Barcelona Basquet and Unicaja Malaga will face each other in the Liga ACB regular season.
Tournament – Liga ACB;
Date – 18.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 22:00 UK;
Venue – Palau Blaugrana (7.585);
City – Barcelona, Spain.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+10) for Unicaja Malaga – 1.70.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 160 – 1.91.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Barcelona Points Under 85.5 – 1.70.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #4 – Satoransky Points Under 9.5 – 1.668.
Barcelona is likely to have a tough match-up. Unicaja recently defeated Valencia. At the very least, Navarro’s side must put up a good fight against the Catalans.
In the last three meetings between the two opponents, two of which took place on this very court, the maximum score of 148 points between them. Looking at Barça’s lacklustre performance in games this winter, it makes sense to bet on the lower total of points.
Barcelona is approaching its clash with Unicaja in fine form. The day before, the Catalans defeated Panathinaikos in the Euroleague (74-68). Before that, there was also a victory over Monaco Basket (69:63) and Breogan (78:74).
It should be noted that Barcelona lost only three games in the current Liga ACB. In the remaining eight games, the Blaugranas celebrated victory. The such performance allowed Šarūnas Jasikevičius’s side to climb to fifth place in the standings.
In their last five games in all competitions, the hosts have scored a maximum of 78 points.
Unicaja suddenly became one of the leaders in the Liga ACB. A solid performance in recent matches allowed the team from Malaga to climb to third place. Ibon Navarro’s side has now won nine games in a row. They have not only won the domestic championship. Unicaja also defeated their rivals in the Champions League.
The last game was played away against PAOK. Navarro’s side was victorious. The opponents were defeated with a score of 88-85.
In Unicaja’s previous five games in all tournaments, there was a maximum of 40 points between the teams in the first quarter.
The Catalans have scored less than 85 points in their last three games. We offer to bet on “Barcelona Points Under 85.5” with odds of 1.70.
Tomas Satoransky has not scored more than 9 points in 3 of his last 4 games. We offer to bet on “Satoransky Points Under 9.5” with odds of 1.668.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Barcelona Basquet: Tomáš Satoranský – Nicolás Laprovíttola – Álex Abrines – Nikola Kalinić – Jan Veselý.
Unicaja Malaga: Kendrick Perry – Darío Brizuela – Nihad Đedović – Dylan Osetkowski – David Kravish.
The fixture will be played at Palau Blaugrana (7.585) in Barcelona, Spain.
This starting whistle will sound on the 18th of October, 2022, at 22:00 UK Time.
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