Real Madrid vs Unicaja Prediction, Tips & Odds – Feb. 18, 2023
Real Madrid vs Unicaja Prediction 18.02.2023. Quite unexpectedly, Real Madrid will play against Unicaja in the Copa del Rey semifinals held in Badalona.
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Real Madrid vs Unicaja Odds
Real Madrid vs Unicaja 1×2: 1.22 / 4.50
Asian Handicap (-8.5 / +8.5): 1.83 / 2.00
Total Over/Under (162.5): 1.90 / 1.90
Odds via Bet365 Sportsbook
Real Madrid Team News
Real Madrid struggled a lot in the Copa del Rey quarterfinals. They beat Valencia 86:85 in a match where Chris Jones had game winning shot. Fortunately for Jesus Mateo and his team, the ball didn’t go through the basket, so the reigning Spain champion will play in the semifinals against Unicaja.
Although they scored 86 points, Real Madrid suffered in offense. They hit only 18.5% (5/27) three-point shots, but once again dominated the paint. Walter Tavares and Gabriel Deck completely won their battles under the rim, while Mario Hezonja played one of the best games this season. Problems for Real Madrid arise when primary idea doesn’t work, which happened this time as well. During the game, Valencia found a way to slow down Tavares in offense. With a bad three-point shot, Real Madrid almost lost a game where they had 16-point lead.
Usually, when a quality team like Real Madrid achieves win more tougher than expected, things go much easier in the next game. Especially at the tournament like this. Plus, their opponent won’t be Barcelona as expected but Unicaja.
Unicaja Team News
Unicaja made the biggest surprise looking at all important national cups this week. They shockingly eliminated Barcelona 89:87 after overtime. Unicaja were down by double digits in the fourth quarter, but still found a way to made comeback and advance to the semifinals.
Dario Brizuela and Kendrick Perry are the most responsible for this Unicaja success. They scored 49 points combined, which is more than half of team’s total. Dylan Osetkowski also hit an extremely important three-pointer in the last minute of fourth quarter. Head coach Ibon Navarro produced extraordinary results in the past with Andorra, and now he started to work wonders in Malaga as well. For a long time, Unicaja hasn’t achieved a big win like against Barcelona and will be full of confidence in this clash with Real Madrid.
In addition to great self-confidence, for a good result here Unicaja will need an even better performance than against Barcelona. Given that they played overtime, they spent a lot of energy and someone else will have to join Brizuela and Perry in the offense.
Real Madrid vs Unicaja H2H
In the only head-to-head game this season, Real Madrid beat Unicaja 76:71 in Malaga. That clash took place in October and it was Real Madrid’s eighth win in a row against Unicaja.
Injuries and Suspensions
Rudy Fernandez and Alberto Abalde won’t play for Real Madrid. Augusto Lima is out of action at Unicaja.
Real Madrid vs Unicaja Prediction
It’s hard to imagine that Unicaja will play twice with such quality in just three days. With all that, it is hard to believe that Real Madrid will have two bad shooting games in a row. Usually when a team makes a surprise like Unicaja against Barcelone, already in the next game things happen as expected. And it is realistic that Real Madrid triumphs without many problems in this semifinals.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 18.02.2023. 6:30 PM Local Time (GMT +1)
Prediction: Real Madrid -8.5
Odds: 1.83
Sportsbook: Bet365
