Alba Berlin vs Zalgiris: Analysis and Prediction – Alba Berlin and Zalgiris will play an EuroLeague game.
Alba Berlin vs Zalgiris Odds
Alba Berlin Team News
As in every season in the EuroLeague, this team hardly represents a serious factor. Minimal investments, as well as the composition in which young players are promoted, cannot be a recipe for competition at the highest European level.
With that in mind, Alba Berlin’s results are no surprise. The same can be said for the EuroLeague, in which they have a record of 1-10. However, the same cannot be said for the domestic league. This team is in an extremely bad shape, having tied six defeats in all competitions. Alba Berlin has already lost three times in the Bundesliga, and has only played nine games. All of which is to say that Israel Gonzalez isn’t realistically doing a good job this season. In the prelude to this match, Maccabi Tel Aviv easily handled Gonzalez’s squad. The Israeli team won 102:81, in a game in which Gabriele Procida with 22 points was the only bright spot in the defeated team.
Alba Berlin plays recognizably fast basketball, in a way also optional, which has not produced results for several seasons. However, it is the right way to develop young players, which is the only goal of this team. When it comes to the Bundesliga, things will have to change there if Alba Berlin wants to win the title.
Zalgiris Team News
Zalgiris is playing mostly according to expectations this season. Lithuanian team has a record of 5-6 in the EuroLeague, while they are 9-2 in the domestic league. Perhaps better games were expected in Lithuania, but it is still an early stage of the season and Zalgiris can allow themselves some hiccups in this competition.
In the introduction to this meeting, Zalgiris inflicted another defeat on Milan. This time, it was away from home, which is even more painful for the Italian team, which can never find the right form. Zalgiris solved that game with top defense in the second quarter, in which they conceded only 12 points. In the announcement before that game, coach Kazys Maksvytis explained that it will be of great importance how his team plays switch defense, because Milan knows how to solve such situations through the low post, due to the fact that many players can play in several positions and to use mismatch. Maksvytis managed to solve that, thus once again confirming that he is one of the best strategists in the league and probably the biggest strength of Zalgiris.
Strong and aggressive defense and rational solutions in attack have always been the hallmarks of Zalgiris, which in this way manages to compensate for the lack of quality and financial support for some significant results. It seems that the Lithuanian team will be one of the main candidates for the playoffs this season as well.
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Alba Berlin vs Zalgiris H2H
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Alba Berlin vs Zalgiris Prediction
Given the form Alba Berlin is in, as well as the injury problems it has, it is expected that the difference in quality in favor of Zalgiris will be even more pronounced. Lithuanian team is best suited to these kind of rivals, who do not have a plan B when the rhythm slows down, and Zalgiris will try to do just that. Due to all of the above, we expect Zalgiris to win by a margin higher than the offered handicap.
Tip-off Time: Tuesday, 05.12.2023, 20:00 CET
Prediction: Zalgiris -2
Odds: 1.70
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