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Baxi Manresa are hosting Valencia Basket Club at the Nou Congost Arena in Manresa on Friday, September 24, 2021, at 13:00 ET in this round 2 battle of the Spanish ACB League. Both teams are coming off defeats in their season openers and are looking to bounce back today. Valencia will be looking to make it into the playoffs once again this season, while Manresa will be looking for a ticket for the postseason as they did not make it last year.

Manresa finished last season with a 17-19 record and were ninth in the league. They are coming off a road defeat against Zaragoza this season with a 70-63 score, even though they shot fairly well both from the paint (51.6%) and from downtown (42.4%). They also had five players in double digit scoring, led by Sylvain Francisco with 24 points. He was 5-6 from the paint and added 4 rebounds and 4 assists, while Chima Moneke added 15 points and a team-high 7 rebounds.

Scott Eatherton led the team both in scoring last season with 14.1 ppg and in rebounding with 5.8 per game. Frankie Ferrari added 11.8 ppg and 5.3 assists per game.

Manresa averaged 83.8 ppg last year, while allowing 86.8 ppg defensively. They had a 46.5% field goal percentage and a 33.1% 3-point percentage.

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Spanish ACB Valencia vs Manresa Predictions 9/24/2021

Valencia finished last season with a 24-12 record and were fourth in the league. In the playoffs they eliminated Baskonia in the quarterfinals with 2-1 wins and then got eliminated in the semifinals by Real Madrid with 2-1. They are coming off a home defeat against Baskonia with a 67-72 score. They had a terrible shooting performance, making just 42.4% of their shots from inside and 25.8% from outside the arc. Boban Dubljevic led the team with 14 points, adding 6 rebounds. Josep Puerto and Mike Tobey added 12 points apiece.

Boban Dubljevic led the team both in scoring last season with 12.7 ppg and in rebounding with 5.7 per game. Klemen Prepelic added 11.4 ppg.

Valencia averaged 85 ppg last season, while allowing 80.5 ppg defensively. They had the third-best field goal percentage with 50.5% and the third-best 3-point percentage with 39.4%.

Valencia won both meetings against Manresa last season. At home with a 112-82 score and on the road with 74-82. They have lost the previous two matchups before that and are 3-3 in their previous six meetings in Manresa. Manresa had a 10-8 home record last season, while Valencia were 12-6 on the road. Valencia always had trouble playing on the road against Manresa, and while they are the favorite for the win, expect the hosts to force a closer game than 6 points and beat the odds today.

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