Eurocup: Quarter Finals 1st Leg Betting Preview

The Eurocup finally hits the knockout stages and we have all four Quarter Final 1^st leg match ups on Tuesday evening! Here’s some betting stats for all 4 games.

Unics Kazan vs Lokomotiv Kuban

Totals

Unics this season have covered 62.5% of their total point overs in the Eurocup (5-3). Total given for this game is 150.5 which is actually the lowest total Unics will have all season long. The closest that they’ve had a total to 150.5 points at home before in the competition was 151.5 point total against Torino which they covered easily in a 92-78 win.

Lokomotiv Kuban are very good at covering total point overs on the road themselves at 71.4% (5-2) in this competition. Lokomotiv have had a 150.5 point total on the road before and that resulted with an under against Asvel in a 72-61 loss.

Handicaps

Unics have covered 50% of their home Handicaps at home in this competition this season (4-4). They’re offered as 4.5 point favourites for this game. Unics have had a -4.5 Handicap at home before in Eurocup in their first home game of the season against Lietuvos Rytas which they covered in a 86-73 win.

Lokomotiv Kuban have covered 57.1% of their Handicaps on the road this season in the Eurocup (4-3). Lokomotiv have had a +4.5 Handicap once before on the road in the competition which was against Alba Berlin which they covered in a 82-92 win.

Recent H2H in Kazan

Unics have been able to get the upper hand in the past couple home meetings against Lokomotiv Kuban winning 2 straight after prior to that losing 3 in a row to their Quarter Final opponents.

 

Alba Berlin vs Unicaja

Totals

Alba have covered 62.5% of their total point overs at home this season (5-3). Total given for this game is 167.5 points which total Alba haven’t had before at home. The closest they’ve had to 167.5 points was 168.5 points totals twice against Cedevita which they covered with an over losing 102-109 and Limoges which resulted in an under in a 84-76 win.

Unicaja have also covered 62.5% of their road total point overs this season (5-3). Their 167.5 point total for this game is the highest all season on the road. The closest that they’ve had to a 167.5 point total on the road before was 165 point total against Mornar Bar and it ended with an over as Unicaja won 85-96.

Handicaps

Alba have only managed to cover 37.5% of their Handicaps at home this season (3-5). Alba are tipped as 3 point favourites here. Alba have not had a -3 home Handicap before, but the closest to that was -4.5 Handicap against Lokomotiv Kuban which they failed to cover losing the game 82-92.

Unicaja have been the 2^nd worst team in the whole of Eurocup in covering Handicaps on the road at just 25% (2-6). Unicaja have not had a +3 road Handicap before but the closest they’ve had to that was +3.5 AH against Crvena Zvezda which they failed to cover in a 105-89 loss.

Recent H2H in Berlin

These teams have met 4 times in Berlin in this decade and Unicaja have been victorious 3 times as the road team

Lyon Villeurbanne vs River Andorra

Totals

Lyon are rock bottom when it comes to covering total point overs at home this season at just 12.5% (1-7). Total for this game is 158 points and the closest that they’ve had to that total at home before was 157.5 points against Ratiopharm Ulm which ironically ended with an over, their only over at home in the Eurocup as they won the game 93-89.

Andorra are the tied worst team themselves when it comes to covering overs on the road at the same 12.5% (1-7), this game clearly screams under it seems. Andorra have had an exact same 158 point total once before on the road and funnily enough that’s the only time that they covered an Over in a 85-79 loss to Crvena Zvezda. Andorra have had 6 consecutive total point unders coming into this game.

Handicaps

Lyon are the tied best team in covering Handicaps at home at 75% (6-2). They’re tipped as 5.5 point favourites for this game. Lyon have not had a -5.5 Handicap at home before and the closest that they’ve had to that was -8.5 against Partizan and Ratiopharm Ulm and again ironically enough that’s their only Handicaps they failed to cover at home in a 75-78 loss and 93-89 win this season.

Andorra have covered 50% of their road Handicaps this season (4-4). They’ve had a +5.5 Handicap twice before against Monaco which they failed to cover losing 81-73 and Zenit which they did cover winning the game 71-80.

Recent H2H in Lyon

 

Valencia vs Lietuvos Rytas

Totals

Valencia have covered 50% of their total point overs at home in the competition this season (4-4). Total for this game is 156 points. Valencia have not had a 156 point total before at home but have had the closest 155.5 point total twice against Asvel which they ended with an under in a 84-62 win and Crvena Zvezda which they ended with an over in a 92-76 win.

Lietuvos Rytas have covered 62.5% of their total point overs on the road this season (5-3). They’ve not had a 156 point total but have had the closest 155.5 point total before on the road aswell against Monaco which ended with an under in a 75-70 loss.

Handicaps

Valencia have covered 62.5% of their Handicaps at home this season (5-3). Valencia are double digit favourites to win this game offered a -10.5 Handicap. Valencia are 2-2 at covering Handicaps as double digit favourites. The closest that Valencia have been to a -10.5 Handicap was -9.5 against Zenit which they failed to cover 97-89 so despite being a good overall Handicap covering home team, they’re not really good at covering them when they’re tipped as MASSIVE favourites.

Lietuvos Rytas have also covered 62.5% of their road Handicaps this season (5-3). They’ve not had a +10.5 Handicap on the road before but the closest that they’ve been to it was +10 against Alba which they covered losing the game only 87-85.

Recent H2H in Valencia

There are no recent meetings that have occurred in Valencia between these basketball teams.

TIP OFF – 5^th March 2019 – 7:45pm UK Time