Real Madrid-Barça: Clásico to move top of the EuroLeague
The WiZink Center is set to host the clash between the competition's two unbeaten teams (8:45 pm CEST).
The WiZink Center is gearing up for another huge night of basketball as Real Madrid welcome Barça for the first Clásico in the EuroLeague, the third this season in total, following wins for Chus Mateo's boys in the Super Cup semifinals and the League. What's more, top spot is up for grabs between the last remaining unbeaten teams in the competition. The madridistas will be hoping to extend their impeccable start to the campaign, with 12 successive wins already in the bag.
Madridistas and azulgranas go head-to-head on matchday five. Neither team has tasted defeat so far this season, with both looking especially solid. Our boys have won both encounters at the WiZink Center thrashing Zalgiris +14 and Milan +17. Grimau's unit have come away from Olympiacos and Partizan with impressive results +9 at both. The game pits the EuroLeague's best two offenses against each other, though Real Madrid is the only one to average above 90 points 90.8. The same goes for PIR. Barça have boasted a solid defense in Europe so far, and it's sure to be a tough test for our team, whose attacking basketball has been a joy to watch.
Madridistas and azulgranas go head-to-head on matchday five. Neither team has tasted defeat so far this season, with both looking especially solid. Our boys have won both encounters at the WiZink Center thrashing Zalgiris +14 and Milan +17. Grimau's unit have come away from Olympiacos and Partizan with impressive results +9 at both. The game pits the EuroLeague's best two offenses against each other, though Real Madrid is the only one to average above 90 points 90.8. The same goes for PIR. Barça have boasted a solid defense in Europe so far, and it's sure to be a tough test for our team, whose attacking basketball has been a joy to watch.
Eight madridistas are enjoying averages between eight and the 12.2 points of Poirier. The French center is having a sublime start to the campaign and in the EuroLeague, he's averaging a PIR of 17. The battle for the rebound will be another key area, as will ensuring they aren't given space from the three-point line. Laprovittola is the greatest threat on the outside, but Barça have proven especially productive in the paint with Vesely, Hernangómez, Parker and Da Silva.
Two from two this season
Despite being only a month and half into the season, the two teams have crossed paths twice already. The first was the season curtain-raiser in the Super Cup semifinal in Murcia, which ended in an 80-90 win for the madridistas. The second came on 1 October at the WiZink Center in the league. It was a tighter affair, but the unstoppable Poirier 29 PIR ultimately crushed the azulgrana hopes 86-79.
Extending winning runs
Chus Mateo's team have picked up 12 wins on the bounce at the start of this campaign, four in the EuroLeague. A win today would make it their third-best start ever in the competition, though still some way from their eight-match winning run at the beginning of the 2018/19 season or 13 in 2013/14. What's more, Madrid would also record their third best start to a season across all competitions, equalling the thirteen consecutive victories from 2018/19. Today, either madridistas or azulgranas will move ahead on EuroLeague wins 17 apiece right now. The last two meetings went the way of the Whites, in January of this year 91-86 and in the EuroLeague semifinals in Kaunas 66-78.
Two from two this season
Despite being only a month and half into the season, the two teams have crossed paths twice already. The first was the season curtain-raiser in the Super Cup semifinal in Murcia, which ended in an 80-90 win for the madridistas. The second came on 1 October at the WiZink Center in the league. It was a tighter affair, but the unstoppable Poirier 29 PIR ultimately crushed the azulgrana hopes 86-79.
Extending winning runs
Chus Mateo's team have picked up 12 wins on the bounce at the start of this campaign, four in the EuroLeague. A win today would make it their third-best start ever in the competition, though still some way from their eight-match winning run at the beginning of the 2018/19 season or 13 in 2013/14. What's more, Madrid would also record their third best start to a season across all competitions, equalling the thirteen consecutive victories from 2018/19. Today, either madridistas or azulgranas will move ahead on EuroLeague wins 17 apiece right now. The last two meetings went the way of the Whites, in January of this year 91-86 and in the EuroLeague semifinals in Kaunas 66-78.