Alba Berlin vs Virtus Bologna Prediction, Tips & Odds – 05.01.2024

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January 4, 2024

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Alba Berlin vs Virtus Bologna Prediction 05.01.2024. The match of the nineteenth round of the Euroleague is being played in Berlin, where the home team Alba, and the Virtus team from Bologna meet. In the first match between these two teams played in Bologna, Virtus was more successful and won by eleven points.

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Alba Berlin vs Virtus Bologna Odds

Alba Berlin Team News

This season, Alba made a major reconstruction of the team, which significantly affected the results in both competitions for the team from Berlin. Also, Alba has big problems with injuries and they didn’t play any match with the strongest team, which led to them being one of the worst teams in the league with only three wins.

However, they made perhaps the biggest surprise of this season in the Euroleague by defeating the favored Barcelona team, and after that victory, they played a couple of solid matches but did not win. In the last round against Zalgiris, they played completely correctly until the very end and were close to victory, but they did not have enough width and quality to turn the match around.

Matt Thomas and Sterling Brown, who are the driving force in Alba’s attack, returned to the team after injuries. Thiemann is having a fantastic season, leading the team from Berlin in almost all important statistical parameters. It is a very young team where no player is over 30 years old, and which plays at a very fast pace.

Virtus Bologna Team News

Virtus is one of the biggest refreshes in the Euroleague this season. A team with tradition and a large fan base plays great basketball and is in second place with a record of 13-5. Luca Banchi got the most out of the Virtus team, even though he only came at the end of the transfer window. They play team basketball in both directions, which is very likely the key to success in the current part of the season.

The team consists of a large number of experienced players led by the trio of Hackett – Belinelli – and Shengelia, who are the driving force of the Virtus team. In addition to them, they also have players who have been playing at the Euroleague level for many years. They further strengthened their squad with the signing of Ante Zizic, who will bring additional strength under the basket but also more attacking solutions. In the last two matches, they achieved two great victories against Partizan in Belgrade, and then they defeated Bayern as hosts. In both of those matches, the key player was Lundberg, who hit key shots in the “critical” moments of the match and led his team to victory.

In this match, three important players from the rotation will be weakened for not playing. Jordan Mickey has been missing for a long time, while Cacok and Dobric are injured.

Alba Berlin vs Virtus Bologna H2H

18.10.23 – Virtus Bologna : Alba Berlin – 87:76

09.03.23 – Alba Berlin : Virtus Bologna – 74:96

Injuries and suspensions

Alba Berlin: Nikic, Eriksson, Procida, Olinde(?), Samar(?).

Virtus Bologna: Cacok, Dobric, Mickey.