Olympiacos Piraeus vs Fenerbahce basketball prediction

Top pick 2

Our pick:Home +7.5 incl. overtime

Odds 1.25

88%

Score prediction: 89-81

Bookmaker odds incl. overtime

Home1.68

Away2.19

Total points 169.5

Over1.90

Under1.90

Spread -2.5

Home1.91

Away1.89

Methodology

Match analysis

Fenerbahce lost by 17 and 18 points on their last two visits to Piraeus, and Superior takes Olympiacos +7.5 on Friday, Including Overtime, with an 88% chance. The hosts arrive on five straight wins, two of them in Spain, and are projected to win 89-81.

Fenerbahce's last two trips to Piraeus

Fenerbahce lost 104-87 at Olympiacos on 17 March and 79-61 on 22 May. They did win the meeting in Istanbul in January, 88-80, but their last game in Greece ended in a 92-74 defeat by Panathinaikos on 8 October, and they allow 74.5 points a game without having held Olympiacos under 79 in the last three meetings.

Wins at Barcelona and Valencia inside four days

Olympiacos won 102-97 at Valencia on 13 October and 105-100 at Barcelona three days later, after opening the run with an 89-66 home win over Anadolu Efes. They score 98.2 points a game this season, and both sides have had five days off since their weekend games. Fenerbahce's two away games in their last five were a 100-85 win at Çayırova Belediyesi and that defeat at Panathinaikos.

Written by the Superior Basketball Desk