Panathinaikos vs Zalgiris: Analysis and Prediction – Panathinaikos and Zalgiris will play a game in the EuroLeague eight round.
Panathinaikos vs Zalgiris Odds
Panathinaikos Team News
Since the win against Olympiacos in the big derby, Panathinaikos form has been on an upward trajectory. This is evidenced by the recent results without two very important players – Ioannis Papapetrou and Juancho Hernangomez.
Perhaps the absence of Hernangomez hides the answer to the question why Ergin Ataman’s team was not so successful in the period before that. Without him, accidentally or not, Panathinaikos looks better. Thus, in the EuroLeague preliminaries before this match, they were better than Alba Berlin by 99:85, with a top game in the offense in the first half. As many as 60 points were scored by Ataman’s team in 20 minutes, and the most deserving of such a game was Konstantinos Mitoglou with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
Mitoglou is making good use of Hernangomez’s absence and is slowly positioning himself as the team’s leader alongside Mathias Lessort. At least when it comes to the point performance. That duo was the best with 14 and 13 points in the win against Aris 75:65 in the domestic league.
Zalgiris Team News
Behind Zalgiris is an unsuccessful period. In the first few rounds, this team indicated that it could be a serious competitor in the fight for the EuroLeague playoffs, but as time goes on, it is getting harder and harder for them to do so.
After the win over Baskonia, there followed a great decline of the Lithuanian team, which allowed itself to lose against Asvel on its home floor, which was a surprise. From that moment on, Kazys Maksvytis’ team won only against Rytas, in order to tie two defeats – the first to Anadolu Efes away by 86:82, after extra time, and then against Wolves in the domestic league. It was this game against Wolves that could worry Zalgiris, that lost 75:64. In that match, Naz Mitrou-Long stood out offensively with 15 points and Laurynas Birutis with 11 points.
Now it is up to Maksvytis to see how he will solve all the problems that his team currently has, which concern the game on both sides of the floor. It seems that Zalgiris has lost its recognizable firmness and that is the reason for the weaker results.
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Panathinaikos vs Zalgiris H2H
In the last 10 matches, Zalgiris won six times.
Absences and Injuries
Juancho Hernangomez and Ioannis Papapetrou will not be available for the home team, while the visitors are not counting on Tomas Dimsa.
Panathinaikos vs Zalgiris Prediction
Panathinaikos is on the upswing in form, as evidenced by recent results. This is the biggest reason why the team from Athens is the favorite in this match. Another thing is the home ground, which is always unpleasant. On the other hand, the opposite is true for Zalgiris. This team is not in a good mood and rarely wins away from home at EuroLeague level. Because of all this, we expect Panathinaikos to win by a margin higher than the offered handicap.
Tip-off Time: Wednesday, 15.11.2023, 20:15 CET
Prediction: Panathinaikos -5
Odds: 1.72
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