Baskonia vs. Real Madrid Prediction on October 6, 2023

Match info

On the second day of Round 1 of the new season in the men’s basketball 2023–24 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, the defending champions Real Madrid Baloncesto will start their campaign on the road against the home championship rivals Saski Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz. The match will start on Friday, October 6, at 8:30 p.m. local time at Fernando Buesa Arena, Basque Country, Spain.

Meeting statistics

Real Madrid’s season will get off to a challenging start with an all-Spanish matchup against Baskonia on the road. They are the biggest favorites to repeat the last year’s success in the competition according to bookmakers with Android apps.

The current form of Baskonia

The hosts almost missed the playoffs the previous season and are motivated to make up for that setback. A victory over Real Madrid in the first game would make a strong statement.

Last season, Baskonia defeated their next opponents 92-86, with former Denver Nuggets shooting guard Markus Howard leading the way with 28 points. That demonstrated how dominant the Basque team is in its Fernando Buesa Arena, as they dropped only three of their 17 home games throughout the regular season of 2022–2023.

Baskonia have undergone substantial changes as a result of the departures of Rokas Giedraitis and Darius Thompson for the next EuroLeague season. With an average of 86.7 points per game and the most made three-pointers in the EuroLeague last season, Joan Peñarroya’s team led the tournament in both categories.

The previous season came to a highly violent conclusion in Baskonia. Despite exceeding all expectations in the EuroLeague, they were unable to go past the quarterfinals for a variety of tragic reasons. After a surprising early playoff elimination to Joventut in the Endesa League, head coach Peñarroya was in danger of losing her job. He kept his job as a result of social media support from his supporters. It will be exceedingly difficult for Baskonia to match their results from last year when they were at the very top of the EuroLeague.

The current form of Real Madrid

Facundo Campazzo is to give Real Madrid a boost as it begins the new EuroLeague season, making it automatically better than the previous one in which “Los Blancos“ captured the title of European champion.

Last season, Real Madrid shocked everyone by winning the EuroLeague, not because they lacked quality. They simply didn’t appear like a squad that would dominate the “Old Continent“ from October until the beginning of May. When the brawl on the court occurred in the last seconds of Game 2 of the series against Partizan Belgrade, everything for Jesús “Chus“ Mateo and his wards against the Serbian team shifted from where they were on their knees. With the triumph, Mateo would continue to guide Los Blancos and they’d have essentially the same lineup available for the following season. All the major players were kept by Real Madrid, and Campazzo is back after a brief stint in Crvena Zvezda Belgrade.

Walter “Edy“ Tavares will once more be the center of attention for Real Madrid. The player that has the largest impact on the EuroLeague is precisely the center from Cape Verde. Since it’s very difficult to stop him one-on-one, Tavares needs a range of various defenses to be slowed down in any manner.

Match analytics

Last year’s Final Four MVP, Tavares, will once again try to lead from the front for Real Madrid. However, Baskonia have the potential to pull off an unexpected victory in the first game, especially in front of their home crowd.

We suggest betting on Handicap (spread) 2 (Real Madrid) -6.5 at odds of 2.08 on AllRight Casino.

Results of the forecast

Successful forecast. Baskonia vs. Real Madrid 77:79