By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After the amazing 5 out of 5 in the first five games of the EuroLeague, Eurohoops offers its predictions for the latest three games.
Eurohoops’ successful streak continued with the capstone of Darussafaka’s win by a margin of 1-5 points, while Panathinaikos’s win, the Over in the Milan-Efes game, Zalgiris’s Over, and the Under in the Unics-Crvena Zvezda game were also included in the menu.
Galatasaray are the only team that still haven’t won any of their games in the EuroLeague and their material is definitely a lot better than what the 0-5 reveals. Their biggest problem is defensive, as they concede 97 points on average! Olympiacos on the other hand have shown very positive things in most games and can get the away win. The 3,5-point handicap (@Stoiximan 1,80) is small and they can go over it, while another really good option is the Over in the visitors’ points with the limit of 84,5 points (@Stoiximan 1,83) looking really small. In their three wins the red-and-whites have scored more points and Galatasaray haven’t conceded less in any of their games!
The only undefeated team in the EuroLeague, CSKA Moscow, is hosting Real Madrid, who have a 4-1 record with their only defeat coming from Baskonia. The Russians are strong favorites according to betting companies since they’re giving the visitors an advantage of 6,5 points. This is rather big for a derby like this and Real’s +6,5 seems attractive. Both teams have similar numbers in scoring (92,4-80,6 for CSKA and 90-81,8 for Real) and with the limit at 170,5 points there doesn’t seem to be any opportunities. So it might be best to simply watch the game instead of betting on it.
Baskonia are traditionally strong at home, even though they’re coming from the defeat by Olympiacos on their home turf. Bargnani is in doubt again, Akognon has left, as Beaubois has fully recovered from his injury. Fenerbahce on the other hand, are coming from the… slip against Unics at home and don’t want to suffer another loss. Bogdanovic’s absence has limited Obradovic’s rotation, but Baskonia do not really have great depth either. The game hangs in the balance but since the pay-off for Fenerbahce’s win is so good (@Bet365 1,74).
The betting tips
Galatasaray (+4,5) – Olympiacos 2
Galatasaray – Olympiacos Olympiacos Over 84,5 points
Baskonia – Fenerbahce 2