Maccabi Rishon and Hapoel Gilboa Galil to decode which team goes to the Second Stage

The second Israeli team that will play in the next stage of Delasport Balkan League will become known tonight. At 19.00 hrs local time, Maccabi Rishon LeZion will host Hapoel Gilboa Galil as the winner will go through in the competition. The match will be broadcast LIVE on TV channel Sport 5 and on the league's YouTube channel.

Maccabi Rishon is coming to the game after beating Hapoel Jerusalem away and that will give the team enough confidence. Now playing at home, should give them a small advantage which they'll try to use. Maccabi is counting a lot on Mitchell, Taylor, Monroe and Lewis but the local players like Dovrat and Gut also have an important role. 

Hapoel Gilboa Galil is with a new head coach with Avishay Gordon as this will be his debut. It's unlikely that he'll change a lot so early, especially since the team is doing well both in BIBL and in the Winner league. Floyd, Thomasson, Blackshear and Cousins are the Americans who can decide any game but the locals like Artsi, Gershon, Ziv and Hanochi are doing a very good job so their performance will also be important.

What is clear is that we'll witness a very good and interesting game. The Group D winner is hosting the Group B winner so the show is guaranteed. They met once in the Winner league as just before the start of 2021 Gilboa Galil won away from home by 2 points. That promises a lot so we can only hope that the teams will bring their best games tonight.