Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz vs Virtus Bologna Prediction & Betting Tips - EuroLeague

Prediction published on 13/12/2023, 06:35  by Devesh Jaganath in EuroLeague Predictions

Arguably, the pick of the games in week 14 of the EuroLeague will see Baskonia taking on Virtus Bologna on Thursday evening. The match will be played at Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. The hosts (8-5) are currently fourth in the league standings, while the visitors (9-4) are third. Baskonia come into this match following a 94-82 victory against Palencia in the Liga ACB on Tuesday evening. That result took them to 14 points in Liga ACB, with a record of 8-6. Baskonia’s last match in the Euroleague ended in a hard-fought 87-85 victory at home against Crvena Zvezda in Round 13. Tadas Sedekerskis led the charge for Baskonia with an outstanding performance, scoring 18 points with a 6-of-7 shooting record from the field and 3-of-4 from the free-throw line. That result was also another feather in the hat of Dusko Ivanovic, who has now gone 8-1 with the Spanish side. Baskonia have won their last three matches against this opponent at home and are the favourites in this one. 

Meanwhile, after a lowly 14th-place finish in this competition last season, Virtus Bologna are looking in much better shape this term. They have already managed 18 points from 13 games and trail second-placed Barcelona by just two points. The visitors suffered a narrow 82-80 loss to Milano over the weekend, which saw them drop two points behind Brescia, who lead the Lega Basket Serie A standings. In the EuroLeague, though, Virtus claimed a solid 100-90 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv last weekend, which followed a very impressive 80-75 over Barcelona a couple of days earlier. Toko Shengelia was the standout performer in their last match, with 27 points scored, eight rebounds, and seven fouls drawn. However, Bologna will enter this match with a negative away record of 2-3 in this competition and last won a match on the road back in mid-November.