Crvena Zvezda will try to lock up a Last 16 spot in Group F when it visits Dynamo Moscow on Tuesday at 15:00 CET, in the earliest game in Eurocup regular season's Week 5. Zvezda is tied atop the Group F standings with Benetton Gioco Digitale, each with a 3-1 record. Dynamo is still looking for its first win at 0-4 and therefore is out of the Last 16 race. It is a classic Eurocup showdown, as the teams will face each other for the eighth time since the competition was created in 2003. Zvezda broke a six-game losing streak against the Russian powerhouse with a 76-67 home win in regular season Game 1 behind 17 points from Tadija Dragicevic. The forward offers three-point range and talent to an interesting frontcourt that also features blue-collar center Elmedin Kikanovic, old-school big man Vladimir Stimac and Oliver Stevic, who comes off the bench to give strength and rebounding skills. Stimac will most probably see extended playing time to use his size against experienced center Aleksey Savrasenko. Kikanovic has a tough test against Aleksey Zhukanenko, who posted Eurocup career-best numbers - 15 points and 13 rebounds - against Benetton in Game 4. Meanwhile, Dragicevic will test his versatility and deep range against Sergey Monya. Dynamo opts for a small starting lineup featuring Sergey Bykov, Dimitry Khvostov and the recently signed Aleksey Shved. Bykov will test his shooting skills against Filip Videnov, Khvostov is ready for an interesting matchup against Vuk Radivojevic, while Shved will try to use his speed and talent against Boris Bakic and Mike Taylor. Dimitri Domani will have the tough mission to guard Zvezda's natural-born mismatch Nemanja Bjelica. Zvezda must play up-tempo and use its bigger rotation to add an important win - even though the team will advance with a Cholet loss in Treviso. Dynamo hopes to please its fans with a prestigious win in its final Eurocup home game this season.
REFEREES: Costas Mouzakis, Miroslav Tomov, Marius Ciulin