Budućnost VOLI chasing 10th win in a row against red-hot Zadar
Budućnost VOLI will host Zadar this Saturday evening in Round 19 of the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.
Vladimir Mihailovic (Photo: Zadar/Zvonko Kucelin)
2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 19, Saturday, 1 February 2025:
BUDUĆNOST VOLI - ZADAR
Where? Morača Sports Hall, Podgorica
When? 20:00
Story of the game: Budućnost VOLI will host Zadar this Saturday evening in Round 19 of the 2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League regular season.
Budućnost VOLI are living their best days of the season so far. The blue-and-whites are on a 9-win streak in the AdmiralBet ABA League and they are sharing the top of the table with Partizan Mozzart Bet as both teams have the overall score of 16-2. On top of that, the Podgorica side scored a pretty big win in the BKT EuroCup last week that kept them in the race for the next stage in this competition.
On the other side, Zadar are also in impressive form as the boys coached by Danijel Jusup scored 6 win in the last 7 games. The Dalmatians have therefore moved up to the 7th place on the standings with the overall score of 10-8.
It is also important to mention that Budućnost VOLI have won the last 17 home games against Zadar in the regional league! The last time Zadar triumphed in Podgorica was 19 years ago when they defeated Budućnost VOLI on the road in Round 12 of the 2006/07 season.
Match-up in focus: McKinley Wright III was one of the best players of Budućnost VOLI in the last week's win over Igokea m:tel in the NLB Match of the Round as he scored 22 points in the match.
Meanwhile, Zadar’s sharp shooter Vladimir Mihailović scored 10+ points in each of the last 8 games in the league, while he is currently the league’s top scorer with 16.8 points per game.
Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 30:13; In Podgorica 18:3.
