Normally, a single game day in the Euroleague Basketball regular season includes many games. However, because of the tournament’s busy schedule, we’ll only see three games on February 2. In one of them, Olimpia Milano will take on Crvena Zvezda.
Tournament – Turkish Airlines Euroleague;
Date – 02.02.2023;
Kick-Off – 19:30 UK;
Venue – Mediolanum Forum (12.700);
City – Milan, Italy.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2) for Olimpia Milano – 1.712.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Under 155 – 1.525.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #3 – 1st Quarter Points Under 40.5 – 1.74.
Crvena Zvezda is unexpectedly higher in the standings and is in contention for a playoff spot. Nevertheless, the Belgrade side has big problems on the road. Besides, the statistics for head-to-head encounters are completely on the Italians’ side. The Milanese have won four head-to-head encounters in a row. The hosts need to get out of the bottom of the standings.
As a rule, the games between Olimpia Milano and Crvena Zvezda are boring. In the first round match, only 138 points were scored. Last season, the opponents scored no more than 141 points. With that in mind, we don’t think the encounter will be very productive.
In 3 of Olimpia’s last 5 matches, less than 40.5 points have been scored in the first quarter.
From time to time, the Italians manage to shoot. In their last game, for example, Olimpia Milano defeated Saski Baskonia at home (89-83). Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot did well in that game. He scored 17 points and 4 rebounds.
Thus, the Milan team picked up their seventh win of the season. That result allowed Messina’s men to drop out of the bottom spot. Olimpia Milano edged out Alba from Berlin.
Olimpia Milano has won its last four head-to-head matches.
The home team’s games have an average score of 146 points.
Crvena Zvezda has slowed down. The Serbs haven’t been performing well of late. They lost three matches in a row, losing to Zalgiris Kaunas (61-77), Partizan (78-79) and Virtus Bologna (72-84).
In the last EuroLeague game against Virtus Bologna, Luca Vildoza scored 20 points and 3 assists.
The previous defeats dropped the team from Belgrade to 13th place. Dusko Ivanovic’s charges now have ten wins on their books. Crvena Zvezda is now two wins away from the playoffs.
The away team’s games have an average score of 150 points.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Olimpia Milano: Devon Hall – Billy Baron – Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot – Nicolò Melli – Kyle Hines.
Crvena Zvezda: Luca Vildoza – Branko Lazić – Ognjen Dobrić – Ben Bentil – Filip Petrušev.
The fixture will be played at Mediolanum Forum (12.700) in Milan, Italy.
This starting whistle will sound on the 2nd of February 2023, at 19:30 UK Time.
We recommend checking out the odds for the Turkish Airlines Euroleague: Olimpia Milano vs Crvena Zvezda at 1xBet and VBET.