Hapoel Jerusalem vs Galatasaray: Analysis and Prediction – Hapoel Jerusalem and Galatasaray will play a game in the FIBA Champions League second round.
Hapoel Jerusalem vs Galatasaray Odds
Hapoel Jerusalem Team News
For Hapoel Jerusalem, the season could not have started better. Aleksandar Dzikic’s team won the Israeli Super Cup, defeating Hapoel Ber Sheva, Hapoel Holon and Maccabi Tel Aviv. Everything seemed like an excellent chance to transfer the exceptional form to the beginning of the championship, until the political situation in Israel happened.
Because of this, all Israel teams, including Hapoel Jerusalem, left the country and since that moment, Hapoel Jerusalem has not played a single match. This means that Dzikic’s team did not compete with anyone for almost a full month. Time will tell how it will affect the composition. The good side is that the team from Jerusalem had more time for training and preparation, and the other side is that no competitive games were played during that period, so the question is what kind of rhythm the team is in. Speedy Smith and Levi Randolph were the most notable in the last game against Maccabi Tel Aviv with 21 and 17 points, and they will certainly be players that Dzikic can rely on in the future.
Extremely strong and aggressive defense has always been the trump card of Dzikic’s teams, what brought them trophies, but also the fight for trophies. This is exactly how Hapoel Jerusalem will try to crush their rivals, and that segment will gain even greater importance in the coming period.
Galatasaray Team News
Galatasaray, on the other hand, is in a slightly better position. Recently, Zvezdan Mitrovic team is slowly picking up form and looking more and more serious. This could be seen in the last matches, especially against Anadolu Efes.
Galatasaray outplayed the two-time European champions away from home in a convincing manner – with 95:76. Such an epilogue was anything but expected for Erdem Can’s team, which still hasn’t found the right rhythm. The game was decided by the second and fourth quarters. In those two periods, Can’s team allowed the rival to be better in offense, to score a combined 50 points in those 20 minutes, which in the end was crucial for a small surprise. Bugrahan Tuncer scored 16 points, while Huseyin Koksal added 15, with which this tandem pushed Galatasaray to win.
As well as the offense worked, the defense was also effective against Anadolu Efes. Only with a combination of top level in those two segments can Galatasaray be a threat to more serious teams, which should be the recipe in the upcoming meeting as well.
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Hapoel Jerusalem vs Galatasaray H2H
These two teams played seven matches, and Galatasaray was better four times.
Absences and Injuries
Both teams have all players available.
Hapoel Jerusalem vs Galatasaray Prediction
Even though Hapoel Jerusalem is considered the current vice-champion of the competition, this situation is very specific, primarily because Dzikic team will not be playing on their home turf, but in Belgrade without the presence of an audience. Accordingly, they will not have that kind of advantage, so in combination with the lack of competitive form, we expect a more uncertain game, in which Galatasaray will not lose more than the offered handicap.
Tip-off Time: Wednesday, 01.11.2023, 18:00 CET
Prediction: Galatasaray +4.5
Odds: 1.74
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