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17 October 2025  4 min read

NBL D1 Preview (18/19 Oct 2025) - Live Stats, streaming, National Cup and more

Eight games, five from Pool A and three from Pool A, make a busy Saturday, headlined by Birmingham City University and Worcester Wolves locking horns.

Sunday contains the NBL National Cup Round of 32, with 15 of the 16 matches on offer as teams chase a spot in the last 16.

In the list below, a * is for Pool A games, and a + for Pool B games.

Saturday 18 October

* 3:30pm - Cardiff Met Archers vs Teesside Lions - LIVE STATS

* 3:45pm - Sheffield Sharks II vs Manchester Magic - LIVE STATS

* 3:45pm - Birmingham City University vs Worcester Wolves - LIVE STATS

* 4pm - Myerscough Basketball Academy vs St Helens Saints - LIVE STATS

+ 4:45pm - London Lions II vs Cobham Cobras - LIVE STATS

* 6pm - Sheffield Arrows vs Liverpool - LIVE STATS

+ 6pm - Richmond Knights vs London Stars - LIVE STATS

+ 6:15pm - London Elite vs Solent Kestrels - LIVE STATS

For this weekend's NBL National Cup fixtures, plus the rest of the matches across the WNBL and Jnr. NBL, click the button below.

View all the fixtures for this weekend

St Helens' Connor Murtagh currently leads all D1M scorers with 36.0PPG

West Midlands matchup

BCU vs Worcester is set to draw plenty of eyes in Pool A this week, with the hosts at 3-0 and the Wolves well-placed at 2-1 themselves.

The visitors own D1M's best defence at just 58.7PPG allowed, but BCU's attacking firepower is currently top five in the league at 86.0PPG.

That makes for an intriguing match-up, but it's not the only contest worth watching this weekend.

D1M top-scorer Connor Murtagh takes St Helens to a North West rival in Myerscough, unbeaten Manchester head across the Pennines to Sheffield Sharks II, and winless Teesside Lions and Cardiff Met Archers square off in South Wales.

In Pool B, Solent will need to bounce back from last weekend's loss to Barking Abbey as they head to London Elite.

London Stars are one of three unbeaten sides left in the standings and they head over to Richmond Knights, whilst London Lions II entertain Cobham Cobras.

NBL National Cup

The field of remaining teams in this year's NBL National Cup is set to be halved again on Sunday, with some eye-catching match-ups on tap.

Liverpool and Manchester clash to open proceedings at 12pm, with the likes of St Helens vs Sheffield Arrows and Leicester Warriors vs Birmingham City University following after.

With the slightly different format for this year's cup and all teams already in the draw, plenty of D2 sides will be hoping for a spot in the next round, as the likes of Exeter Spartans (home vs Solent Kestrels), LDN Phoenix (away vs London Stars) and Yorkshire Dragons (away vs Tees Valley Mohawks) still flying the flag for D3.

The Sheffield Sharks II game against Nottingham Athletic can be watched live from the embed below:

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