Can Mornar score their first ever road win vs. Mega Soccerbet?
The battle for the Playoffs continues in Belgrade where Mega Soccerbet are about to host Mornar.
Milenko Tepic (Photo: Mornar/Media Pro)
ABA League Round 18, Sunday, 7 February 2021:
Where? Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall, Belgrade
When? 12:00
Story of the game: The battle for the Playoffs continues in Belgrade where Mega Soccerbet are about to host Mornar.
Despite having a very good season, Mega Soccerbet have recently suffered couple of setbacks in their race for the Playoffs as they lost 3 out of the last 5 games in the regular season. Still, no one can say that this team is playing bad. The Pink troops showed last weekend in the away match against Crvena zvezda mts that they can a worthy opponent to the strongest teams in the league and that is why this team will certainly not give up on their Playoffs dream. They just need one big win to get back in the race for the top 4 spots.
On the other side, Mornar are currently among the teams with the best score in the league and they are certainly one of the top candidates to take the 1st place in the regular season. In order to do that they need to keep winning, while the upcoming match might be one of the biggest challenges for this team in the rest of the season. Not just because Mega Soccerbet is a very good team, but because Mornar have never defeated them on the road in ABA League. Mornar have so far played 3 away games against Mega Soccerbet and they have lost all of them.
Match-up in focus: Filip Petrušev (Mega Soccerbet) is currently leading the MVP of the season race, while he is also the league’s top scorer at the moment. Still, this week he will face Taylor Smith (Mornar) who has been really impressive defensively so far in this season. It will be really interesting to see who will win this offense vs. defense duel.
Head to head in the regional league: In total 5:3; At Mega Soccerbet home court 3:0.
