Beginning of the 2025 competitive obligations for Olympiakos. His team Giorgos Bartzokas hosted at “Zalgirio Arena” by Zalgiris (20:00, NovaSports Prime, sport-fm.gr, News Bulletin 247) for its 19th matchday Euroleague.
The “red and whites” count three consecutive victories in the top European competition against Virtus, Alba and Armani Milanoand are essentially at the top of the standings, equaling with Monaco with a 12-6 record. Nevertheless, in none of these three matches o Olympic he did not meet very high standards of performance, which will be needed to leave with the pink card from such a difficult seat as that of Kaunas.
In fact, a few days ago his team Giorgos Bartzokas beat Lavrio 87-77 with difficulty, with the Greek coach declaring after the match for his players “If they think that by playing only on one side they will get more time, more fame, bigger contracts, bigger money, unfortunately they are being laughed at.” It remains to be seen, therefore, whether Olympiacos will manage to “double” the victories against Zalgiriswhich it won with difficulty in the first round 74-68 in SEF.
On the other hand, the Lithuanians, after their impressive start, are in one bending period with two consecutive losses from Maccabi Tel Aviv (95-78 in Belgrade) and Villerban (72-78 in Kaunas). His team Andrea Trinchieri has a record of 10-8 and is tied with Efes and Red Star for 7th place in the standings.
Nevertheless, the Zalgiris remains a very strong team, and especially at home, where it counts 6 wins in 9 matches. THE Olympic will have to be careful not to let the home side take control of the game and put the crowd in the equation early on, as did Panathinaikos and ended up being easily defeated on the same field.
As for the competitive news, Olympiacos will not have him available Naz Mitrou-Longwho is suffering from stomach problems, but also the “known” injured Moses Wright and Keenan Evans. He is expected to make his debut in the Euroleague Nathan Mensah. From Zalgiris’s point of view, the only problem is his Thomas Dimsawhich has been out for a while. The match will be whistled by Miguel Angel Perez (Spain), Milan Nedovic (Slovenia) and Kristaps Konstantinov (Latvia).
Olympiakos’ match is not the only one of the day in the Euroleague, as the Alba welcomes her Monaco (21:00, NovaSports 5), n Villerban hosts her Armani Milan (21:00, NovaSports 6) and Baskonia faces in Vitoria him Red Star (21:30, NovaSports Start).
The prehistory
The red and whites have the upper hand in history with Zalgiris as they count 20 winswhereas 14 wins has the Lithuanian team. In fact, Piraeus have won 7 consecutive pink cards in the last 3 years since they were last defeated in January 2021.
The prehistory in detail:
20/04/1999 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 87-71 (Semifinal F4)
02/03/2006 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 78-69 (Top 16)
30/03/2006 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 72-99 (Top 16)
29/11/2007 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 90-74 (Regular season)
01/24/2008 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 88-75 (Regular Season)
27/02/2008 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 86-84 (Top 16)
13/03/2008 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 52-61 (Top 16)
26/01/2011 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 64-71 (Regular Season)
03/03/2011 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 78-64 (Regular season)
25/10/2012 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 61-79 (Regular season)
30/11/2012 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 63-77 (Regular season)
22/01/2016 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 75-55 (Top 16)
03/18/2016 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 74-59 (Top 16)
15/12/2016 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 75-88 (Regular Season)
10/02/2017 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 73-64 (Regular Season)
28/12/2017 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 74-68 (Regular Season)
04/06/2018 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 85-86 (Regular Season)
04/18/2018 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 78-87 (Play Offs)
20/04/2018 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 79-68 (Play Offs)
24/04/2018 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 80-60 (Play Offs)
26/04/2018 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 101-91 (Play Offs)
06/12/2018 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 83-75 (Regular Season)
03/19/2019 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 68-72 (Regular Season)
11/15/2019 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 83-74 (Regular Season)
04/02/2020 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 94-69 (Regular Season)
01/10/2020 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 66-78 (Regular Season)
22/01/2021 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 81-79 (Regular Season)
19/10/2021 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 83-68 (Regular Season)
15/03/2022 Zalgiris – Olympiacos 73-84 (Regular Season)
14/10/2022 Olympiacos – Zalgiris 90-80 (Regular Season)
16/03/2023 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 72-74 (Regular Season)
11/24/2023 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 89-72 (Regular Season)
01/03/2024 Zalgiris-Olympiakos 76-95 (Regular Season)
11/10/2024 Olympiacos-Zalgiris 74-68 (Regular Season)
Source: Sport Fm
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