MOSCOW (Interstat) — Oradea will visit Neftchi IK on Wednesday at Basket Hall in a matchup between a 7-3 Oradea side and a 1-4 Neftchi IK team. Oradea will be the visiting team, and Neftchi IK will be the home team. Oradea enters with the stronger record and recent form. Neftchi IK will try to use home court to reverse a difficult start.

Oradea’s most recent outing was a 92-73 home win against Atlassib Sibiu. Quincy Guerrier led Oradea with 21 points and 11 rebounds in 23 minutes, Joshua Jefferson added 17 points, and Malik Osborne pulled down 12 rebounds. Guerrier is the player to watch for Oradea. In recent games he also had 12 points and eight rebounds against VEF Riga, nine points and two rebounds at Dinamo Bucharest, 15 points and seven rebounds at Lok. Plovdiv, 11 points and 12 rebounds against Fribourg Olympic, and nine points and three rebounds at Municipal Galati. Oradea beat VEF Riga 92-84, beat Pitesti 98-92, beat Fribourg Olympic 93-67 and beat Municipal Galati 101-74 in other recent wins, and lost to Dinamo Tbilisi 87-73, Lok. Plovdiv 79-69 and Salon Vilpas 98-96. Oradea also beat Batumi-RSU 93-77 and AEK Larnaca 95-87.

Neftchi IK’s most recent game was a 78-73 loss at Fribourg Olympic. Aleksa Stepanovic paced Neftchi IK with 15 points, eight rebounds and three assists in 33 minutes. Elijah Hawkins added 13 points and six rebounds, and Milic Starovlah scored 15 points. Stepanovic is the player to watch for Neftchi IK. He had 15 points, 10 rebounds and four assists against VEF Riga, 11 points and five rebounds at Mykonos, and four points and three rebounds at Parnu in recent games. Neftchi IK’s lone win this season came against Parnu by an 80-67 score, and the team also has losses to Fribourg Olympic, VEF Riga, Mykonos and Parnu.

Basket Hall is the venue. Oradea has won four of its last six games. Neftchi IK has lost four of its last five. Oradea is scheduled to play at Rapid Bucuresti, at Mykonos, at Craiova, at Fribourg Olympic, against SCM Timisoara, against Lok. Plovdiv, at CSO Voluntari, against Valcea, at VEF Riga and at Steaua Bucuresti in upcoming games. Neftchi IK is set to play at Lok. Plovdiv, host Mykonos, visit VEF Riga and host Fribourg Olympic.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Oradea 92, Neftchi IK 85. Oradea has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -10.5, and the over-under for the game is 165.