BAR vs FEN DREAM11: Barcelona entertains Fenerbahce in round-9 of EuroLeague at Palau Blaugrana. This game pits two teams heading South against each other, and both come off a defeat in the last game.
Barcelona had a fantastic start to the season as they recorded five straight wins, but have lost two times in the last three games and find themselves a game adrift of the top-place. That said, the Catalan giants can reclaim the top spot back if they beat Fenerbahce by any scoreline and CSKA Moscow lose away at Saski Baskonia.
Fenerbahce, meanwhile, have made the worst possible start to their EuroLeague campaign. They have lost six times already in the first 8 games and will go to Catalonia with a 0-5 record from away games this season.
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Match details:
Teams: Barcelona and Fenerbahce
Venue: Palau Blaugrana
Match Timing: November 21, @ 01:30 AM
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Captain options:
From Barcelona, Cory Higgins and Nikola Mirotic are the obvious choices for captain in your Dream11 teams. Mirotic is the leading the points charts for Barca, while Higgins has been impressive as well, both inside the paint and from beyond the arc.
Consider Derrick Williams and Kostas Sloukas from Fenerbahce. The duo, along with Nikola Kalinic, will be clocking the most minutes in the game due to the absence of Nande de Colo.
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Barcelona:
Thomas Heurtel will be missing the game for Barca due to a knee injury. Kevin Pangos is a long-term injury absentee with a toe injury.
Pau Ribas made his first appearance for Barcelona in a EuroLeague game and will be on the roster for this game. He had a good game as well.
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Fenerbahce team news:
Fenerbahce will play their second consecutive game without the services of their leading scorer Nando de Colo. The 32-year-old Frenchman is suffering from an ankle injury. He is joined by Leo Westermann on the sideline who is out with a groin injury.
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Barcelona: Nikola Mirotic, Cory Higgins, Brandon Davies, Adam Hanga, Rolands Smits
Fenerbahce: Nikola Kalinic, Derrick Williams, Kostas Sloukas, Jan Vesely, Melih Mahmutoglu
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Likely squads:
Barcelona: Malcolm Davies, Adam Hanga, Cory Higgins, Kyle Kuric, Alex Abrines, Leandro Bolmaro, Victor Claver, Pau Ribas, Rolands Smits, Ante Tomic, Brandon Davies, Sergi Martinez, Nikola Mirotic, Pierre Oriola, Artem Pustovyi
Fenerbahce: Ergi Tirpanci, Ekrem Sancakli, Leo Westermann, Melih Mahmutoglu, Nikola Kalinic, Tarik Biberovic, Kostas Sloukas, Egehan Arna, Derrick Williams, Jan Vesley, Berkay Candan, Ali Muhammad, Ahmet Duverioglu, Luigi Datome, Joffrey Lauvergne, Vladimir Stimac
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Team 1:
PG: M Delaney
SG: C Higgins (SP)
SF: N Kalinic
PF: N Mirotic, D Williams
C: B Davies, A Tomic, J Vesley
Team 2:
PG: M Delaney
SG: C Higgins (SP), K Sloukas
SF: N Kalinic
PF: N Mirotic, D Williams
C: B Davies, A Tomic