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Prometheus – Cedevita Olympia. Prediction and announcement for the European Cup match
The meeting between Prometheus and Cedevita Olimpia will take place on Wednesday, February 8th in Kaunas. The fight begins at 7:00 pm Kyiv time. The match will be broadcast live by Xsport and Setanta Sports Ukraine TV channels.
Thanks to six wins in a row at the 2022/2023 European Cup, Prometheus has effectively decided to enter the next stage of the competition, and the final victory over the formidable Spaniard Hoventud has lifted the Ukrainian club to first place in a completely clear way. standings. But everyone knows the fact that staying at the top is harder than flying to the top. And now Slobozhans will have to defend their position and, ironically, the current champions of Ukraine will play their first match as the leader of group A against Slovenian Cedevita Olimpia from outside the group.
Who would have thought before the start of the European competitions that the teams would take their current place after playing 13 rounds? Many European basketball experts attributed Prometheus more to the dark horses of the tournament, and Cedevita Olympia took an iron place in the playoffs, though not among our group’s favourites. But after more than two-thirds of the competitive distance, the Balkans closed group A and they will have to put in a lot of effort to keep fighting.
The Slovenian team has a very good composition by European Cup standards. It has many well-known names in basketball (Josh Adams, Yogi Ferrell, Alen Omich, Zoran Dragic and others) and a few young candidates, among which the Croatian Carlo Matkovic is worth highlighting. However, the Ljubljana club managed to get only three wins in thirteen matches.
Here is the full list of Cedevita Olympia’s 2022/2023 European Cup results:
October 12. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Bursaspor (Turkey) – 73:81
October 19th. Cologne (Romania) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 94:76
October 26. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Hoventud (Spain) – 78:100
November 2nd. Venice (Italy) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 76:68
November 22. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Prometheus (Ukraine) – 89:94
November 30. Litkabelis (Lithuania) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 104:98
December 6 Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Ratiopharm (Germany) – 108:78
14 December. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Brescia (Italy) – 80:83
December 21. Burg (France) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 90:91
January 11th. Bursaspor (Turkey) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 111:93
January 18. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Cologne (Romania) – 80:88
January 25th. Joventut (Spain) – Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – 96:91
February 1st. Cedevita Olimpia (Slovenia) – Venice (Italy) – 77:73
The leaders of Cedevita Olympia are American back line players Yogi Ferrell – Josh Adams. The first is the team’s best sniper and chief assistant (19.8 points + 5.4 assists). At the same time, the defender averages 23.7 points, which is by far the best result in the 2022/2023 European Cup. Josh Adams adds an average of 15 points to the team’s piggy bank and is statistically considered the team’s second top scorer. It’s also impossible not to mention Slovenian tall Alen Omich. A seasoned Balkan solidifies Olympia Cedevita’s three-second zone and is only slightly behind the international average double-double (10.2 points + 9.4 rebounds).
The away match with Cedevita Olympia has already entered the history of the Slobozhan club. Prometheus won their first away victory in the European Cup in Ljubljana. It happened in the fourth round of the regular season on November 22 last year. At Arena Stojice, Slovenia’s main indoor arena, Ronen Ginsburg’s wards resisted the home’s initial attack, leveled the game and pinned their opponent in the tense end – 89:94. Caleb Agada and Giann Clavell have been the most prolific in the composition of our club. Both scored 21 points each. Josh Adams (19 points + 6 rebounds) was in the squad of the home team.
It is worth paying attention to the place of the fight. For the second time this season, the wards of Ronen Ginsburg will play in Lithuanian Kaunas due to the employment of Arena Riga. At the Zalgiris Arena, which is considered one of the best in Europe and will host the Euroleague Final Four in May, Prometheus lost 105:106 to the German Ratiofarm. Now it’s time for the reigning champions of Ukraine to fix the statistics.
Today’s match will be the last match before the break for the final matches of the 2023 World Championship qualifiers in the European Cup, and it will be very nice for our teams to go to the national team in a good mood. And in general, Prometheus is extremely uncomfortable losing points at home with a foreigner, after the already completed tournament path. Our club is seen as the favorite of the duel and we only wish he would approve the pre-match statements.
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