Catch up on some interesting notes before the Round 4 game between Zenit St Petersburg and FC Bayern Munich.
Game Notes, Zenit St Petersburg vs. FC Bayern Munich



· All four of the previous games between Zenit and Bayern have finished with single-digit margins of victory. Bayern leads the series 3-1, and the teams split narrow home wins last season.
· The last time they played, Bayern rallied to edge Zenit 82-80.
· Last season in St. Petersburg, Zenit edged Bayern 79-75 behind 20 points from Billy Baron.
· Zenit swept Bayern in the 2016-17 7DAYS EuroCup regular season, winning 80-77 at home and 88-99 on the road. A year later, Bayern swept Zenit in two Top 16 games in the same competition.
· Bayern tied its single-game club record with 7 blocks when it beat Zenit on the road 68-77 in Round 26 last season.
· Bayern guard Corey Walden and Zenit's Jordan Loyd were backcourt mates at Crvnea Zvezda mts Belgrade last season. They helped the team win the domestic triple crown.
· Zenit's Mindaugas Kuzminskas and Bayern's Augustine Rubit were teammates at Olympiacos Piraeus for the first part of the 2019-20 season.
· Bayern forward DeShaun Thomas played under Zenit head Xavi Pascual at FC Barcelona in the 2014-15 season and for the first part of the 2018-19 season at Panathinaikos Athens.
· Thomas set a career-high by knocking down 5 three-pointers on 6 attempts playing for Panathinaikos OPAP Athens against Zenit in February 2020.