MAT vs JN Dream11: Matagalpa Basketball Club will be looking to exercise the home advantage when they entertain Brumas Jinotega in game-1 of best-of-three semi-final match in the 2020 Nicaragua Basketball League playoffs on early Thursday morning (IST).
The hosts arrive in this game on a magnificent seven-game winning run, with four of those positive results coming in the post-season as they downed both Rivas and Bonanza in the quarter-final and semi-finals respectively. With so little tested, it will be interesting to see how Matagalpa react when they are put under pressure and you can certainly expect that to happen as both teams are almost at the same level and the battle is expected to be intense.
Just like Matagalpa, Brumas Jinotega also finished the regular season with 17 wins and two defeats. But they made a better finish to the regular-season winning 12 consecutive games on their way to second-place finish. The playoffs have been more or less the same story, as they swept Boaco away in the first two games, but Real Esteli proved a tougher nut to crack, and they needed to come from 0-1 down in the series to win the quarter-finals.
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Match details:
Teams: Matagalpa and Jinotega
Venue: Nicaragua
Match Timing: June 04, @ 06:00 AM
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Matagalpa vs Jinotega team news:
Matagalpa: Carlos Matamoros Lorio is not getting on the team roster due to a bad form and Dream11 players are better off without him on their fantasy basketball teams.
In addition, players such as Carlos Matamoros Lorio, Jose Calero, D A Rocha, F Baltodano, and E Mejia can be looked as too big a risk due to their inconsistent form.
Jinotega: As for the visitors, there’ no injury issue but some players are likely to be overlooked due to their bad run of form. Said Escoto is not in good form, while the same can be said about the likes of Ariel Perez, M Leiva, Y Altamirano, and J Zelaya.
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Matagalpa vs Jinotega starting five:
Matagalpa: R Mendoza, B Castillo, Rudy Taylor, K Andino, D Cacho
Jinotega: Arnulfo Mendoza, Emilio Mendoza, Troy Humphreys, Juan Herrera, Franklin Omier
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Grand League tips:
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Likely squads:
Matagalpa: Darwin Almendarez Rocha, Franklin Zeledon Marin, Kevin Andino, Bryan Parajon, Byron Castillo, Jose Calero, Francisco Baltodano, Elgin Mejia, Rudy Taylor, Dayton Cacho, Raul Mendoza, Carlos, Gerson Zeledon, Harold Miranda
Jinotega: Troy Humphreys, Emilio Mendoza, Frankin Omier, Juan Herrera, Dixon Gutierrez, Agustin Huerta, Jorge Zelays, Gregory Smith, Ariel Perez, Moises Leiva, Said Escoto, Arnulfo Mendoza, Yader Altamirano
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MAT vs JN Dream11 teams:
Team 1:
PF: A Huerta, J Herrera
SF: F Omier, D Cacho (SP)
C: E Mendoza, B Parajon
PG: R Mendoza
SG: R Taylor
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Team 2:
PF: K Andino, A Huerta
SF: F Omier, G Smith, D Cacho (SP)
C: F Z Marin
PG: R Mendoza
SG: R Taylor
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There’s hardly anything that can be used to make a substantial difference between these two teams with both finishing with an identical record in the regular season. But the season is at that stage where little details can make an appreciable difference and that’s why Matagalpa will be more comfortable going into this game due to the fact that they are the hosts in this match. We are backing Matagalpa to win this game in our Dream11 Fantasy Basketball prediction.