Zalgiris vs Virtus Bologna Prediction, Tips & Odds – 19.03.2024
Zalgiris vs Virtus Bologna Prediction 19.03.2024. One of the most interesting duels of the thirtieth round of the Euroleague is being played in Kaunas, where home team Zalgiris wants to “catch” the last train that leaves them in the play-in game. The excellent Virtus, whom Zalgiris defeated in the first match in Bologna, will visit them.
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Zalgiris vs Virtus Bologna Odds
Zalgiris Team News
Zalgiris team no longer has the right to make a mistake, and for them, every game until the end of the Euroleague is a small final, if they want to reach the playoffs. The last game in Munich, where they were defeated by Bayern, which is their direct competitor for the playoffs, especially distanced them from the playoffs. To make the problem even bigger in that match against Bayern, they were without one of the best players, Rolands Smits, who is questionable for this match.
The arrival of Andrea Trinchieri is the right move by the management of Zalgiris, which raised the game of the team from Kaunas to a much higher level. He included the high players of Zalgiris much more in the game and maximally exploited the pick game, in which Birutis and Manek profit the most. However, Zalgiris has been in bad form lately, and they are on a streak of three losses in the Euroleague and they want to end that streak.
The leader of the team is Evans, who is the most effective player of Zalgiris with 17.1 points on average, and a player who has one of the best offensive ratings in the entire league. The problem for Zalgiris lately is precisely the attacking production of the entire team. They only scored 58 points against Bayern, and recently in the Euroleague, it is very difficult for them to pass the figure of 80 points.
Virtus Bologna Team News
Virtus had a great start to the season and for a long time, they were at the very top, even sharing the second position with Barcelona. However, they have been playing quite poorly lately, and have put themselves in a position to fight for a position to avoid the play-in playoffs. They are currently 17-12, just one win shy of a three-team tie for fourth place. In the last few games, they had big problems with injuries, and they enter this match without Cacok, who is not such an important factor in the game of Virtus this season, while Hackett is questionable for this match and he is one of the main organizers of the game of Virtus. However, what they should especially worry about is the form of Tornike Shengelia, who after the injury cannot find the right rhythm.
In the last match, they were defeated as hosts by Real Madrid, and quite easily. For a long time, Virtus had only one loss at home, which was against Zalgiris, but in the last few games, even at home, they have been playing much weaker than we are used to from them. The match against Pesaro in the Italian championship, where they were defeated after extra time, showed that they are in a result crisis.
Zalgiris vs Virtus Bologna H2H
05.10.23 – Virtus : Zalgiris – 79:82
10.01.23 – Virtus : Zalgiris – 77:87
Injuries and suspensions
Virtus Bologna: Cacok, Hackett(?).
Zalgiris vs Virtus Bologna Prediction
Recently, both teams have been playing much worse than expected. For both teams, this is a “must” match and we believe that first of all the host will enter this match quite firmly and with constant pressure will try to slow down Shengelia and then the Virtus defenders. We expect this to be a very even match and to end with fewer points than the given limit.
Tips-off Time:Tuesday, 19.03.2024, 07:00 AM Local Time (GMT +1), 19:00 CET
Prediction: Under 158.5 points
Odds (when tipped): 1.769
Sportsbook: 22bet
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