Lokomotiv Kuban vs CSKA. Match of the day in VTB United League

On October 13, Lokomotiv Kuban will host CSKA on the floor of the Basket Hall Arena in Krasnodar. The match will be held as part of the regular season of the VTB United League 2022/23.

• Expert Predictions Analysis
• Lokomotiv Kuban vs CSKA facts
• History of the confrontation
• Odds
• Game Totals Prediction

Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Lokomotiv Kuban vs CSKA

Lokomotiv Kuban

In the VTB United League 2022/23, the “railroad workers” began their journey with defeats from the MBA on their territory with a score of 73:86. A painful event, since the opponent last season played only in the Super League of Russia. Then Loko made the right conclusions and got a home win over Samara (79:70). At the moment, Kuban is only eighth in the competition table. Jaylen Burford is averaging 26 points per game and he is very good at steals. Also commendable are the Kvitkovskys, Willis, Martyuk and Shcherbenev.

CSKA

Muscovites hold the blow. Last season, the club lost a lot of bright stars, in addition to these events, Muscovites did not become champions of the VTB United League 2021/22. Envious people unanimously began to shout that the end of CSKA's hegemony had come, but not everything is so simple and you should not draw hasty conclusions.

The new season of CSKA in the VTB United League began with a victory over Samara with a score of 85:72. Further, the "soldiers" devastatingly defeated Tsmoki-Minsk at home 107:63. At the moment, Muscovites are leading the standings of the competition, and critics are silent. The Swede averages 20.5 points and 6 assists per match. Milutinov delivers 14.5 points to the opponent, and collects 7.5 balls on the backboard per meeting. Davidovac has ten points and eight rebounds, Antonov has 10/7.

History of the confrontation

The clubs had a chance to compete six times last season. They crossed twice in the regular season of the VTB United League (two wins for CSKA), and then had four fights in the semifinals. This series was won by the "soldiers" with a score of 3:1. If we take a cut of ten extreme confrontations between clubs, then here it will be 8:2 in terms of positive results in favor of the Moscow basketball players.

Odds from download 1xbet

Both the past and the present speak in favor of the guests. Bookmakers willingly believe in it. Only 1.24 is paid for the victory of the guests. Bets on the hosts' winnings are multiplied by 4.52. Total under 160.5 is rated at 1.94. Breaking through this cutoff costs 1.96. The odds for Away 2 (-8.5) is 1.94. Install the 1xbet app and place a bet on the favorite!

Game Totals Prediction

The locomotive is still looking for its new basketball, hence some instability of the results. CSKA is already in full order with this moment. The guests, no matter how trite it may sound, will get a positive result in the class, but the hosts will fight to the end, although the battle will end without a valid handicap 2 (-6) ending. The match promises to be fun, with the active work of basketball players in the attack to the delight of the audience - Total over (160.5).