Every team wanted to avoid the relegation group before the season. And the clubs certainly had good reasons to avoid this group because there is a lot of pressure in a 4-team group where only the best team is sure to stay in the first league next season. The second placed team will play a best-of-3 series against the third best team of the National 2, which could be Zolwer, Bascharage or Mondorf.
The current standings:
Contern – 34 points (24 games)
Musel Pikes – 32 points (23 games)
Telstar – 30 points (23 games)
Racing – 28 points (24 games)
At this moment, Contern is leading the 4-team group but they have also played one more game than the Musel Pikes. One decision has already fallen because Racing Luxembourgcan not reach the second place anymore, the team from the capital will play in the second league next season. Telstar trails the Musel Pikes by 2 points and Contern by 4 points.
Games on Saturday:
20:00 Musel Pikes – Contern
20:30 Telstar – Racing
On Saturday, Telstar desperately needs a win over Racing to put more pressure on the Musel Pikes and Contern. In fact, Telstar could come as close as 1 point to the Musel Pikes. The team from Hesperange will definitely enter this weekend’s game with a lot of momentum as they clearly beat Contern 104:69 last week.
