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Saratov

Russia VTB 3-7 · 9/11
Form, last 10 (oldest → newest)
WLWLLWLLLL
Points / game
72.8
allowed 88.8
Over 163.5
50%
game total, 10 games
Game total
161.6
both teams per game
Win rate
30%
3-7
Margin / game
-16.0
points
1st half
31.9
points scored / game
Overtime
0%
games to overtime
Sections
Saratov

Saratov entered the 2026-27 season with a 3-6 record, the same mark in the VTB United League where they sit 8th of 11 teams. Their recent form has been poor, 1-4 in the last five outings, and the last three games were losses at home to Unics Kazan 62-79, away to Dynamo Vladivostok 73-98 and away to CSKA Moscow 55-117. The club's power rating in the league is a net rating of -15.0, ranking 10th of 11 teams and trending down from 9th a few games ago. Home play has yielded a 2-2 split with 77.0 points for and 77.8 against per game, while away results are 1-4 with 69.4 for and 94.8 against. The next fixture is a home game against Parma Perm on 21 November 2026.

Written by Pythia from this season's results, ratings and squad.

Saratov stats, form & predictions – 2026-27

In the VTB United League (this season) Saratov score 72.8 points a game and allow 88.8 across 10 games – 50% of their games go over 163.5 and they clear 81.5 team points in 10%. They win 30% (50% at home, 17% away), by -16.0 points a game on average.

🏀 1. Points & form

SaratovLast 20 – points for & against, every competition
Opponent
Position
Result
Score
Points
Margin
Date
Competition
Samara
#11
W
94-89 OT
94
89
+5
A11/03
VTB United League
Lokomotiv Kuban
#4
L
69-87
69
87
-18
A15/03
VTB United League
CSKA Moscow
#1
L
67-105
67
105
-38
H19/03
VTB United League
MBA Moscow
#7
L
73-91
73
91
-18
H25/03
VTB United League
Nizhny Novgorod
#9
L
73-77
73
77
-4
H29/03
VTB United League
Zenit Petersburg
#3
L
64-95
64
95
-31
H02/04
VTB United League
Unics Kazan
#2
L
65-86
65
86
-21
A07/04
VTB United League
Enisey
#8
W
75-72
75
72
+3
H11/04
VTB United League
Parma Perm
#5
L
60-73
60
73
-13
H15/04
VTB United League
Uralmash Ekaterinburg
#6
L
54-86
54
86
-32
A22/04
VTB United League
Samara
#11
W
77-69
77
69
+8
H26/09
VTB United League
Uralmash Ekaterinburg
#5
L
75-80
75
80
-5
H30/09
VTB United League
Enisey
#10
W
74-72
74
72
+2
A06/10
VTB United League
Zenit Petersburg
#4
L
71-91
71
91
-20
A11/10
VTB United League
Lokomotiv Kuban
#2
L
74-96
74
96
-22
A14/10
VTB United League
MBA Moscow
#7
W
94-83
94
83
+11
H18/10
VTB United League
CSKA Moscow
#1
L
55-117
55
117
-62
A23/10
VTB United League
Dynamo Vladivostok
#8
L
73-98
73
98
-25
A27/10
VTB United League
Unics Kazan
#3
L
62-79
62
79
-17
H06/11
VTB United League
MBA Moscow
#7
L
73-103
73
103
-30
A10/11
VTB United League
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
17-18
23-19
16-16
17-20
23-17
17-19
15-24
14-27
24-25
16-29
11-24
16-27
18-16
16-27
17-28
22-20
17-18
23-17
15-16
18-26
18-18
11-27
23-26
12-24
10-24
11-17
20-24
24-21
15-20
21-17
15-23
24-12
27-17
9-16
12-22
12-18
12-23
14-13
15-22
13-28
7-19
24-17
27-9
19-24
19-19
18-21
20-16
18-24
11-15
23-18
16-17
24-22
13-18
16-28
17-21
25-24
21-30
12-18
18-21
23-27
13-31
19-19
35-9
27-24
14-32
16-24
18-25
7-36
12-21
14-30
22-27
25-20
18-25
13-16
15-26
16-12
19-25
17-33
15-29
22-16
158.6Avg total
71.1Scored
87.5Allowed
Points by quarter
Q1
14.7
23.5
-8.8
won 0%
Q2
17.2
22.4
-5.2
won 20%
Q3
20.3
20.0
+0.3
won 30%
Q4
20.6
22.9
-2.3
won 60%
■ scored   ■ allowed, per game. Won the 1st half in 10% of 10 games, the 2nd half in 30%.
Home v away – all metrics
HOME n=4AWAY n=6
77.0
Points / game
70.0
77.8
Allowed / game
96.2
154.8
Game total
166.2
25%
Over 163.5
67%
50%
Win %
17%
-0.8
Margin
-26.2
32.8
1st half scored
31.3
0%
Won the 1st half
17%
25%
Won by 10+
0%
Points scored per game
12%25%38%50%10%55-5910%60-640%65-6950%70-7420%75-790%80-840%85-8910%90-94
Share of games.
Points allowed per game
5%10%15%20%10%65-6910%70-7410%75-7920%80-840%85-8910%90-9420%95-9910%100-1040%105-10910%110-114
Share of games.
Points by opponent strength (last 30)
Scored / allowed per game by opponent tier, then home and away. Green beats the league's per-team average of 84.5 points (scored above it, allowed below it); red is worse. Tier = the opponent's season point differential per game against this team's (±4).
SplitTotal scoredTotal allowedHome scoredHome allowedAway scoredAway allowedWin %
All games (30)69.887.370.985.068.789.620%
vs Stronger (25)67.289.368.886.265.892.212%
vs Similar (2)77.066.573.077.081.056.050%
vs Weaker (3)86.084.382.082.094.089.067%
Over 163.5 (game total)37% of these 30 games

