Olympiacos vs Maccabi. The battle for a place in the TOP 6 of the Euroleague

Greek Olympiacos will host Israeli Maccabi on January 18 in one of the matches of the 22nd round of the regular championship of the Euroleague basketball 2023/24. The teams will sort out their relationship on the basketball court of the Friendship and Peace arena in the city of Piraeus.

• Expert Predictions Analysis
• History of the confrontation
• Odds
• Game Totals Prediction

Our Expert Predictions & Analysis on Olympiacos vs Maccabi

Olympiacos

Last season of the Euroleague, the team created a lot of noise around itself. First she won the regular season, and then managed to reach the finals. In the new season of the tournament, roughly the same is now expected from the Greeks.

Olympiacos is currently in seventh place in the competition table, with 11 wins and ten losses. The Greeks have no success in the two extreme battles of the Euroleague. The team is immediately pressed from behind by three competitors, lagging behind only by additional criteria. You need to end your streak of failures before it drags on.

Olympiacos basketball is built on tight defense. This is the style of the team. The Greeks will act in precisely this manner with the Israelis. Maccabi's main trump card is attacks. If we manage to neutralize the opponent’s main argument, then everything should end positively for Olya.

Maccabi

The Israelis faced a big challenge in the new season. Due to the political situation, they are now based in Belgrade (Serbia), but it should be noted that Maccabi is taking this blow with dignity.

The club currently ranks sixth in the Euroleague table (12/9). The team stumbled twice in the last three matches of the tournament. Four competitors are pushing the team closer in the table, only one success behind; by the way, “Oli” is among them. It turns out that losing in the upcoming battle is highly discouraged.

The team likes to work in an attacking style. You need to do exactly the same with the Greeks. The only problem is that Olympiacos knows how to defend. Here you need to come up with some options to get past these dense enemy defensive redoubts. Although there are some doubts here. In extreme battles in the Euroleague, Maccabi does not show good performance (we are talking about gaining points in the team’s two recent misfires in the competition).

History of the confrontation

The Greeks have already beaten the Israelis in the current Euroleague. The match took place for political reasons in Serbia. This was during the eighth round of the competition in mid-November last year. The game ended with a score of 79:74 in favor of Olya. In the last ten matches of the pair – 7:3 victories in favor of the Greeks.

Odds from download 1xbet

Bookmakers believe in Olympiacos. 1xbet pay 1.44 for the home team to win. The success of the away team is estimated here at 2.8. If you bet on the total under(161.5), you can multiply your money by 1.9. They also offer 1.9 for overcoming this points ceiling. The odds on handicap 1(-1.5) is 1.51. A similar spread in favour of the Israelis costs 3.05. Install the 1xbet app and place a bet on the favorite!

Game Totals Prediction

A match of direct rivals, who are now a bit off their rhythm. The visitors know how to score points, but at the moment even with this moment they are not doing well. The home team is a professional in terms of defence. It is difficult to predict the outcome in such a meeting, but there is a huge temptation to bet on the total under (161.5) for 1.9. Everything suggests that this bet is a must-win here.