BAR vs BEL Dream11: Barcelona will be looking to build on their win in the last game when they play host to Crvena Zvezda in EuroLeague round-21 match at Palau Blaugrana, in Barcelona Catalonia, on Thursday night (IST). The Catalonia giants have lost a bit of momentum in the last few weeks, and have lost three times in the last six EuroLeague games. That’s the same number of defeats they suffered in the first 14 games. But Barca are coming into this game won the back of a 74-80 away win over Fenerbahce, and backed that result with a 90-94 win over Montakit Fuenlabrada in Liga ACB at the weekend.
Crvena Zvezda, meanwhile, lost 85-94 in the last round to Alba Berlin. It was the second consecutive defeat for the Belgrade based team, and they now find themselves outside the playoff positions. Needless to say that the visitors can do with a win here as the race for the playoffs hots-up.
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Match details:
Teams: Barcelona and Crvena Zvezda
Venue: Palau Blaugrana
Match Timing: January 24, @ 01:30 AM
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Barcelona team news: Barcelona have no fresh injury concerns from the last game. That means the only injury absentees for the host ahead of the home game against Crvena Zvezda are Thomas Heurtel and Kevin Pangos. Both of them are yet to play for Bara this season, as they continue to recover from knee and toe injuries, respectively.
Crvena Zvezda team news: Zvezda‘s recent bad form is down to the long injury list they are carrying these days, and there is no respite in that as a host of first-team stars remain out of the picture due to injuries.
Marko Jagodic Kuridza has been ruled out due to an Achilles tendon injury. Branko Lazic will miss the game with an illness. Stratos Perperoglou is out due to a knee injury. Dejan Davidovac is out with an ankle injury, while Filip Covic is will miss the game due to a leg injury.
Mo Faye and Derrick Brown won’t play as the duo is not registered on EuroLeague roster for the regular season.
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Barcelona: Nikola Mirotic, Victor Claver, Brandon Davies, Cory Higgins, Adam Hanga
Crvena Zvezda: Branko Lazic, Billy Baron, Ognjen Kuzmic, Borisa Simanic, Lorenzo Brown
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Likely squads:
Barcelona: Nikola Mirotic, Victor Claver, Kyle Kuric, Pierre Oriola, Alex Abrines, Ante Tomic, Brandon Davies, Cory Higgins, Adam Hanga, Malcolm Delaney
Crvena Zvezda: Kevin Punter, Vladimir Stimac, James Gist, Michael Ojo, Branko Lazic, Billy Baron, Charles Jenkins, Ognjen Dobric, Nikola Jovanovic, Ognjen Kuzmic, Borisa Simanic, Lorenzo Brown
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Team 1:
PG: L Brown, M Delaney
SG: A Abrines, K Punter
SF: V Claver
PF: N Mirotic (SP), B Simanic
C: A Tomic
Team 2:
PG: M Delaney
SG: C Higgins, B Baron
SF: V Claver
PF: N Mirotic (SP), B Simanic, J Gist
C: B Davies