💪 2. Team strengths

Where they rank
Win %
=8thof 11 · 2 level30%
Attack: points scored per game
10thof 1172.8
Defence: points allowed per game
8thof 1188.8
Game total: both teams' points per game
10thof 11161.6
Ranked against the 11 teams of the league over this season. Ties share a place (=); defence ranks the fewest points allowed first.
🛡 Defence
Allowed / game · lower is better
📈 Game total
Both teams' points / game

Team v league average

Not enough box scores for this team yet.

🏆 3. League table

#TeamGPWLWin %PF/gPA/g+/-Over 163.5HomeAwayClose wonForm
1 CSKA Moscow990100%92.170.7+19360%6-03-0100%WWWWW
2 Lokomotiv Kuban87188%91.476.5+11962%6-01-167%WWWWW
3 Unics Kazan97278%93.174.8+16556%4-13-1-WWLWW
4 Zenit Petersburg107370%85.075.1+9930%5-02-30%WWWLW
5 Uralmash Ekaterinburg84450%83.984.6-667%2-12-350%LLWWW
6 Parma Perm94544%87.486.4+967%2-12-40%WLWLL
7 MBA Moscow83538%84.889.4-3778%2-11-450%LLWLW
8 Dynamo Vladivostok93633%87.395.4-7390%1-22-4-LWLWL
9 Saratov103730%72.888.8-16050%2-21-550%WLLLL
10 Enisey71614%81.488.7-5150%1-40-20%WLLLL
11 Samara9090%67.996.6-25860%0-50-4-LLLLL
Playoffs
Click a column header to sort. Over = how often the team's games went over 163.5; Close won = record in games decided by 5 or fewer.

