The New Year holidays are behind us, so we need to get back to work. The athletes had an early start. Let’s take a look at Week 19 of the Euroleague regular season. There is a scheduled match between Alba Berlin and Real Madrid.
Tournament – Turkish Airlines Euroleague;
Date – 12.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 19:00 UK;
Venue – Mercedes-Benz Arena (14.500);
City – Berlin, Germany.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-5) for Real Madrid – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 160 – 1.668.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Alba Berlin Points Over 77.5 – 1.90.
The Spaniards approach the game against Alba Berlin in excellent form. In recent matches, Jesus’ men defeated Maccabi and Crvena Zvezda too easily. They won’t have any problems against the Germans either.
Alba Berlin has significantly improved its attacking performance. Gonzalez’s side has scored at least 80 points in recent games. It’s likely that the Germans will continue to play their way against Real Madrid. As long as this tactic is successful, they won’t change anything. This should turn into a high-scoring encounter.
The Germans have scored more than 77 points in their last three games.
Alba Berlin managed to improve slightly. Israel Gonzalez’s side has won six games in a row. They won not only in the German championship. The Berlin team did fairly well in the Euroleague as well. For example, Alba managed to defeat ASVEL (91-79), Saski Baskonia (85-84) and Olimpia Milano (83-63).
In the game against Olimpia Milano, Maodo Lo scored 17 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists.
Their latest success allowed Gonzalez’s men to improve slightly on their place in the standings. The Berlin side managed to climb from last place to 15th.
In Alba Berlin’s matches, the average score is 162.
Two days ago, Real Madrid successfully travelled to Belgrade, where they left Crvena Zvezda with no chance. Jesus Mateo’s men were able to tie the hands of the Serbian forwards. The Spaniards didn’t give their opponent much room, allowing the Madrid team to win comfortably (79-59).
In that game, Edy Tavares scored 17 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists.
Victory over Crvena Zvezda was Real Madrid’s third straight. Before that, they also beat Maccabi Tel Aviv (98-65) and Gran Canaria (105-85) in the domestic championship.
Real Madrid has won their last 15 consecutive head-to-head matches.
In Real Madrid’s matches, the average score is 162.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Alba Berlin: Jaleen Smith – Maodo Lô – Louis Olinde – Luke Sikma – Ben Lammers.
Real Madrid: Nigel Williams-Goss – Alberto Abalde – Gabriel Deck – Guerschon Yabusele – Edy Tavares.
The fixture will be played at Mercedes-Benz Arena (14.500) in Berlin, Germany.
This starting whistle will sound on the 12th of January 2023, at 19:00 UK Time.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague: Alba Berlin vs Real Madrid at 1xBet and VBET.