A tough cookie for its opponents
Zenit's hopes to qualify to the Euroleague playoffs are not may, however, the Russian team -that debuted in the competition this season - proves to be lately a very tough cookie for its opponents!
They won on the road against Khmiki (81-83), bested Baskonia in St. Petersburg (72-66), while on the 20th round, they succumbed to Valencia at home (81-86).
Τhe brightest star:Gustavo Ayon! The titles the Mexican center has won (who was playing for Real Madrid for many consecutives seasons up to last summer) talk for themselves! Twice a European Champion (2015, 2018), winner of the Intercontinental Cup (2015) and the Spanish Super Cup (2018), four times a Champion of the ACB League (2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19) and three times winner of the Copa Del Rey (2015, 2016, 2017)! AllofthemwiththeRealMadridjersey!
Like a tourist: IncaseyougettotraveltotheRussian city to support our team, here are some tips. St. Petersburg(Leningradduring the Soviet Union era), is the second largest city and cultural capital of Russia. Ithasapopulationof 5.351.935, while UNESCO has included the whole city center as well as many of its suburbs in its Global Cultural Heritage list.
Must see:The main cultural attraction is the ErmitagePalace.It is of immense cultural value, not only because it's glorious palace of the czars, but mainly because it hosts more than 3 million works of art! There are also dozens of impressive churches that are worth visiting. TheChurchoftheSavior - Of the Running Blood, next to the Griboedovcanal, is one of the most noteworthy.
Must do:A boar tour of city canals! ThetypicalroutisthroughMoika, to the Neva to see the Peter and Paul fort and the battle shop Aurora and then via Fontanka.
Must eat: «Blini»! They look like pan cakes, are served in every café and are accompanied by various delicacies, like caviar, caramel, mushrooms, even berries. Youalsohavetotrythefamouspiroshky with various fillings, the borscht soup, the 'Olivje' Russian salad and beef Stroganoff. AccompanyyourmealsameastheRussians… Withashotoficecoldvodka!
Didyouknowthat...
* ZenitwonitsfirstEuroleaguegameagainstOlympiacosandattheSEFnonetheless…
* If VassilisSpanoulis starts the game, he will become the second player to made 250 games as a starter. ThiscategoryistoppedbyPauliusJankunaswith 265.
* GiorgosPrintezisranks 5thinthecategoryofdefensivereboundsgrabbed (ofalltimes) with 954. AnteTomiscisfourthwith 997.
* Taylor Rochestie and Dmitry Khvostof had been team mates with Niznhy during the 2014-15 season.
* Rochestie, KhvostovandZubkov had been team mates with Lokomotiv Kuban during the 2016-17 season.
* BrandonPaulandDmitry Khvostov had been team mates when with Niznhy during the 2013-14 season.
* The coach of Olympiacos, GiorgosBartzokas, had coached EvgenyVoronov and AndreyZubkov when with Lokomotiv Kuban during the 2015-16 season, when the Russian team had qualified for the Euroleague Final Four. HehadalsocoachedZubkovwhenhewastheheadcoachofKhimki.
ΤHE ROSTER
|
# |
Player |
Pos. |
H. |
|
4 |
COLTONIVERSON |
C |
2.13 |
|
6 |
ANDREWALBICY |
G |
1.78 |
|
7 |
ANTONPONKRASHOV |
G |
2.00 |
|
9 |
AUSTINHOLLINS |
G |
1.93 |
|
10 |
WILLTHOMAS |
F |
2.03 |
|
11 |
SERGEIBALASHOV |
C |
2.06 |
|
12 |
ALEXRENFROE |
G |
1.91 |
|
13 |
DMITRYKHVOSTOV |
G |
1.90 |
|
14 |
ANTONPUSHKOV |
C |
2.08 |
|
15 |
KONSTANTINSHEVCHUK |
G |
1.90 |
|
16 |
VLADISLAVTRUSHKIN |
F |
2.01 |
|
18 |
EVGENYVORONOV |
G |
1.94 |
|
20 |
ANDREYZUBKOV |
F |
2.06 |
|
21 |
TIMABROMAITIS |
F |
2.03 |
|
25 |
MATEUSZPONITKA |
F |
1.98 |
|
34 |
GUSTAVO AYON |
C |
2.08 |
Headcoach:JOANPLAZA
CLUBINFO
Club Address: Galernaya Str. 5, 190000 St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Arena: SIBUR ARENA (7.120)
Tel. +7 812 448 888
Zenit's results up to now
Alba - Zenit 85 - 65
Zenit - Barcelona 63 - 87
Οlympiacos - Zenit 68 - 77
Zenit - Panathinaikos 79 - 89
Ζalgiris - Zenit 70 - 82
Zenit - CSKA 70 - 87
Zenit - Κhimki 73 - 87
AnadoluEfes - Zenit 90 - 88
Valencia - Zenit 94 - 90
Baskonia - Zenit 70 - 60
Zenit - Real Madrid 71 - 86
Zenit - Villeurbanne 75 - 70
Bayern - Zenit 77 - 69
Μaccabi Tel Aviv - Zenit 71 - 82
Fenerbahce - Zenit 81 - 84
Zenit - CrvenaZvezda 58 - 65
Αrmani Milano - Zenit 73 - 72
Κhimki - Zenit 81 - 83
Zenit - Baskonia 72 - 66
Zenit - Valencia 81 – 86
THE HISTORY
Olympiacos and Zenit have only dueled once. In their first game, the Russian team won at theSEF.
|
Season |
|
Phase |
Home |
Result |
Away |
|
2019-20 |
|
RegularSeason |
Olympiacos |
68-77 |
ZenitStPetersburg |
THE STATISTICAL COMPARISON OF THE TWO TEAMS
OFFENSE
ΖENIT OLYMPIACOS
|
AV. |
|
AV. |
|
74.2 |
POINTS |
82.6 |
|
32.7 |
REB |
35.0 |
|
12.2 |
OFF. REB. |
10.1 |
|
20.5 |
DEF. REB. |
25.0 |
|
18.3 |
ASSISTS |
17.1 |
|
7.2 |
STEALS |
5.9 |
|
2.6 |
BLOCKS |
1.9 |
|
51.5% |
2P. |
56.2% |
|
33.1% |
3P. |
35.1% |
|
70.7% |
1P. |
73.6% |
|
79.6 |
PIR |
91.5 |
DEFENSE
ΖΕΝΙΤ OLYMPIACOS
|
AV. |
|
AV. |
|
79.7 |
POINTS |
84.4 |
|
34.9 |
REB. |
33.2 |
|
10.8 |
OFF. REB. |
9.6 |
|
24.1 |
DEF. REB. |
23.6 |
|
18.3 |
ASSISTS |
15.9 |
|
6.3 |
STEALS |
6.4 |
|
2.5 |
BLOCKS |
2.1 |
|
52.4% |
2P. |
50.7% |
|
39.3% |
3P. |
41.4% |
|
83.4% |
1P. |
81.8% |
|
90.1 |
PIR |
90.2 |