Published on: Dec 27, 2019 2:49 pm IST|Updated on: Dec 27, 2019 2:49 pm IST
BAR vs OLY Dream11: Barcelona can make five wins out of five in EuroLeague when they play Greek giants Olympiacos in round-16 at Palau Blaugrana, on Friday night (IST). Barca are 3rd on the points table, only a game behind eternal rivals Real Madrid, while Olympiacos are 10th coming into this game.
Form:
Head-to-head:
This is a historical fixture with both the teams a regular fixture in European competitions. This will be the 26th meeting between these two teams since 2000, and it’s no surprise that Barcelona have dominated the proceedings with 16 wins.
Season matchup: Barcelona | Olympiacos Games: 15 | 15 Wins: 12 | 06 Defeats: 03 | 09 Total Points scored: 1268 | 1193 Points conceded: 1154 | 1218
Host: Barcelona Visitors: Olympiacos Match Timing: December 28, @ 01:30 AM Venue: Palau Blaugrana
Barcelona team news: Barcelona will evaluate Victor Claver ahead of the game. He has been out for the last two months with plantar fascia injury. Thomas Heurtel has been ruled out until January due to a knee injury, while Kevin Pangos remains sidelined due to a toe injury. Barcelona active roster: Nikola Mirotic, Pau Ribas, Pierre Oriola, Artem Pustovyi, Malcolm Davies, Rolands Smits, Ante Tomic, Brandon Davies, Sergi Martinez, Adam Hanga, Cory Higgins, Kyle Kuric, Alex Abrines, Leandro Bolmaro
Olympiacos team news: Willie Reed missed the last practice session due to a knock and is a doubt for this game, while Vassilis Spanoulis will be a game-time decision. Olympiacos active roster: Antonis Koniaris, Brandon Paul, Kostas Papanikolaou, Will Cherry, Sasha Vezenkov, Nikos Arsenopoulos, Antonis Koniaris, Ethan Happ, Vassilis Spanoulis, Nikola Milutinov, Georgios Printezis, Vassilis Spanoulis, Kevin Punter, Mindaugas Kuzminkas, Wade Baldwin IV, Augustine Rubit
BAR vs OLY Dream11 starting five:
Barcelona: PF: Nikola Mirotic SF: Adam Hanga C: Ante Tomic PG: Roland Smits SG: Cory Higgins
Olympiacos: PF: Kostas Papanikolaou SF: Georgios Printzesis C: Nikola Milutinov PG: Vassilis Spanoulis SG: Antonis Koniaris
Barcelona: Malcolm Delaney, Brandon Davies, Alex Abrines, Kyle Kuric, Pierre Oriola Olympiacos: Will Cherry, Brandon Paul, Taylor Rochestie, Sasha Vezenkov, Wade Baldwin IV, Willie Reed
BAR vs OLY Dream11 teams:
PG: M Delaney SG: C Higgins, A Abrines, B Paul, T Rochestie SF: A Hanga PF: N Mirotic (SP) C: N Milutinov
PG: M Delaney, Spanoulis SG: C Higgins, B Paul SF: A Hanga, Papanikolaou PF: N Mirotic (SP) C: N Milutinov
The way Barcelona are playing at the moment, we can see only one winner in this game. Barca to win the game.