Barcelona vs. Fenerbahce Prediction, Tips and Odds – Nov. 04, 2022 20:30 CET
Barcelona and Fenerbahce will meet in the most interesting match of the sixth round of the Euroleague. The start of the match in the Blaugrana is scheduled for Friday at 20:30.
It will be a clash between two excellent coaches, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Dimitris Itoudis. Both teams have high ambitions this season and want to climb the European throne.
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Barcelona Team News
After a slow start to the new competitive year, Barcelona’s basketball players are gradually raising the quality of their game. They have won seven of their last eight matches in all competitions. The only failure in that period was completely unexpected – Zalgiris defeated them in Kaunas 72-73.
Barca’s roster changed during the summer, many new players arrived at the club. Tomas Satoransky, Jan Vesely, Nikola Kalinic, Mike Tobey, and Oscar Da Silva are newcomers and they needed time to acclimatize. Therefore, this team recorded results below expectations at the beginning of the season.
But it’s clear that Barcelona has what it takes to challenge for trophies in all competitions. They have been playing particularly well in the defensive phase in the last few matches and that will be one of their strongest weapons. In the last eight games, Barca allowed their opponents 69.2 points on average, which is an excellent achievement.
It remains to be seen how the Catalan defensive line will fare against the only undefeated team this season in the Euroleague.
Fenerbahce Team News
Fenerbahce players showed an enviable level of quality in the first five rounds. They recorded all five victories, and on average they beat their opponents by 12 points. The team from the Asian part of Istanbul is the only one undefeated in the Turkish championship, and there they also recorded all five triumphs.
Dimitris Itoudis, the former head coach of CSKA Moscow, arrived at the club in the summer and many expected good results from Fenerbahce. But no one expected that they would start realizing them right away. Especially considering that many new players have arrived at the club.
Nick Calathes, Jonathan Motley, Nigel Hayes-Davies, and Scottie Wilbekin immediately adapted to the new environment. This quartet of players established themselves as the main strength of the team at the beginning of the new season. Marko Guduric, who is the team’s second-best scorer, is also playing very well.
Fenerbahce will face one of the best defenses in the Euroleague on Friday and it will be interesting to see how they react to the high level of aggression from Barcelona’s defenders.
H2H
Barcelona beat Fenerbahce both times last season. In Blaugrana, they won convincingly 88-67, and in Istanbul, the final score was 76-74.
Barcelona vs. Fenerbahce Prediction
Although Barcelona’s players have been playing brilliantly in the defensive phase, we believe that both teams have enormous attacking potential and that we will see an efficient match.
Tip-off Time: Friday 04.11.2022, 20:30
Prediction: Total Points Over 154.5
Odds: 1.90
Sportsbook: bet365
