PATRAS (Interstat) — NE Megaridas will visit Esperos on Saturday in a Greek basketball matchup, with the visitors seeking to build on a high-scoring win and the hosts trying to end a four-game slide.

NE Megaridas enters at 3-2 after a 105-81 home victory over Panerythraikos in its most recent game. That result was the team’s highest-scoring outing of the season and followed a 64-61 road loss at AE Psychiko Athens. NE Megaridas has alternated wins and losses over its past five games, also posting home wins over Peira Machites (83-76) and Koroivos (76-59) while falling at Amyntas BC (65-62). The visitors are 3-0 at home and 0-2 on the road, with both road defeats decided by three points. NE Megaridas has scored at least 76 points in three of its five games. In its three home wins, NE Megaridas scored 76, 83 and 105 points and allowed 59, 76 and 81.

Esperos enters at 1-4 after a 72-62 loss at Sofadon in its most recent game. The hosts opened the season with a 74-71 home win over Papagou but have since dropped four straight. Esperos also lost at home to Chalkida (87-76), fell at Gavrio (95-77), and dropped a road decision at Anagennisi (87-79). Esperos has allowed at least 72 points in each of its past four games. The hosts are 1-1 at home and 0-3 on the road. Esperos’s lone win was a three-point home decision over Papagou, and its four losses have come by 10, 11, 18 and eight points. Esperos has scored 74 points or more in three of its five games.

Saturday’s contest will be NE Megaridas’s third road game of the season and Esperos’s third home game. NE Megaridas has won three straight at home, while Esperos has lost two straight at home. NE Megaridas will return home to face Proteas Voulas after Saturday, while Esperos will visit Kronos Agiou Dimitriou. NE Megaridas’s following scheduled opponents include Komotini, Anagennisi, Papagou, Gavrio, Chalkida, Sofadon, Panionios, Kronos Agiou Dimitriou and Koroivos. Esperos’s upcoming schedule includes Koroivos, Amyntas BC, Peira Machites, AE Psychiko Athens, Panerythraikos, Panionios, Proteas Voulas, Komotini and Anagennisi. NE Megaridas’s next 10 games include six home games and four road games, while Esperos’s next 10 include four home games and six road games.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of NE Megaridas 63, Esperos 55.