There are traditionally few basketball games in the middle of the week. The Euroleague regular season usually kicks off on Thursday, but this time there’s also an interesting contest on Wednesday. In the Italian derby, Olimpia Milano takes on Virtus Bologna.
Tournament – Turkish Airlines Euroleague;
Date – 09.11.2022;
Kick-Off – 19:30 UK;
Venue – Mediolanum Forum (12.700);
City – Milan, Italy.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-4) for Olimpia Milano – 1.75.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 154 – 1.60.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Virtus Bologna Points Over 72 – 1.80.
Olimpia has won its last four home games against Virtus. Messina’s side will likely be successful again. After all, the Bologna side has had a poor showing in Milan.
Both teams cannot be described as fast. Both Olimpia and Virtus put a lot of emphasis on defence. As a result, the encounters often end up being low-key. At the end of September, Milan and Bologna combined for just 136 points. The trend is likely to continue.
Virtus has scored more than 72 points in its last four games.
Olimpia Milano has been underperforming in the Euroleague lately. After several victories, Messina’s men lost to Barcelona (56-74) and Real Madrid (77-83). Those defeats immediately put the Milan team out of the playoff picture. At present, Olimpia is in 11th place.
Against Virtus, Olimpia will try to put things right. They have all the prerequisites for that. Messina’s men will play against Bologna after a comfortable home win, in which they defeated VL Pesaro (85-71).
There are 146 points scored in Milan’s matches on average.
Olimpia is averaging 32 rebounds per game this season.
In the Euroleague, Virtus is performing even worse than Olimpia. This season, Scariolo’s men have only two wins. Those results place the club from Bologna in 15th place.
It is worth noting that Virtus lost its last game in the EuroLeague. Bologna lost unexpectedly in a home game to ASVEL (79-84). Milos Teodosic and Gabriel Lundberg’s actions did not bring the team the desired result.
There are 152 points scored in Virtus’ matches on average.
Virtus is averaging 31.7 rebounds per game this season.
In 3 of Olimpia’s last 5 games, less than 37.5 points were scored in the first quarter. We offer to bet on “1st Quarter Points – Under 37.5” with odds of 1.87.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Olimpia Milano: Kevin Pangos – Devon Hall – Deshaun Thomas – Nicolò Melli – Brandon Davies.
Virtus Bologna: Daniel Hackett – Gabriel Lundberg – Semi Ojeleye – Jordan Mickey – Mouhammadou Jaiteh.
The fixture will be played at Mediolanum Forum (12.700) in Milan, Italy.
This starting whistle will sound on the 9th of November 2022, at 19:30 UK Time.
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