MOSCOW (Interstat) — CSKA Moscow will visit MBA Moscow Sunday in a VTB United League game at Basket Hall. The matchup will be played in Moscow, Russia. CSKA Moscow enters with a 2-1 record, while MBA Moscow is 0-0.

CSKA Moscow’s most recent result was a 79-59 home win over UNICS Kazan. Guard Melo Trimble scored 16 points and added four rebounds and four assists in 22 minutes. Forward Livio Jean-Charles posted 13 points, nine rebounds and three assists in 21 minutes. Guard Ivan Ukhov finished with 10 points, six rebounds and three assists in 25 minutes. Livio Jean-Charles is a player to watch for CSKA Moscow after that performance. Earlier this season, CSKA Moscow beat Igokea 92-81 and lost to Lokomotiv Kuban 90-82.

MBA Moscow’s most recent result was a 74-63 home loss to UNICS Kazan. MBA Moscow will be playing its first game of the season and will try to open with a home victory. The home side will face a CSKA Moscow team that has already played three games and had three players score in double figures in its most recent outing. MBA Moscow will be the home team, while CSKA Moscow will be the visitor. MBA Moscow’s 0-0 record means it has not played a game this season.

CSKA Moscow’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Uralmash, a home matchup with Lokomotiv Kuban, road games at Dynamo Vladivostok and Enisey Krasnoyarsk, and home contests against Avtodor Saratov and Parma Basket Perm. Later, CSKA Moscow is set to host Zenit Petersburg and Dynamo Vladivostok, visit Samara and host UNICS Kazan.

MBA Moscow is scheduled to visit Lokomotiv Kuban, then host Enisey Krasnoyarsk and Parma Basket Perm. After that, MBA Moscow will travel to Avtodor Saratov and UNICS Kazan, then visit Enisey Krasnoyarsk and Uralmash. MBA Moscow also has home games ahead against Avtodor Saratov, Dynamo Vladivostok and Samara.

The game will feature CSKA Moscow seeking to build on its 2-1 start and MBA Moscow looking to begin its VTB United League campaign. CSKA Moscow’s recent form includes the win over UNICS Kazan and the earlier victory against Igokea, with the loss to Lokomotiv Kuban serving as its only defeat. MBA Moscow will attempt to use its home floor at Basket Hall against a CSKA Moscow side that has already found consistent contributors. CSKA Moscow has two wins and one loss, while MBA Moscow has no wins and no losses.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of CSKA Moscow 86, MBA Moscow 79. The simulator favors CSKA Moscow.