Besiktas vs Anadolu Efes: Analysis and Prediction – Besiktas will play at home against Anadolu Efes in the Turkish Super League Round 12.
Besiktas vs Anadolu Efes Odds
Besiktas Team News
Besiktas barely managed to survive last season. The management of one of the largest sports collectives in Turkey was logically dissatisfied, which is why they wanted to enter the next period with significantly higher ambitions.
In order to realize the ambitions, resources were needed. The owners of the club ensured that. First, Besiktas received a “wild card” for participation in the EuroCup, and then coach Dusan Alimpijevic strengthened the club. Results can be seen already in the first months of the new project. Besiktas is currently the third club in the Turkish Super League, with a record of 8-3. And in the EuroCup, things are not going badly, since the black and whites are 6-5 in the fourth place of Group A, with the fact that they inflicted the only defeat on the leader Paris. In the introduction before this match, Besiktas lost to Prometey away 89:70. The most effective for the defeated team were Matt Mitchell with 18 points and Derek Needham with 11 points.
It is evident that there was a slight drop in the form of Besiktas. Defensively, this team is exceptional and that’s how they should win. It is clear, however, that Alimpijevic’s team needs an addition in the offense for higher goals, which is why Kyle Allman was brought in.
Anadolu Efes Team News
Anadolu Efes has opened a new chapter. After Ergin Ataman had a very bad last season and after it was evident that there was saturation in this team after two EuroLeague wins, a decision was made to change the coach.
So Ataman was replaced by Erdem Can, who is currently facing problems due to a large number of injured players. Neither in the EuroLeague, nor in the Turkish league, Anadolu Efes is not going as planned with such a high-quality team. In the EuroLeague, the Turkish team has a record of 7-7 from 14 games and will have a big fight for entry into the play-offs. On the other hand, things are a bit better in Turkey, since after 11 rounds Anadolu Efes is 8-3. In the Introduction before this game, Anadolu Efes lost to Maccabi from Tel Aviv in Belgrade 95:86 and that difference is not realistic, considering that it was tied until the last quarter. Darius Thompson was the best with 22 points, while Mike Daum added 20 for the defeated team.
Anadolu Efes now has to wait and that’s the only recipe they have to follow in order to make things look better. It’s hard to talk about some tactical things, when Can can’t count on five, six very important players.
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Besiktas vs Anadolu Efes H2H
In the last 10 games, Anadolu Efes won 10 times.
Absences and Injuries
With the home team, everyone is ready, which cannot be said for the visitors. Ante Zizic, Erkan Yilmaz, Derek Willis, Tibor Pleiss, Dogus Ozdemiroglu, Ridvan Oncel, Will Clyburn, Elijah Bryant and Rodrigue Beaubois will not play for Anadolu Efes
Besiktas vs Anadolu Efes Prediction
Regardless of the fact that Anadolu Efes will not play with a large number of players, it is still necessary to be careful with the predictions, because this team still has enough offensive quality to do damage to anyone. Because of this, but also because Besiktas has weakened defensively recently, our proposal is that in this game the total number of points will be higher than the offered limit.
Tip-off Time: Saturday, 16.12.2023, 18:30 CET
Prediction: Over 158.5 points
Odds: 1.72
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