Cibona vs Mega: Analysis and Prediction – Cibona and Mega will play the ninth round ABA League game.
Cibona vs Mega Odds
Cibona Team News
Cibona had a very turbulent summer, primarily when it comes to financial problems, which have occupied this team for several years. And despite that, the team from Zagreb manages to achieve some results, which is what the previous period also speaks of.
Cibona was anything but a favorite against the SC Derby in the ABA League. Especially because the match against the winner of the Super Cup competition was played in Podgorica and especially because the team from Zagreb was losing with a double-digit lead after the first quarter. However, little by little, she managed to come back and outplay her favored rival with a superb game in offense. We will find out later that such an approach by the Student Center was also a consequence of Andrej Zakelj arranging everything to take over Buducnost. The most effective in the win were Alex Stein with 23 points and Aleksandar Aranitovic with 21 points.
When everything is taken into account, Cibona is playing above expectations, and so is her score so far this season. Maybe it’s not logical, when you see that “wolves” have three wins from eight games, but at the same time, these are three huge wins. It could very easily have been none.
Mega Team News
Mega started very well in the new season. They provided excellent resistance to teams of better quality than them, such as Cedevita Olimpija, from whom they lost only after an uncertain ending, and then beat Partizan and dealt them the first of several blows.
All this indicated that Marko Barac’s team seems very serious and that it might be able to get involved in the fight for a higher position in the ABA League. Nikola Topic played extremely well, and Uros Plavsic accompanied all that, who has a quality college career and did very well in European basketball. That tandem led this club to some wins, but when it was all about to be confirmed, Barac team faltered and lost to Krka on home court by 77:72, which was a big surprise. Again, Plavisic and Topic were the most prominent with 16 points each, but this time it was not enough.
In the future, Mega will have to pay attention to being motivated against weaker teams on paper, because this defeat can hurt Barac’s team a lot, when it comes to the highest ambitions. Mega does not have the imperative to play in the semi-finals or final, but when it already has the potential, why not try?
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Cibona vs Mega H2H
In the last 10 duels, Mega leads 6-4.
Absences and Injuries
Both teams should be complete.
Cibona vs Mega Prediction
Cibona had a very good shooting night against the SC Derby and it is realistic that it will be difficult to repeat something like that. Another thing is the circumstances concerning coach Zakelj, which have already been mentioned, so the question is how much this win can be a parameter for the next duel. On the other hand, after the unexpected defeat, Mega will enter this duel extremely motivated, in order to show the reaction after the failure. Therefore, we expect that the better composition of Barac’s team will win by a margin higher than the offered handicap.
Tip-off Time: Friday, 24.11.2023, 18:00 CET
Prediction: Mega -2.5
Odds: 1.72
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