Maxima Roma face Alibegovic's former club Udine

Maxima Roma, after beating Tortona in the Italian Basketball League and playing the Italian derby against Umana Reyer Venezia in Eurocup, will now face APU Old Wild West Udine. The game will be played on Sunday at 16:30 and broadcast live on LBATV.

The two teams are even at 2-2 in head-to-head results. However, recent form is different. Maxima Roma has won two games in a row, while Udine lost its last two matches. Coach Cotelli has won three times against opposing coach Vertemati, and he took all three of those wins while in charge of Brescia.

Looking at the statistics, the two teams have very different offensive approaches. Maxima Roma ranks second in the league in three-point shooting at 40.4%, and second in free throws at 81.5%. On two-point shots, however, it has the lowest percentage in the league at 45.7%. Udine has the worst three-point accuracy in the league at 28.7%, yet it attempts 32.2 threes per game. Udine leads the league in free throws at 82.1% and stands out as the third-best defense.

On the boards, Udine ranks second with 39 rebounds per game, while Maxima Roma is 13th with 33.5 rebounds.

One of the featured names in the game is Mirza Alibegovic. He played for Udine in the 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons and contributed to the team's promotion to Serie A. This season, at the top level of the league, he is averaging 12.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game.

Udine assistant coach Lorenzo Pomes pointed to the quality of the opposing roster. Pomes named Bilan, last season's best center, along with Voronesi and Alibegovic as the standout players on the opposing side. According to Pomes, the team has spent a week preparing specifically for this game.