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This evening we have a huge game in the Euroleague Playoff race as a resurgent Maccabi (winners 3 of last 4) host RED HOT Barcelona who are riding a 5 game win streak!
Totals
Maccabi are one of the most under-ish teams in the Euroleague at Home this season with 62.5% of their Home Games being unders this season (5u-3o). The closest that Maccabi have been to the 156.5 total which is given tonight this season at Home was against Khimki where the pre-game total given was actually the same 156.5 and the game ended being an under as Maccabi won 79-63.
Barcelona are literally in the middle when it comes to Over/Under playing on the Road this season at 50% (5-5). They have 7th most Overs playing on the Road which is also pretty much dead in the middle. The closest that Barca have been to a pre-game 156.5 total playing on the Road this season was against Darussafaka and Buducnost where the total was 155.5 for both games. Both of these games ended up having an under with Barca winning against Darussafaka 71-79 and losing to Buducnost 67-64, both of these opponents are however bottom 2 at Covered Overs at Home so it definitely had something to do with an Under.
Handicaps
Maccabi are 11th best in the Euroleague at covered Handicaps at 50% at Home this season (4-4). The closest that Maccabi have been to being 3 point favourites (tonight’s handicap) was when they were 4 point favourites against Milan which they failed to covered despite winning (94-92). They were also 4.5 favourites against Bayern which they easily covered winning 95-71.
Barcelona are once again pretty much dead in the middle in this aspect too. Barcelona are 7th best at covered handicaps playing on the Road at 50% this season (5-5). The closest that they’ve been to 3 point road underdogs this season was against Khimki where they were 3 pt underdogs and covered it winning the game 80-87. They were also 3.5 underdogs against Zalgiris which they covered winning 85-88 and 2.5 underdogs against Milan which they also covered winning 85-90. Barcelona are good at winning games and covering handicaps being small underdogs this season on the Road.
Recent H2H in Tel Aviv
These teams have been able to split wins most recently when they meet in Maccabi’s home as past 4 meetings ended being 2-2 with both teams covering the Handicaps twice each and Over/Under also being covered twice each so there really isn’t anything that stands out in recent meetings in Tel Aviv everything is 50/50.
The most recent meeting between these clubs in Tel Aviv was last season where Maccabi won 94-82, covered a -4.5 pre-game handicap and a total 167.5 points over.
Injury News
Maccabi Tel Aviv: Maccabi have a healthy squad, everyone should play.
Barcelona: There are no injuries in the Barcelona squad, everyone should be available to play.
Match Start – 17th January 2019 – 7:05pm UK Time
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