MZT Skopje vs. Split Prediction, Tips and Odds – Dec. 22, 2022 19:00 CET 

Ognjen
December 21, 2022
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MZT Skopje vs. Split Prediction

In the framework of the twelfth round of the ABA league, a back-to-back derby is played in Skopje, where the home team MZT welcomes the “yellows” from Split.

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MZT Skopje Team News 

The MZT team is at the back of the ABA league carnival, and there is a fire under their feet. They enter this match with a great imperative to win, but it will not be easy for them. This season MZT has only two wins and both came against teams from the lower echelon of the ABA League this season. They beat SC Derby and Mega, but are now on a three-game losing streak. The biggest problem this season for MZT is definitely the defense and they almost regularly concede over 90+ points.

Much depends on the game of the American Mike Caffey, who is the leader of this team and averages 12 points on average. During the season, they brought reinforcements from Girona, Aleksandar Bursac, who played for Zadar last season, and he will bring a lot of strength under the basket, together with Strahinja Micovic. Recently, MZT has been playing a lot with Bursac and Micovic as two fours, with Micovic able to play as a “false” five. The young Turkish international Yigitoglu has great defensive and jumping potential but gets into problems with personal mistakes very quickly. In addition to Caffey, a lot depends on the Macedonian representative Vojdan Stojanovski, who is the team’s best shooter.

In the last match, they were defeated away by Zadar by 22 points, and Micovic was the most effective with 22 points.

Split Team News 

Just like last season, Split is at the very bottom of the ABA league table and until the last round, the fight for survival remains. This season they have three wins, but they lost a couple of games in equal endings, so the score could have been better, but in Skopje, they have a chance to improve that score.

This season they found themselves in financial problems. They got stronger with the experienced Dominik Mavra, who has been “leaving” teams in the ABA league for seasons. First, he did it with Karpos Sokoli, Krka, and finally with Zadar. In addition to Marva, the main player is Shannon Shorter, who revived Split’s team last season, and is averaging 18.5 points this season.

Split has big problems with the width of the roster. In addition to Ukic, who extended his contract, but still has problems with injuries, they added Boris Tisma, who is one of the most talented players in the league, to the team. In the last round, they were defeated by Borac in Cacak by half a basket, and Dominik Mavra was the most effective with 22 points, while on Monday they were defeated by Cibona in Zagreb.

H2H

21.01.20 – Split : MZT Skopje – 98:85

05.11.19 – MZT Skopje : Split – 70:64

24.01.19 – Split : MZT Skopje – 76:78

01.11.18 – MZT Skopje : Split – 104:87

MZT Skopje vs. Split Prediction 

This is a game that can decide many things, from the aspect of survival in the league, even though it is only December, above all from the psychological aspect. We believe that this will be a very tough game even down to one ball, so we expect that the six point difference is a great handicap for the Split side, which has great chances in this match.

Tip-off Time: Thursday,  22.12.2022, 19:00 

Prediction: Split +6.5

Odds: 1,76

Sportsbook: 22bet

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