NOTTINGHAM (Interstat) — Oaklands will visit Nottingham on Saturday for a women’s professional basketball game between two teams opening their seasons with 0-0 records.

Nottingham will serve as the home team. Oaklands enters as the visiting side. Both clubs are seeking their first win of the campaign. Oaklands’ most recent previous result was an 85-64 loss at Sheffield. Nottingham’s most recent previous result was a 95-52 loss at Sheffield.

Nottingham will try to use its home court to start the season positively. The team’s upcoming schedule includes trips to Newcastle and London, a home matchup with Cardiff, a trip to Caledonia, a home game against Essex, a trip to Manchester, a home game against Caledonia, a home game against Leicester, a trip to Sheffield and a home game against Newcastle.

Oaklands will look to build momentum on the road before returning home for a stretch that includes games against Cardiff, Caledonia, Leicester and London. Its upcoming schedule also includes road games at Sheffield, London, Newcastle, Essex, Leicester and Manchester.

Both teams closed their most recent action with losses to Sheffield. Oaklands scored 64 points in its most recent contest, while Nottingham scored 52 in its most recent result. The season opener offers each side a chance to set a new tone and begin building toward the rest of the schedule.

Nottingham’s home game will be followed by a road-heavy stretch. Oaklands will alternate home and away dates over its next several contests. The matchup is part of the early women’s professional basketball calendar and gives both clubs an opportunity to establish an early rhythm.

Oaklands will open as the visitor before a home matchup with Cardiff later in its schedule. Nottingham will open at home before a trip to Newcastle in its next contest. Both teams will then move through a series of league games that will test their depth and early-season form.

Oaklands’ listed schedule includes six road games and four home games after the opener. Nottingham’s listed schedule includes five road games and five home games after this matchup. The two clubs will not meet again in the next 10 games listed for either side, making the season opener their only scheduled meeting in that stretch.

Nottingham and Oaklands both enter the game without a win or a loss, so neither team has a form edge from the current season. Their most recent results came against Sheffield, with both teams dropping those contests. A strong start could help either club set the tone for the weeks ahead.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Oaklands 76, Nottingham 69. The projection gives Oaklands a seven-point advantage in the season opener.