European basketball is replete with the most diverse and crucial confrontations. In Week 21 of the Euroleague regular season, Olympiacos will take on Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Tournament – Turkish Airlines Euroleague;
Date – 27.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 19:30 UK;
Venue – Peace and Friendship Stadium (12.000);
City – Piraeus, Greece.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-7) for Olympiacos – 1.668.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 167 – 1.57.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Quarter Points Under 41.5 – 1.91.
Olympiacos regularly defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv at home. This has been the case in the last seven games. It’s likely that Dusko Ivanovic’s side will win again.
Maccabi Tel Aviv has been poorly contested in their last two games against Olympiacos. We doubt that Obradovic’s side will do better this time around.
Very often, Maccabi’s attack fails on the road. As a result, the Israelis’ games are not very productive. Kattash’s men won’t be able to make a special spectacle of themselves in Piraeus, so we think it’ll be a low-scoring encounter.
In 3 of Olympiacos’ last 5 games, less than 41.5 points have been scored in the first quarter.
With their recent successes, Olympiacos managed to top the Euroleague standings. The Greek team did so after defeating Virtus Bologna (85-83) and Real Madrid (73-60). However, it’s still too early to lose momentum. The Greeks have the same number of wins as Barcelona Basquet, Beko Fenerbahce and Real Madrid Baloncesto. They are just ahead of them in terms of extra points.
It’s worth adding that Olympiacos is performing well on home soil. At home, for example, Bartsokas’s men have lost only three games. That puts them automatically among the league’s top home teams.
In the game against Real Madrid, Thomas Walkup scored 18 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Olympiacos has won 70% of its home games of the season.
The home team’s games have an average score of 161 points.
Maccabi Tel Aviv is the best home team in the EuroLeague, but the Israelis are terrible on the road. This season, Kattash’s men have only managed to win two games on foreign soil. Only Panathinaikos has been worse.
The Tel Aviv team won its last game, but the Israelis won at home. On their home court, they gave no chance to Alba Berlin (88-86). Before that, Maccabi visited Panathinaikos, where they lost with a score of 86-88.
In the game against Alba Berlin, Wade Baldwin IV scored 33 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists.
Maccabi has lost 80% of its away meetings this season.
The away team’s games have an average score of 163 points.
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.
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Lorenzo Brown – Bonzie Colson – Wade Baldwin IV – Josh Nebo – Jake Cohen.
The fixture will be played at Peace and Friendship Stadium (12.000) in Piraeus, Greece.
This starting whistle will sound on the 27th of January 2022, at 19:30 UK Time.
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