In one of the Euroleague basketball matches, the basketball players of CSKA Moscow and Olympiacos will come face to face. Which of the rivals will get the victory in this confrontation? LiveResult.Ru gives a forecast for this match.
CSKA Moscow
CSKA continues a series of home matches in the Euroleague. Last week, the "army men" were able to defeat Zenit and Crvena Zvezda in the Russian capital (77:67 and 78:76), respectively. The meeting with the Serbs was very difficult for the Itudis team. The Balkans took the lead after the first quarter with a score of 21:17 and did not give up until the final siren. At CSKA, Clyburn became the most productive player of the meeting, scoring 19 points. At the moment, the team is on the sixth line in the standings.
Olympiacos
The Greeks have identical statistics with CSKA and are on the third line in the standings. Oli confidently beat Real Madrid, Baskonia and Zalgiris. Bartzokas' team was close to defeating Barcelona away. In the main time, the opponents played a draw, but in overtime the Catalans made two important free throws and were able to avoid defeat. A week ago, Olympiacos was able to easily break the resistance of Zalgiris with a score of 83:68.
Injuries and disqualifications:
- Injuries:
- Grigonis (injury) – CSKA Moscow.
Statistics and figures:
- CSKA is the favorite of the meeting;
- "Army men" won 5 meetings in a row;
- "Oli" won 2 games in a row;
- The last face-to-face meeting of the rivals was a friendly and ended with the victory of CSKA (85:68).
Forecast
CSKA won 3 previous face-to-face meetings against Olympiacos. It seems to me that the Greeks will be able to win today. Our bet will be in favor of the "army men", who are listed as the favorites of the match.