RM vs BAR Dream11: In one of he highlights fixture in the EuroLeague, Real Madrid host eternal rival Barcelona in the round-8 at WiZink Center, in Madrid.
The hosts are hard-pressed for a win more than the visitors, having won four times and losing 3 times in the first seven games to sit 8th on the points table, while Barca couldn;t have hoped for a more better start, as they sit on the top of the table with six wins from seven games, Their only defeat of the campaign came away against Olimpia Milano, a team with the best winning streak in the EuroLeague at the moment.
That said, Madrid come into this game on the back of two consecutive wins in the EuroLeague, 85-71 win at home over Alba Berlin and 60-75 win against Crvena Zvezda in the last game. So the hosts will draw some confidence from their last two games and will hope to striker a deadly blow to Barca’s title ambitions.
Meanwhile, Barcelona will hope to lead the table but they face a challenge Olimpia Milano who could replace them at the top if Madrid wins in this match, while Milano beat BCK Khimki in Moscow.
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Match Info:
Teams: Real Madrid and Barcelona
Match Timing: November 15, 01:30 AM
Venue: WiZink Center
Some insight:
Real Madrid boasts a better record against Barcelona in the EuroLeague encounters. Madrid wins- 13, Barca wins- 12.
Madrid also boasts the biggest win in this fixture, which they recorded in the 2014 season; 100-62 win.
Barcelona successfully converted 35 free-throws against Madrid in the 2005 seasons, a club record for them.
Madrid collected 24 offensive rebounds against Barca in the 2005 season; a club record for the Madrid outfit.
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Real Madrid team news:
Real Madrid have a clean bill of health ahead of this game. All the 15 players in which Madrid registered 15 for its EuroLeague roster are available for selection.
Both Salah Mejri and Mario Nakic will be looking to make their respective EuroLeague debut here for Real Madrid.
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Barcelona team news:
The visitors are still without Thomas Heurtel and Kevin Pangos. The duo has been out all season with ankle and knee injury respectively.
Barcelona could hand Pau Ribas his EuroLeague debut in this game.
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Real Madrid: Edy Tavares, Sergio Llull, Facundo Campazzo, Anthony Randolph, Gabriel Deck
Barcelona: Cory Higgins, Nikola Mirotic, Victor Claver / Adam Hanga, Brandon Davies, Adam Hanga
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Real Madrid: Jaycee Carroll, Walter Tavares, Sergio Llull, Fabien Causeur, Anthony Randolph, Rudy Fernandez, Facundo Campazzo, Nicolas Laprovittola, Jordan Mickey, Trey Thompkins, Jeffrey Taylor, Salah Mejri, Felipe Reyes, Gabriel Deck, Usman Garuba, Mario Nakic
Barcelona: Pau Ribas, Rolands Smits, Ante Tomic, Brandon Davies, Malcolm Davies, Adam Hanga, Cory Higgins, Kyle Kuric, Alex Abrines, Leandro Bolmaro, Victor Claver, Sergi Martinez, Nikola Mirotic, Pierre Oriola, Artem Pustovyi
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RM vs BAR DREAM11 teams:
Team 1:
PG: S Llull
SG: C Higgins, F Causeur, R Fernandez
SF: A Hanga
PF: N Mirotic (SP)
C: B Davies, W Tavares