Crvena zvezda Meridianbet to host Zadar on Sunday evening

2023/24 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 20, Sunday, 11 February 2024:

CRVENA ZVEZDA MERIDIANBET - ZADAR

Where? Štark Arena, Belgrade

When? 19:00

Story of the game: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet will face Zadar in the match in which each side will be quite motivated to get the precious win.

The Belgrade troops are all alone at the top of the table, despite the last round defeat against 2^nd placed Budućnost VOLI. Yet, with just 2 wins more than Budućnost VOLI and 3 more than Partizan Mozzart Bet and Cedevita Olimpija, the red-and-whites know very well that they still haven’t secured the pole position ahead of the Playoffs. That is why Crvena zvezda Meridianbet will be fired up to win every next game in the league in order to keep the 1^st place in the regular season and to secure themselves the home-court advantage throughout the Playoffs.

On the other side, Zadar are sharing the 5^th place on the standings with Igokea m:tel and they currently have 2 wins more than the 9^th placed team, which means that the boys coached by Danijel Jusup are in a pretty good position to secure themselves a Playoffs ticket for the 2^nd year in a row. Still, with 7 more rounds to be played in the regular season, Zadar have to keep their good shape and pick up couple of more wins to definitely seal their spot in Playoffs.

Match-up in focus: Crvena zvezda Meridianbet point guard Yago dos Santos is playing in fantastic form and he is been one of the team’s best players in 2024 so far. Yago had an index rating of 32 in the team’s Friday’s game against Zalgiris Kaunas in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague.

At the same time, Zadar’s star player Luka Božić has fully recovered and he proved that in the last round of the AdmiralBet ABA League when he picked up another MVP award as he had an index rating of 35 in the win vs. Mega MIS.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 30:13; In Belgrade 17:3.