Joventut vs Hamburg: Analysis and Prediction – Joventut and Hamburg will play a game in the EuroCup fifth round.
Joventut vs Hamburg Odds
Joventut Team News
Joventut is in very bad shape, which is confirmed from game to game. In the last five duels, this team won only once, so it is clear that it disappointed at the start of the new season in which it is one of the favorites to win the EuroCup.
In the introduction to this match, the team from Badalona was defeated by Zaragoza away from home with a convincing score of 113:83. From the very start, the host imposed a rhythm, and was in a very attacking mood, to which Joventut had no answer. And just when it seemed that it couldn’t get better for Zaragoza, or worse for Joventut, the third quarter followed, in which the home team scored as many as 36 points. Such things were unacceptable for the once solid defense of the team from Badalona, but not this time. 23 points from Yannick Kraag and 13 points from Deshaun Thomas did not help Joventut. Simply, something has to change in this team.
Joventut hinted at the beginning of the season that there would be problems with the game in offense, while the defense was still functioning to some extent. Now that has also changed, now the defense is perhaps the weakest point of the former European champion. It has to be different if they want to get back on the winning track.
Hamburg Team News
If Joventut is in bad shape, what can we say about Hamburg? This is a team that has won only once in the last eight games. It is encouraging for the German team that it happened in the introduction before this duel.
In the domestic championship, Hamburg was better than Heidelberg with 88:73 and thus hinted that there could be a major crisis. Just hinted, given that the question is how much said skirmish is a parameter for anything. Mainly because of the big difference in quality. In that game, Hamburg gained a double-digit advantage in the first half. With excellent defense, he built a plus 15 before going on a long break and maintained what he had gained until the end of the duel without any problems. In this way, he ended the negative streak, for which Aljami Durham with 21 and Seth Hinrichs with 17 points were the most responsible.
The real test is just before Hamburg. Only in the next match will this team be able to see where it is at the moment and where there are shortcomings in defense and offense. Throughout the past period, Hamburg has been plagued by problems on both sides of the floor.
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Joventut vs Hamburg H2H
Joventut leads 2-0 in head-to-head matches.
Absences and Injuries
Andres Feliz is questionable for the home team, while everyone is ready for the visitors.
Joventut vs Hamburg Prediction
Despite the fact that Joventut is in a bad shape, this will be an additional motivation for the team from Badalona to return to the winning track in front of their fans and deepen the crisis of their rivals. For that, they have quality, which is at a higher level compared to the German team, so our suggestion is that Joventut will win this game by a margin higher than the offered handicap, since Hamburg will not be able to respond aggressively on any side of the floor.
Tip-off Time: Tuesday, 31.10.2023, 20:30 CET
Prediction: Joventut -15.5
Odds: 1.76
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