Al-Bataeh basketball team is aiming for its best historical start in the league, seeking an eighth victory against away team Al-Jazira at 7:30 PM today, in the final round of the preliminary stage. In the same time slot, a local derby between Al-Dhafra and Al-Wahda will take place at Al-Wasl Club's court.Al-Bataeh enters the match high on morale after their previous round victory over Al-Nasr (83-73). The team aims to secure two points and climb to 18 points, keeping them in the title race. Notably, 'The Royal' has only tasted defeat twice in the current season, both narrowly against league leaders Al-Sharjah (105-108) and against Al-Ahli (78-93).On the other hand, Al-Jazira, who are tied for sixth place with Al-Dhafra on 10 points each, are aware of the difficulty of the task due to the technical gap between the teams. In their first encounter in late October, Al-Bataeh secured a big win (100-70).In the second match, Al-Wahda, sitting at the bottom of the table with 9 points, will be searching for their first league win, while Al-Dhafra will look to repeat their away victory from the first leg, which ended 95-67.
