Zenit Saint Petersburg vs Anadolu Efes:A close match to fight for top 8

Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg will be the venue for a very important match in Round 21 of the Euroleague season 2020-2021 as the home team Zenit host Anadolu Efes.Zenit are 4th with 12 wins and 6 defeats in total and they have a chance to topple Real Madrid from 3rd position if they win.Meanwhile Efes are 7th with 11 wins and 9 defeats and they could lose their top 8th place if they lose this match.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

By winning 4 of their last 5 matches,Zenit slowly but strongly climbed the table of the Euroleague to 4th position and they don’t want to stop there.In their last match they beat Zalgiris Kaunas comfortably by 12 points.In that match they had 37 rebounds completely dominating the the rim with 9 of those being offensive rebounds.Although giving away 10 offensive rebounds themselves must be a concern for their coach Xavi Pascual.

Anadolu Efes

The Turkish champions are going to St.Petersburg eyeing a win.They are 6-3 when playing away and that will give them some confidence.In their last match against Khimki,Efes won by a big margin of 39 points.They shot 61% from 2 point range and 43% from 3 point range showing a great shooting form.Their top scorers were Sanli and naturalized Larkin scoring 19 and 15 points respectively.

Verdict

Both teams are in good form lately and it could be a close match.

Verdict:Under 160 points