Gamelab M05 BAXI Manresa - Zunder Palencia

BAXI Manresa welcomes Zunder Palencia this Sunday, a team that still does not know the victory in the ACB and that comes to the Nou Congost with the aim of moving away from the relegation zone. Four defeats in the first four rounds, one in overtime against Barça, are the results of the Palencia team in their first season in the Endesa League. Marco Antonio Justo's team are still without a win, but they are a dangerous team that puts all their rivals on the ropes.

Who contributes the points in Palencia?

Palencia have been led in scoring in the first few games by Yannick Franke and Vitor Benite. On the one hand, the Dutchman is the player who contributes the most points to Marco Antonio Justo's team, an average of 14 points per game, while, on the other hand, the Brazilian contributes an average of 13.5. However, Zunder Palencia has other players with scoring ability, such as Brandon Brown (10.8p), Anzejs Pasecniks (8p), Matt Haarms (8p) or Keye Van der Vuurst (7p).

The duel: Dani Pérez vs Vitor Benite

The player from Hospitalet de Llobregat and the Brazilian are two of the leaders in their respective teams. Two players who will face each other this Sunday and will try to give their best version to get the victory. Dani Perez still maintains his good dynamic of game, with an average of 12.3 points, 8.5 assists and 14.8 credits of valuation per game. On the side of Palencia comes Vitor Benite, a player with great experience in the ACB who is having a great role in the newly promoted team. 13, 5 points and 10,8 valuation are the averages that the brazilian is contributing to Zunder Palencia each game. It should be noted that both Dani Perez (47.4%) and Vitor Benite (42.9%) have a great success in the three-point shot, a requirement that can be very important to get the victory in this Sunday's game.

The shooting %

Pedro Martínez's team outperforms Zunder Palencia in all shooting percentages. In three-pointers, BAXI Manresa have a 35.5% success rate, compared to 28.7% for Palencia. In the two-point shot the percentages are more equal. Manresa's 51.2% compared to 49.2% for the players coached by Marco Antonio Justo. When it comes to free throw shooting, both BAXI Manresa (77%) and Zunder Palencia (73.3%) are highly effective.

Background

Manresa and Palencia have only seen each other five times, yes, all in the same season. And Palencia is a rival that brings back good memories to the Catalans. In the 2017-18 season, when both teams played in the LEB Oro, Manresa and Palencia contested the semi-final of the promotion play-offs to ACB, which Manresa would win, which would end up returning to Liga Endesa.

The old-known

Physical trainer Arnau Moreno, currently part of the coaching staff of Zunder Palencia, is an old acquaintance of BAXI Manresa, a club he was part of between 2014 and 2017.

The current BAXI Manresa player, Dani Pérez, played in Palencia during the 2015-16 season, a team with which he achieved promotion.