📊 4. Betting markets

Bets by period · pick a period
SaratovLast 20 – Full game points for & against
Opponent
Position
Result
Score
Points
Margin
Date
Competition
Samara
#11
W
94-89 OT
94
89
+5
A11/03
VTB United League
Lokomotiv Kuban
#4
L
69-87
69
87
-18
A15/03
VTB United League
CSKA Moscow
#1
L
67-105
67
105
-38
H19/03
VTB United League
MBA Moscow
#7
L
73-91
73
91
-18
H25/03
VTB United League
Nizhny Novgorod
#9
L
73-77
73
77
-4
H29/03
VTB United League
Zenit Petersburg
#3
L
64-95
64
95
-31
H02/04
VTB United League
Unics Kazan
#2
L
65-86
65
86
-21
A07/04
VTB United League
Enisey
#8
W
75-72
75
72
+3
H11/04
VTB United League
Parma Perm
#5
L
60-73
60
73
-13
H15/04
VTB United League
Uralmash Ekaterinburg
#6
L
54-86
54
86
-32
A22/04
VTB United League
Samara
#11
W
77-69
77
69
+8
H26/09
VTB United League
Uralmash Ekaterinburg
#5
L
75-80
75
80
-5
H30/09
VTB United League
Enisey
#10
W
74-72
74
72
+2
A06/10
VTB United League
Zenit Petersburg
#4
L
71-91
71
91
-20
A11/10
VTB United League
Lokomotiv Kuban
#2
L
74-96
74
96
-22
A14/10
VTB United League
MBA Moscow
#7
W
94-83
94
83
+11
H18/10
VTB United League
CSKA Moscow
#1
L
55-117
55
117
-62
A23/10
VTB United League
Dynamo Vladivostok
#8
L
73-98
73
98
-25
A27/10
VTB United League
Unics Kazan
#3
L
62-79
62
79
-17
H06/11
VTB United League
MBA Moscow
#7
L
73-103
73
103
-30
A10/11
VTB United League
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
17-18
23-19
16-16
17-20
23-17
17-19
15-24
14-27
24-25
16-29
11-24
16-27
18-16
16-27
17-28
22-20
17-18
23-17
15-16
18-26
18-18
11-27
23-26
12-24
10-24
11-17
20-24
24-21
15-20
21-17
15-23
24-12
27-17
9-16
12-22
12-18
12-23
14-13
15-22
13-28
7-19
24-17
27-9
19-24
19-19
18-21
20-16
18-24
11-15
23-18
16-17
24-22
13-18
16-28
17-21
25-24
21-30
12-18
18-21
23-27
13-31
19-19
35-9
27-24
14-32
16-24
18-25
7-36
12-21
14-30
22-27
25-20
18-25
13-16
15-26
16-12
19-25
17-33
15-29
22-16
158.6Avg total
71.1Scored
87.5Allowed
Full gameScoredAllowedTotalMarginWon the gameOver 163.5
Last 30 (30)69.887.3157.1-17.520%37%
Last 30 at home (15)70.985.0155.9-14.120%33%
Last 30 away (15)68.789.6158.3-20.920%40%
Last 10 (10)72.888.8161.6-16.030%50%
Last 5 (5)71.496.0167.4-24.620%80%
Last 30 games by opponent strength
vs Stronger (25)67.289.3156.6-22.112%36%
vs Similar (2)77.066.5143.5+10.550%0%
vs Weaker (3)86.084.3170.3+1.767%67%
Full game hit rates · last 30 games · line 163.5 = the league line
Over 163.537%
n=30
Under 163.563%
n=30
Won the game20%
n=30
Lost the game80%
🔥 70%+n=30
Markets by opponent strength, home and away
this season, VTB games. Per-game averages by the opponent's strength, then the share over the line (game total, team points) or won (margin).
Game total (line 163.5)Team points (line 81.5)Margin (win)
SplitAllHomeAwayAllHomeAwayAllHomeAway
Overall (10)161.6154.8166.272.877.070.0-16.0-0.8-26.2
vs Stronger (9)163.3157.7166.272.377.070.0-18.7-3.7-26.2
vs Similar (0)---------
vs Weaker (1)146.0146.0-77.077.0-+8.0+8.0-
% over line / win50%25%67%10%25%0%30%50%17%
% under line / loss50%75%33%90%75%100%70%50%83%
Scoring dials
Points / game72.8
League avg 84.5 · below by 11.7
Allowed / game88.8
League avg 84.5 · above by 4.3
1st half scored31.9
League avg 42.7 · below by 10.8
Over / under hit rate – this team's own points (this season)
Over 76.5 pts20%
n=10
Under 76.5 pts80%
🔥 70%+n=10
Over 81.5 pts10%
n=10
Under 81.5 pts90%
🔥 70%+n=10
Over 86.5 pts10%
n=10
Under 86.5 pts90%
🔥 70%+n=10
Over / under hit rate – game total (the league's lines)
Over 153.570%
🔥 70%+n=10
Under 153.530%
n=10
Over 163.550%
n=10
Under 163.550%
n=10
Over 173.520%
n=10
Under 173.580%
🔥 70%+n=10
Result markets
Win30%
n=10
Win by 6+ (-5.5)20%
n=10
Cover +5.540%
n=10
Win by 10+10%
n=10
Win the 1st half10%
n=10
Overtime0%
n=10
Highlighted: 🔥 70%+ = the line landed in at least 70% of the games (10+ games); a thin green edge = 60-69%; everything else is grey. A line priced about 1.90 needs 53% to break even. Past hit rates, not a forecast: Pythia's own probabilities are on the game pages.

