Two old rivals meet again – Crvena zvezda mts vs. Zadar
Crvena zvezda mts will be looking for their 15th consecutive win in the ongoing season in the Sunday’s home game against Zadar.
Nathan Wolters (Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
AdmiralBet ABA League Round 20, Sunday, 13 February 2022:
Where? Aleksandar Nikolić Sports Hall, Belgrade
When? 19:00
Story of the game: It’s time for a new chapter of Crvena zvezda mts-Zadar rivalry to be written as these two old rivals are about to face each other this weekend in Belgrade in Round 20 of the 2021/22 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.
Crvena zvezda mts are simply in fantastic form as the reigning champions are on a 14-game winning streak in the regional league. On top of that, they have additionally boosted the team confidence by scoring a huge win in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague on Friday night when they defeated UNICS Kazan on the road.
At the same time, Zadar are coming to Belgrade in high spirits as this team have won 3 out of the previous 5 games in the season. However, they are also aware that they are now coming to the place where they haven’t triumphed since 2010!
Zadar have scored just 2 away wins against Crvena zvezda mts since the start of the regional league. They scored the 1st one back in 2007, while their second and last win in Belgrade came in 2010. After that, Crvena zvezda mts have scored 8 consecutive home-court wins against Zadar.
Match-up in focus: Nathan Wolters (Crvena zvezda mts) vs. Martin Junaković (Zadar).
Crvena zvezda mts point guard Nathan Wolters absolutely shined in that Friday’s huge win against UNICS Kazan in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague as he scored 19 points in that match and he will now want to repeat that performance in AdmiralBet ABA League. On the other side, Zadar point guard Martin Junaković was the MVP of the previous round here in the regional league as he led his team toward the big win over FMP Meridian with 22 points and 6 assists.
Head-to-head in the regional league: In total 25:12; In Belgrade 15:2.
