Crvena zvezda Meridianbet to host Igokea m:tel on Saturday evening

2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 14, Saturday, 30 December 2023:

CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET - IGOKEA M:TEL

Where? Aleksandar Nikolić Sports Hall, Belgrade

When? 20:00

Story of the game: A very interesting Saturday’s schedule in Admiralbet ABA League will end with a game in Belgrade where Crvena zvezda Meridianbet will host Igokea m:tel.

Crvena zvezda Meridianbet have finished the first half of the season all alone at the top of the table with the overall score of 12-1. The red-and-whites have won the previous 8 games in the season, while on top of that they are on a 4-game winning streak against Igokea m:tel in the regional league. And now, the vice champions will be looking to extend both of those streaks and make another major step forward in the race for the 1^st place in the 2023/24 regular season.

Igokea m:tel were holding the 2^nd place on the standings for quite long, however after suffering two consecutive defeats, the boys from Laktaši have fallen to the 4^th spot. This is still a very good position for this team, but their problem for the 2^nd part of the season might be the fact that they have stayed without one of their best players Nikola Tanasković who moved to Budućnost VOLI. We are now about to see how will Igokea m:tel look like without their star power forward.

Match-up in focus: Mike Tobey might not be having some shiny moments in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, but he is a dominant force for Crvena zvezda Meridianbet in the AdmiralBet ABA League as he is the team’s 2^nd best scorer and the player with the highest average index rating.

At the same time, Igokea m:tel’s big guy Zoran Nikolić is the team’s best player when it comes to the average index rating, so his direct duel with Tobey should be quite interesting to watch.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 20:8; In Belgrade 11:3.