FMP vs. Cibona Prediction, Tips and Odds – Dec. 12, 2022 18:00 CET
As part of the tenth round of the ABA league, the domestic FMP and former European champions, who are far from the old glory of Zagreb’s Cibona, meet in Železnik.
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FMP Team News
The team from Železink is playing great basketball again this season, and coach Stefanović is the most responsible for that, who brilliantly distributed the roles in the team. It cannot be said that FMP is a surprise, especially when we go back a few seasons, we will notice that FMP grows from season to season, and is better and better every season.
Although FMP was left this season without Jones, Tasić, Radonjić, and many believed that FMP would not be able to compensate for these absences. However, the team from Železnik is playing even better this season. Stefanović strengthened the team with Fraizer, Valinskas, Beech, experienced Jenkins, and finally with the former MVP of the ABA league, Nikola Janković. Since last season, Šaranović, Simović, Neranđžić, and Izundu have been in the team, young players who still have a lot of room for improvement, and the most important thing for them is that they get minutes and a role with Stefanović.
A group of young local players and quality foreigners who are under the radar, but possess enormous quality. In the regional championship, FMP takes third place, with a score of 7:2, where the defeats came at away games against Zvezda and Zadar. Nenad Stefanović’s men enter this match with an additional motive, after the defeat in Zadar.
The team from Železnik plays team basketball with a lot of aggressiveness and energy, and that is their strongest weapon.
Cibona Team News
Cibona entered this season with major financial problems, and it was a question of how they would perform in the ABA league and in which lineup. Compared to last season, only Radovčić remained, who was a backup option last season, while this season he is one of the team’s main players. However, in the Aba league this season, the Cibos have achieved three victories, which is excellent in relation to the quality of the roster they have. Josip Sesar has taken over the role of coach and is trying to get the most out of this young team.
They are in a series of four defeats in the ABA league, the last defeat came against Cedevita Olimpija in Draženov Dom. Cibona played a great first half, but the short rotation took its toll, and in the second half they fell completely.
Cibona strengthened during the season with two experienced players, in the form of Domagoj Vuković and Blaž Mesiček, who will bring much-needed width to the Cibona team. In the composition of Cibona, there are a couple of players who were once considered the greatest talents in the region, such as Lovro Mazalin, Sani Aranitović, Baković, and Bruno Kapusta, who will try to raise their careers to a higher level, and thus help the Wolves from Zagreb. At the weekend, Cibona defeated Škrljevo at 82:57, where Smajlagić was the most effective with 17 points. In the last match in the ABA league, they defeated Cedevita Olimpija, with a score of 78:90, where Mazalin led his team with 22 points.
H2H
13.03.22 – FMP : Cibona – 76:71
20.11.21 – Cibona : FMP – 66:69
19.03.21 – FMP : Cibona – 90:86
04.12.20 – Cibona : FMP – 93:80
FMP vs. Ciboona Prediction
Cibona is on a bad streak, and this lack of width is especially visible in the second half when the main players Mazalin and Radovčić get tired. They don’t have adequate substitutes for them, and opponents break them. We believe that FMP will win this match and break Cibona first of all with defense and intensity.
Tip-off Time: Monday, 12.12.2022, 18:00 CET
Prediction: FMP -12.5
Odds: 1,71
Sportsbook: Bet365
