Rīgas Zeļļi travel to second-placed Aris in the EuroCup on Wednesday

Rīgas Zeļļi play Aris in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, 11 November, in round seven of the ULEB EuroCup, Europe's second-tier club competition. Tip-off is at 20:00 Riga time. It is one of the hardest away trips of the Latvian club's first EuroCup season: Aris are second in Group A and have lost only once.

A crowded middle of the table

After six rounds, Hapoel Jerusalem are the only unbeaten side in Group A at 6-0, with Aris second at 5-1. Three teams share a 3-3 record: Le Mans, Tortona and Rīgas Zeļļi. Rostock have two wins, while Cedevita Olimpija of Ljubljana and Burgos have one each.

In the EuroCup, Zeļļi have beaten Tortona and Cedevita Olimpija (89-79) at home and Burgos (79-71) away. They lost by a point in Rostock (86-87), 64-100 in Jerusalem and 65-71 at home to Le Mans last Wednesday. In the Latvian-Estonian league they beat TalTech of Tallinn 92-66 on Saturday.

Aris lost only in Jerusalem

The Thessaloniki club started the season with five straight wins, including 87-74 in Le Mans and 110-79 in Rostock. Their only defeat came last week, 73-84 against Hapoel in Jerusalem. According to our sports data, Aris forward Jeremiah Robinson leads the EuroCup with 9.5 rebounds a game.

Jūrmala on Saturday

After Greece, Zeļļi have an unusual home game: their Latvian-Estonian league match against Viimsi on Saturday, 14 November, at 17:00 will be played in Jūrmala. The club has said it will play several home games in the regions this season, with further dates in Cēsis, Jelgava, Gulbene and Rēzekne. Their next EuroCup game is in Tortona on 18 November.

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