Olympiacos vs Zalgiris Prediction, Picks, Odds, News, Injury Report 10/11/24

Following a win over Barcelona, Zalgiris are on the road in Piraeus to take on Olympiacos on Friday. Despite losing their first EuroLeague game of the season, Olympiacos are heavily favored by Bet365 for this game at the Peace and Friendship Stadium. They have dominated Zalgiris in recent seasons and will be hoping to extend that run on Friday night.

This article features an analysis of the two teams along with our Olympiacos vs Zalgiris prediction.

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Olympiacos vs Zalgiris Prediction and Picks: Backing Road Dogs

• Selection: Zalgiris +8.5
• Best Odds: 2.00
• Bookmaker: bet365
• Stakes: 4/10

Odds updated on October 8th, 2024. 

Olympiacos have been dominant over Zalgiris in recent years, but this Zalgiris team has plenty of new faces with impressive track records in EuroLeague play. Their size and physicality in the paint should be enough to at least keep them close here.

Game Info

• Stadium: Peace and Friendship Stadium
• Location: Piraeus, Greece
• Start time: 19:15 UK time

Olympiacos News, Injury Report, Schedule: Home Advantage will be Key

Offseason acquisitions Sasha Vezenkov and Evan Fournier weren’t at their best in Olympiacos’ season-opening loss to Fenerbahce. Moses Wright grabbed seven rebounds and scored 15 points, though, and will be looking to build on that performance here.

One of the preseason favorites to go all the way, Olympiacos are rightly expected to get the better of Zalgiris. Teething problems were inevitable after their roster overhaul, but they should hit their groove in front of an excited home crowd on Friday night.

Zalgiris News, Injury Report, Schedule

Despite being at a financial disadvantage to many of the EuroLeague’s traditional superpowers, Zalgiris have high expectations under Andrea Trinchieri. Losing Keenan Evans to Olympiacos and Rolands Smits to Efes was a blow, but they added reinforcements in Sylvain Francisco, Alen Smailagic, and Deividas Sirvydis.

Trinchieri is a well-regarded coach. An offseason to shape the roster how he desires can only work in his favor, and the season-opening win over Barcelona was a really positive sign for fans of the Lithuanian team.

Olympiacos vs Zalgiris H2H: All Olympiacos In 2020s

Olympiacos have beaten Zalgiris in seven consecutive games. Both of the games last season were blowouts in Olympiacos’ favor.

This matchup has been one-sided in recent years, but Zalgiris have had plenty of success in the last few years. They won three straight against Olympiacos across 2020 and 2021 and were in the ascendancy from 2017 to 2019.

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