Zalgiris Kaunas vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul basketball prediction

Top pick 5

Our pick:Under 180.5 incl. overtime

77%Odds 1.25Won

Score prediction87-78

Bookmaker odds incl. overtime

Home1.37

Away3.10

Total points 168

Over1.89

Under1.91

Spread -6.5

Home1.91

Away1.89

Methodology

Match analysis

Five meetings between Zalgiris Kaunas and Anadolu Efes Istanbul since January 2024 produced between 151 and 174 points, and Under 180.5 Including Overtime follows from that history. Superior projects an 87-78 Zalgiris win in Kaunas, against an Efes side scoring 81.4 points a game this season.

Five meetings, none above 174 points

Anadolu Efes won 92-82 in Istanbul in February, 87-64 in Kaunas in December 2025 and 87-77 in Istanbul in April 2025, and Zalgiris won the two before that at home, 85-72 and 96-70. February's 174 was the highest of the five. Efes scored 66 at Olympiacos on 9 October and 72 at Crvena zvezda on 1 October.

Efes just conceded 101 to Bayern

The recent number that leans the other way is Efes' 101-93 home defeat to Bayern Munich on 14 October, 194 points. It was the only game in their last five above 164, and they travel to Kaunas with one day off after it. Zalgiris held Lietkabelis to 68 at home on 4 October.

Written by the Superior Basketball Desk