Olympiakos seek to move back into the Playoff spot as they host Zalgiris Kaunas who are also chasing the playoffs in a CRUCIAL match up in Piraeus!
Totals
Olympiakos have covered 69.2% of their total point overs at home this season (9-4) which is actually the best in the whole of Euroleague. Total for this game is 149.5 points which is the new lowest that they’ll have all season at home. The closest that they’ve had to a 149.5 point total at home was a 152 point total in their most recent home game against Bayern Munich which ended with an Over in a 89-69 win for Olympiakos.
Zalgiris meanwhile have only covered 33.3% of their total point overs on the road in the Euroleague this season (4-8) which is tied worst in the competition. Zalgiris are currently on a streak of 7 consecutive Unders coming into this game. The closest that they’ve had to a 149.5 point total which they didn’t yet have on the road was a 148.5 point total on the road against Buducnost which ended with an Under in a 60-72 win for Zalgiris.
Handicaps
Olympiakos have covered 53.8% of their Handicaps at home in the Euroleague this season (7-6). They’re 3 point favourites for this game and they’ve not had a -3 Handicap but had a very close to that a couple of times when they had a -2.5 Handicap against Real Madrid which ended with a cover as Olympiakos won 88-83 and a -3.5 Handicap against Fenerbache which they didn’t cover in a 72-73 loss.
Zalgiris have the 3rd best percentage in the Euroleague of covered Handicaps on the road at 53.8% (7-6) and have covered each of their last 3. They’ve not had a +3 Handicap but the closest that they’ve had to that was a +2 Handicap against Bayern which they failed to cover in a 88-84 loss.
Recent H2H in Piraeus
The last 6 meetings in Piraeus are split at 3-3, Zalgiris won 2 of their last 3 though in Piraeus. Zalgiris have dominated Olympiakos winning 6 of last 7 H2H meetings in general.
The most recent meeting in Piraeus was won by Olympiakos however in the Playoffs last year 79-68 and in that match up Olympiakos covered a -6 Handicap and total 150.5 points ended with an Under as the teams totalled 147 points.
Injury Report
Olympiakos: Olympiakos will be without their leader Vassillis Spanoulis. They’ll also miss Janis Strelnieks and Dimitrios Agravanis.
Zalgiris Kaunas: Captain Paulius Jankunas remains out and role player Laurynas Birutis is also out (for the season).
TIP OFF – 29th March 2019 – 7:30pm UK Time
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