Cedevita Olimpija keeps chasing the 5th place on the road in Podgorica

2024/25 AdmiralBet ABA League Round 28, Thursday, 17 April 2025:

SC DERBY – CEDEVITA OLIMPIJA

Where? Morača Sports Hall, Podgorica

When? 19:00

Story of the game: In the opening game of the AdmiralBet ABA League Round 28, SC Derby will be hosting Cedevita Olimpija at home in their Morača Sports Hall in Podgorica.

This will be a showdown of two squads, that are still chasing goals set for this season. While SC Derby are looking for their perhaps last chance of staying in the Playoffs Race and need to be winning until the end of the Regular Season in order to do so, Cedevita Olimpija are in exactly the same situation in their chase of the fifth place.

Lately, the teams have been in a similar shape, with SC Derby winning 3 and Cedevita Olimpija 4 of their last 5 games played in the AdmiralBet ABA League, but Cedevita Olimpija have returned to the winning track last round, while SC Derby suffered a defeat two weeks ago against Budućnost VOLI and did not play since then.

The first time the two squads met this season, it has been a high-scoring performance, with Cedevita Olimpija prevailing in the end in Stožice Arena with the score of 100:86. Previously in the AdmiralBet ABA League history, the teams met 7 times, during which the Dragons prevailed 6 times and 2 times out of 3 in Podgorica.

Who will prevail this time?

Match-up in focus: Probably the greatest delight to watch this time around would be a clash of two excellent point guards, as Erick Neal meets Aleksej Nikolić. While Neal has been the top scorer and passer of SC Derby so far this season, averaging 16.3 points and 6.1 assists per game, Nikolić is currently the top passer of Cedevita Olimpija, with an average of 3.6 assists dished out per contest.

Head-to-head score in the regional league: In total 1:6; In Podgorica 1:2.