On the next game day of the Euroleague Basketball regular season, five interesting encounters are scheduled. In the second match, in chronological order, Olympiacos will take on Crvena Zvezda.
Tournament – Turkish Airlines Euroleague;
Date – 22.12.2022;
Kick-Off – 19:00 UK;
Venue – Peace and Friendship Stadium (12.000);
City – Piraeus, Greece.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-8) for Olympiacos – 1.62.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 156 – 1.785.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – Olympiacos Points Over 83.5 – 1.864.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Quarter Points Under 40.5 – 1.87.
In its last home games, Olympiacos defeated Virtus Bologna and Fenerbahce. Crvena Zvezda is no stronger. The Serbs are likely to meet the same fate.
The meeting between Olympiacos and Crvena Zvezda is likely to be spectacular. The Greeks are aggressive on offence in the home court. For example, they scored 94 points against Fenerbahce and 117 against Virtus. The Serbs won’t be able to stop the home team’s forwards.
Olympiacos lost their last game. Last week, the Greeks lost on the road to ASVEL (75-77). However, that had no effect on their position in the standings. Bartsokas’s men are still sitting in fourth place.
Overall, the team from Piraeus looks excellent on the home court. Olympiacos lost only two home games. In the other five games, they managed to win. That makes the Greeks one of the best home teams in the league.
Olympiacos has won 71% of its home matches.
After the change of the head coach, the quality of Crvena Zvezda’s play has improved considerably. Under Dusko Ivanovic, the Serbs have won several important matches. They managed to defeat Zalgiris Kaunas and Partizan. Thanks to that, the team from Belgrade rocketed to the tenth position. The team now has seven wins under its belt.
In their last game, however, Crvena Zvezda slipped to defeat. On home soil, the Serbs unexpectedly lost to Olimpia Milano (67:71).
Crvena Zvezda has lost 71% of its away meetings.
The visitors score 73.6 points per game on average this season.
The Greeks have scored more than 83 points in 3 of their last 5 games. We offer to bet on “Olympiacos Points Over 83.5” with odds of 1.864.
In 3 of Crvena Zvezda’s last 4 matches, less than 40.5 points have been scored in the first quarter. We offer to bet on “1st Quarter Points Under 40.5” with odds of 1.87.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Olympiacos: Thomas Walkup – Isaiah Canaan – Kostas Papanikolaou – Sasha Vezenkov – Moustapha Fall.
Crvena Zvezda: Luca Vildoza – Branko Lazić – Ognjen Dobrić – Ben Bentil – Filip Petrušev.
The fixture will be played at Peace and Friendship Stadium (12.000) in Piraeus, Greece.
This starting whistle will sound on the 22nd of December 2022, at 19:00 UK Time.
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