Virtus Bologna vs Zalgiris Kaunas basketball prediction

Top pick 2

Our pick:Home +9.5 incl. overtime

Odds 1.47

80%

Score prediction: 85-84

Bookmaker odds incl. overtime

Home2.37

Away1.58

Total points 172

Over1.90

Under1.90

Spread +3.5

Home1.90

Away1.90

Methodology

Match analysis

Virtus Bologna +9.5 points, Including Overtime, is the bet at home to Zalgiris Kaunas, and their own run makes the case, since the worst of their last five was a nine-point defeat at Hapoel Tel Aviv and they won the other four, two of them away. Superior projects an 85-84 home win.

Zalgiris win big in Kaunas

Zalgiris beat Jonava by 23, Lyon by 20 and Taurage by 20 this month, the size of win that threatens Virtus, and all three came at home. Away from Kaunas their last game was a 99-80 defeat at Fenerbahce, and Anadolu Efes also won 85-70 in Kaunas in between.

Two meetings in Bologna, decided by four and three

The head-to-head splits on venue. Zalgiris won all three meetings in Kaunas, by 21, 9 and 15, while the two in Bologna went 83-79 to Virtus in January and 71-68 to Zalgiris in October 2024. Virtus scored 98 at Olimpia Milano on Sunday and 96 at Paris earlier in the month, and over the season they have scored 86.6 a game and allowed 86.9, and Superior projects a one-point game.

Written by the Superior Basketball Desk