ZEN vs FEN Dream11: Zenit Saint Petersburg will entertain Fenerbahce in EuroLeague Round-23 match at Yubileyny Sports Palace with both the teams looking to return to winning ways.
That said, Fenerbahce will be more keen on a win here as they are closer to the playoffs than Zenit, who are currently second from bottom. The visitors are 9th going into this game, with only one game separating them from the playoffs. And that one game is this, and if they win, they will be moving back into the top-8, at the expense of Olimpia Milano who dropped an important game at home to leaders Anadolu Efes.
In fact, it’s not only the desire which makes the visitors a tad more favourite to clinch the win here, but also the form, as the visitors are on a five-game winning run coming into this game.
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Match details:
Teams: Zenit Saint Petersburg and Fenerbahce
Venue: Yubileyny Sports Palace
Match Timing: February 05, @ 10:30 PM
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Zenit Saint Petersburg vs Fenerbahce team news:
Zenit Saint Petersburg: Alex Renfroe will be re-evaluated before the game after missing the last match with a knee injury.
Thre players are definitely out for Zenit Saint Petersburg from this game, in the form of Colton Iverson (hand injury), Mateusz Ponitka (ankle injury) and Andrey Zubkov (toe injury). In addition, Dmitry Khvostov missed the last three games and will be monitored before the match, while, Zenit could hand Konstantin Shevchuk his EuroLeague debut against Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce: Fenerbahce have no player missing from this game. Head coach Zeljko Obradovic has not started same players in two consecutive games, so expect changes here as well.
Zeljko Obradovic had to discard six players before the game: Melih Mahmutoglu, Ahmet Düverioglu, Egehan Arna, Tarık Biberovic, Ekrem Sancakli and Ergi Tirpanci.
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Zenit Saint Petersburg vs Fenerbahce starting five:
Zenit Saint Petersburg: Will Thomas, Tim Abromaitis, Gustavo Ayon, Alex Renfroe, Evgeny Voronov
Fenerbahce: Nikola Kalinic, Derrick Williams, Jan Vesley, Nando de Colo, Kostas Sloukas
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Grand League tips:
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Likely squads:
Zenit Saint Petersburg: Will Thomas, Tim Abromaitis, Gustavo Ayon, Alex Renfroe, Evgeny Voronov, Andrew Albicy, Austin Hollins, Anton Pushkov, Vladislav Trushkin, Anton Ponkrashov, Colton Iverson, Sergei Balashov
Fenerbahce: Luigi Datome, Leo Westermann, Nikola Kalinic, Derrick Williams, Jan Vesley, Nando de Colo, Kostas Sloukas, Malcolm Thomas, Ali Muhammed, James Nunnally
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ZEN vs FEN Dream11 teams:
Team 1:
PG: Nande De Colo (SP), Andrew Albicy
SG: Kostas Sloukas, Austin Hollins
SF: Luigi Datome
PF: W Thomas, Tim Abromaitis
C: J Vesley
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Team 2:
PG: Nande De Colo (SP), L Westermann
SG: Kostas Sloukas
SF: Nikola Kalinic
PF: W Thomas, Tim Abromaitis
C: J Vesley, Gustavo Ayon