Difficult visit of BAXI Manresa in the home of a Murcia who is a wall

BAXI Manresa will seek to extend their good moment of form, with four victories in the last five games, on the complicated court of UCAM Murcia, in a match that will be played on Sunday starting at 12:30 and will be broadcast live on Movistar+ Deportes and Ràdio Manresa. Despite the long-term absences of Guillem Jou and Juampi Vaulet, Pedro Martínez's team will seek to stand up to a team that has not lost at home this season.

The Bages team faces a complicated stretch of the calendar, with four of the next five matches away from home, the first of them against Sito Alonso's team, and subsequently visiting Andorra, Vitoria and Málaga, spending the 19th through the New Gorge to face the Monbus Obradoiro. Apart from the absences of Guillem Jou and Juampi Vaulet, Ladji Coulibaly, who was training with the team, also suffered a hand injury this week. BAXI Manresa begins the month of November with 3 away games.

The Murcians present the same balance as the Manresa team, with four wins and three losses, being a team that is very strong at home, where they have clearly won the three games they have played, against rivals from the top of the classification such as Baskonia, the Lenovo Tenerife and the Dreamland Gran Canaria. At an individual level, the figure of center Birgander, signed this season, stands out, leading the competition in rating, points and rebounds. The Swede is well accompanied by men like Dylan Ennis, Ludde Hakanson, and Howard Sant-Roos. In Sito Alonso's squad we find ex-Manresan Jordan Sakho. The Murcians are also competing in European competition this season. Sito Alonso's men have a balance of one victory and one loss in the Basketball Champions League after defeating Igokea this Wednesday (72-47).

Pedro Martínez spoke to the media this Friday. The coach from Manresa said that “they are an excellent defensive team: aggressive, they defend with pressure... they are very good behind, you are not comfortable playing against them; They have signed a lot of talent with Hakanson, Ennis, San Roos and Birgander, who is being the MVP of the league; "We have to be prepared so that they don't happen to us like their last rival in the BCL."