Zadar vs Crvena Zvezda: Analysis and Prediction – Zadar and Crvena Zvezda will play in ABA League round seven.
Zadar vs Crvena Zvezda Odds
Zadar Team News
Zadar plays perfectly in the domestic league, but they are not so good in the ABA League. While in the Croatian League they have a record of eight wins, without defeat, in the regional championship that performance is half-hearted, which cannot be said to be a failure.
In the game before the duel with Crvena Zvezda, Zadar was easily better than the ABA 2 League team, Cedevita Junior, who was behind from the first minute. Zadar won that period in its favor by 26:16, and it was equally good in the third quarter, in which it was also better by a double-digit margin. In the end, Zadar slowed down a bit, the offense of both teams could have been more effective, but that did not threaten the victory of this team. Dario Dreznjak with 23 points and Partik Jambrovic with 14 were the most prominent in the winning team.
Zadar now faces a big challenge. Taking into account the previous meetings in the ABA League, in the victories the Croatian team played with a lot of quality both in defense and in offense, and nothing else guarantees them competitiveness against Crvena Zvezda, if they want to have any chance.
Crvena Zvezda Team News
After two games against Partizan, in which it was evident that things in Crvena Zvezda were not working well, the red and whites started with better and better games. From Bayern, to Buducnost, and Barcelona, the impression is that Ioannis Sfairopoulos’ team looks better from game to game.
True, there were many shortcomings in each of those three listed games, but the last one against Barcelona was perhaps the best. Certainly, if you take into account only the second half, in which the Serbian team even had a chance to win against the Blaugrana, which no one has managed to do so far. A minute and a half before the end of the game, the score was 78:78 for the red and whites, who later missed the opportunity to achieve a great victory, primarily due to mistakes by Milos Teodosic and Shabazz Napier. Luka Mitrovic left the best impression with 22 points. He played one of the best games of his career, but it wasn’t enough in the end.
Crvena Zvezda must not enter this duel with a lack of energy, given that it is known how the game ended last season in Belgrade against the same team. Then the Belgrade team was defeated and that, along with loss to Cibona, was the turning point for the current vice-champion to lose first place at the end of the first part of the season.
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Zadar vs Crvena Zvezda H2H
In the last 10 meetings, Crvena Zvezda won eight times, including two triumphs in last season’s playoffs.
Absences and Injuries
Karlo Zganec will not play for the home team due to a bizarre reason. The visitors will not have Nemanja Bjelica, Marko Simonovic, Branko Lazic and Adam Hanga.
Zadar vs Crvena Zvezda Prediction
Zadar is not playing badly this season, but the impression is that the absence of Zganec could negatively affect the team, which certainly plays in a short rotation. On the other hand, it is realistic that Crvena Zvezda will lack energy after the emotionally exhausting match in Barcelona and the host can take advantage of such a situation. Zadar knows how to make Crvena Zvezda suffer, which they showed last season. A big role in guarding Luka Bozic, league MVP, was played by Branko Lazic, who will not be in this game, so with all the above, we suggest that the Croatian team will not lose by a margin higher than the offered handicap.
Tip-off Time: Sunday, 12.11.2023, 17:00 CET
Prediction: Zadar +13.5
Odds: 1.74
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