🎯 5. Shooting profile

Over:
Scoringtheir own shots, last 10 games

Where their points come from

Saratov: 68.5 points a game scored
🏀🏀49%
🏀🏀🏀35%
🏀17%
🏀🏀 2-pointers33.4 pts a game · 49% of the points
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers23.7 pts a game · 35% of the points
🏀 Free throws11.4 pts a game · 17% of the points

Shooting by shot type

Shot typeAttempts per gameMade per gameAccuracy
(made ÷ attempts)
League accuracyPoints per game
🏀🏀 2-pointers33.616.7
49.7%
-33.4
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers22.07.9
35.9%
-23.7
🏀 Free throws16.111.4
70.8%
-11.4
They take 55.6 shots from the field a game (2-pointers + 3-pointers); 22.0 of them are 3-pointers, so 40% of their shots are threes. Accuracy is green when it beats the league average.
Defencetheir opponents' shots, last 10 games

Where their opponents' points come from

Saratov: 81.5 points a game allowed
🏀🏀55%
🏀🏀🏀31%
🏀13%
🏀🏀 2-pointers45.2 pts a game · 55% of the points
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers25.5 pts a game · 31% of the points
🏀 Free throws10.8 pts a game · 13% of the points

Shooting by shot type

Shot typeOpponents' Attempts per gameOpponents' Made per gameOpponents' Accuracy
(made ÷ attempts)
League accuracyPoints per game
🏀🏀 2-pointers41.122.6
55.0%
-45.2
🏀🏀🏀 3-pointers22.58.5
37.8%
-25.5
🏀 Free throws14.410.8
75.0%
-10.8
Their opponents take 63.6 shots from the field a game (2-pointers + 3-pointers); 22.5 of them are 3-pointers, so 35% of those shots are threes. Accuracy is green when they hold opponents below the league average.

🔮 6. Pythia's view

Pythia exclusive
Model result accuracy
88%favourite won, 2025-260%100%
📊 The record behind it
35-5favourite won / lost
Across 40 games of Saratov, 2025-26: Pythia (Version 5) picked the winner 88% of the time. Walk-forward: every forecast made only from games before it.
📅 Next game
Saratov
v
Parma Perm
Sat 21 Nov, 13:30 UTC
Pythia: Parma Perm 89%
home 11%away 89%
Open the game page →
🔥 Top picks · next game: Saratov v Parma Perm Sat 21 Nov
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📅 7. Season v history

Metric2022-23
n=35
2023-24
n=41
2024-25
n=47
2025-26
n=40
2026-27
n=10
Trend
Points scored / game79.278.776.771.572.8
Points allowed / game82.579.079.785.888.8
Game total161.7157.6156.4157.3161.6
Over 153.566%61%53%57%70%
Over 163.557%34%30%30%50%
Over 173.520%15%15%15%20%
Team points over 81.546%41%36%18%10%
Win %43%46%43%18%30%
Home win %59%38%48%20%50%
Away win %28%55%38%15%17%
Margin / game-3.3-0.3-3.0-14.3-16.0
Won by 10+17%27%28%2%10%
Close games won (5 or fewer)45%40%50%33%50%
Overtime %3%0%0%8%0%
1st half total81.380.378.978.477.8
Won the 1st half40%44%43%22%10%
Domestic-league games, every stage; the same lines every season (the league page's). The current season so far.

🗓️ 8. Results & fixtures

Recent results
DateGameScoreRes
10 NovMBA Moscow v Saratov VTB United League103-73L
06 NovSaratov v Unics Kazan VTB United League62-79L
27 OctDynamo Vladivostok v Saratov VTB United League98-73L
23 OctCSKA Moscow v Saratov VTB United League117-55L
18 OctSaratov v MBA Moscow VTB United League94-83W
14 OctLokomotiv Kuban v Saratov VTB United League96-74L
11 OctZenit Petersburg v Saratov VTB United League91-71L
06 OctEnisey v Saratov VTB United League72-74W
30 SepSaratov v Uralmash Ekaterinburg VTB United League75-80L
26 SepSaratov v Samara VTB United League77-69W
Upcoming games
Every competition. The bar is Pythia's frozen home-win forecast (green = home team); the figures are the best moneyline per team. Open a game for the full analysis.
Data through 13 Nov 2026.
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