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Euroleague: Barcelona vs Baskonia Betting Tips



Red hot Barcelona look to continue their good run of form and build on their Copa ACB title win as they host their rivals, a playoffs chasing 8th seeded Baskonia.


Totals


Barcelona are the worst Euroleague team at covering total point overs at home this season at 20% (2-8). The total for this game is 156 points and they’ve had that same total before this season once against Olympiakos which resulted with an under in 60-69 loss, another close total was 156.5 points against Fenerbache which also resulted with an under in a 65-84 loss.


Baskonia are 4th best at covering total point overs on the road this season at 66.7% (8-4). They haven’t had a 156 point total on the road before but the closest they’ve been to that was 155.5 points in their most recent road game against Darussafaka which resulted with an under by .5 points in a 80-75 loss.






Handicaps


Barcelona are pretty good at covering Handicaps at home this season, 5th tied best at 60% (6-4), although they failed to cover each of their last 2 they have had quite an interesting pattern (OOOUUOOOUU) with 3 overs followed by 2 unders if that means anything. Barcelona are 5.5 point favourites against Baskonia, Barca have had that same Handicap twice at home before against Maccabi and Milano and they covered both with 74-58 and 90-80 wins.


Baskonia are only tied 10th best at covering Handicaps on the road this season at just 41.7% (5-1-6). They haven’t been 5.5 point underdogs on the road before, the closest they’ve been was 6.5 point underdogs against Real Madrid failing to cover it in a 97-79 defeat.


Recent H2H in Barcelona


These teams tend to meet in Barcelona multiple times due to both also playing in the same league. Baskonia have won in 3 of their last 5 visits across all competitions in Barcelona and have defeated them here 4 consecutive times in the Euroleague so it is safe to say that Baskonia have had success on the road against Barca.


Baskonia won in their most recent visit against Barcelona 82-88 in what was a ACB Semi Final and they covered a +2.5 Handicap while total 160.5 points resulted with an over.


The most recent meeting in Barcelona in the Euroleague was also last season and Baskonia also won 73-86 covering a -2 Handicap while total 166 points ended with an under.


 


Injury News


Barcelona: Barcelona once again have no key injury news as they’re at full health.


Baskonia: Patricio Garino, Jayson Granger, Tadas Sedekerskis, Tornike Shengelia are all out for Baskonia.


 


TIP OFF – 21st February 2019 – 8pm UK Time

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