FRANKFURT (Interstat) — Frankfurt will host Maxima Roma on Thursday in a matchup between teams separated by one game in the standings. Maxima Roma enters at 8-5, while Frankfurt is 7-5. Maxima Roma won its most recent game, and Frankfurt lost its most recent game.

Miro Bilan is the player to watch for Maxima Roma. The center had 26 points, nine rebounds and three assists in his team’s most recent game, a 99-87 win over Cantu. In the previous game, he had 14 points and eight rebounds in an 86-84 win over London Lions. Bilan also had six points and five rebounds at Trento, 13 points and six rebounds at Siauliai, four points and six rebounds against Udine, 22 points and eight rebounds against Venezia and 17 points and six rebounds at Tortona. Xavier Moon added 18 points and eight assists in the most recent win, and Aaron Holiday scored 15 points.

Judah Mintz is Frankfurt’s player to watch. He had 18 points, four rebounds and three assists in the team’s most recent game, a 77-73 loss at Mitteldeutscher. Mintz also had 14 points and four assists at Turk Telekom, 20 points and three assists at Jena, 17 points and five assists against Cluj-Napoca and 20 points against Tenerife. W. Christmas added 11 points and eight rebounds in the most recent game, and Till Pape scored 16 points.

Maxima Roma has won its last three games, including the overtime win over London Lions and the victory at Trento. Its recent results also include a 98-93 loss at Šiauliai, an 81-75 win over Udine, a 90-79 win over Venezia, an 89-75 win at Tortona, a 96-71 loss at Tenerife, a 96-95 win over BC Roma, a 92-77 loss at Turk Telekom and a 98-89 loss at Virtus Bologna. Frankfurt has won two of its last five, with the losses coming at Mitteldeutscher, at Turk Telekom and against Tenerife. Frankfurt’s recent results include a 93-82 win at Jena, a 113-97 win over Cluj-Napoca, a 104-94 loss to Tenerife, an 81-76 win at London, an 89-78 win over Hamburg, a 79-71 win over Šiauliai, a 93-88 win at Phoenix Hagen, a 104-72 loss at Venezia and a 93-81 win over Vechta.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Frankfurt to win 98-94. Interstat’s ELO system gives Frankfurt a 63.7 percent probability to win. Maxima Roma is installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -3.5, and the over/under for this game is 173.5.