrey Desyatnikov, Jeremy Evans, Devon Booker, Chris Kramer, Egor Vyaltsev, Sergei Monia, Dairis Bertans, Stefan Jovic, Jonas Jerebko

Zenit Saint Petersburg team news:
Status out: Gustavo Ayon will miss the game for the visitors.
Status Questionable: Anton Ponkrashov sat out the last game with an injury and is a doubt here.
Note: Andrey Zubkov is back to full fitness from a thigh injury and will be available for selection, while Konstantin Shevchuk is expected to make his EuroLeague debut for Zenit in this game.

Zenit Saint Petersburg active roster: Tim Abromaitis, Will Thomas, Colton Iverson, Dmitry Khvostov, Mateusz Ponitka, Konstantin Shevchuk, Autin Hollins, Andrew Albicy, Andrey Zubkov, Vladislav Trushkin, Anton Pushkov

BCK vs ZEN Dream11 starting five:

BCK Khimki:
PF: Janis Timma
SF: Alexey Shved
C: Devin Booker
PG: Stefan Jovic
SG: Dairis Bertans

Zenit Saint Petersburg:
PF: Tim Abromaitis
SF: Will Thomas
C: Colton Iverson
PG: Dmitry Khvostov
SG: Mateusz Ponitka

Likely to feature from the bench:

BCK Khimki: Chris Kramer, Jeremy Evans, Jonas Jerebko, Sergei Monia, Sergey Karasev
Zenit Saint Petersburg: Konstantin Shevchuk, Autin Hollins, Andrew Albicy, Andrey Zubkov, Vladislav Trushkin, Anton Pushkov

BCK vs ZEN Dream11 teams:

PG: S Jovic, A Albicy
SG: A Shved (SP), D Bertans, A Hollins
SF: J Timma
PF: W Thomas
C: D Booker

Team 2: (If Shved doesn’t play)

PG: S Jovic
SG: D Bertans, A Hollins
SF: J Timma, M Ponitka
PF: W Thomas (SP), J Jerebko
C: D Booker