Fenerbahce (-9.5) - Crvena Zvezda Zeljko Obradovic's Fener welcomes the Red Star in a game with many peculiarities, both in the competitive part and in the non-competitive part, tonight ends the 9th game of the top 16 with a game for group E.
In the games, Fener, clearly better than its current opponent, saw Kuban easily beat Efes in Istanbul yesterday. This result resulted in Bartzokas's team remaining just one victory behind Fener while next week the Turks go to Krasnodar to face the Russians. Therefore, there is no room for a second series of missteps, after the defeat in OAKA, for Obradovic's team, which will be deprived of the services of Sluka and Adic. In the game between Efes and Kuban, however, the Red Star, which can celebrate the victory of the Russians, also had its eyes fixed, since in the hunt for the 4th place, Efes was 2 victories behind the Serbs, who are superior even in case of a draw. . Thus, the Serbs can feel more comfortable about qualifying for the next phase as it is now enough for them to win the games against the passable teams of the group.
In the away games, we can note that Obradovic is a native of Partizan, the hated opponent of the Red Star. Whenever the Serbian coach finds Asteras against him, he makes sure to beat him with big differences. It is characteristic that this year Fener has beaten the Serbs all 3 times they met, with the differences being from 14 to 23 points while in none of these games the Red Star did not exceed 65 points.
Fener's motivation and quality, if combined with prehistory, lead me to the conclusion that the Turks can cover the 9-point handicap for another match. This event pays 1.75 on the bet.
