VILNIUS (Interstat) — Lietuvos Rytas will serve as the home team and Trabzonspor will be the visiting side for the game on Wednesday at Siemens Arena in Vilnius, Lithuania. Both teams enter with 5-2 season records. This is the seventh game of the season for each club.

Trabzonspor most recently dropped a 93-90 decision to Esenler. Brady Manek is the visitor’s player to watch. He scored 23 points and grabbed five rebounds in that game. His recent form also includes 13 points and six rebounds at Denizli Basket and a four-point, three-rebound, three-assist effort against Sabah. Trabzonspor’s other results include a 75-70 win at Denizli Basket, a 100-83 win over Sabah, an 83-80 win over Bordo, a 93-83 overtime win over Nanterre, a 90-81 loss at Besiktas and an 82-76 win over Bursaspor. Marcus Keene contributed 20 points and five assists in the most recent defeat, while Xavier Tillman added 12 points and seven rebounds.

Lietuvos Rytas enters on a three-game winning streak. Arturas Gudaitis is the home side’s player to watch. He had 18 points and six rebounds in the most recent 94-76 win at Juventus. Gudaitis also produced 13 points and four rebounds at Taurage, 13 points and three rebounds at Siauliai, and a 10-point, 13-rebound performance at Nanterre. Gudaitis scored in double figures in each of his four listed recent games. Gytis Radzevicius and Cassius Winston each scored 15 points in the Juventus win. Lietuvos Rytas’s other results include a 79-71 win at Taurages, a 95-88 win at Siauliai, a 65-93 loss at Nanterre, an 86-77 win over Neptunas, an 82-73 win over Sabah and a 102-105 loss to Gargzdu Gargzdai.

Both teams have seven games on their season ledgers. The matchup is the first of the season between the teams. Trabzonspor’s upcoming slate includes Korfez Basket, Aliağa Petkim, Sabah, Tofas, Anadolu Efes, Fenerbache Koleji and a return game against Lietuvos Rytas. Lietuvos Rytas’s upcoming slate includes Zalgiris, Jonava Jonavos, Panevezys and Nanterre. The teams are scheduled to meet again later in the season, with Trabzonspor hosting the return game. Manek and Gudaitis are the listed players to watch for their respective sides.

A projection model based on recent scoring, rebounding and home-court advantage gives Lietuvos Rytas a narrow edge, with a projected score of 84-81 and an over-under in the mid-160s. The model favors the home side slightly because of its recent winning streak and inside presence, while Trabzonspor’s scoring options keep the projected margin close. The projected total reflects recent scoring outputs for both teams and the home side’s slight edge.