TipResumen

We are going to Lithuania in first place. It is rare that we enter against Neptunas, and more when Siauliai just played (and win tight in his Baltic League match). But there are good reasons to go in favor of that handicap. In this 2018, Siauliai has only lost once by more than ten points, and has played 12 matches. It was in Panevezys against Lietkabelis. The pivot Laurynas Birutis, 20 years and just made debut with NT, is the leader of this team that has gone from less to more. Fights in each of his meetings and never disconnects. Was close to Zalgiris in the Lithuanian Cup. They match against Neptune that has done the opposite. It started very well but it has slow down in the last two months. So much so that he did not even qualify for the F4 of the Cup that was held in Klaipeda (in the Neptunas pavilion). It is true that Neptunas is strong in Svyturio, but it is also true that has lost potential. In international break has given some free day to his players, including the American Jerry Johnson. We do not see Neptunas winning easy, and it would not be surprising if Siauliai gave some good scares.

In Portugal we go with FC Porto, not by name, but by squad and bench. iT is trained by Moncho López, former Spanish NT coach. It is a team that is going to fight for the title. Currently is third, but needs to cut back on the ground in order to play the playoffs from a better position. He faces Ovarense, which is a team with a very good defense but the potential of Porto is much higher. Ovarense has an important match in two days, and it would not be surprising if they focused on the match against Galitos, and if Porto, who easily reaches 100 points, open a gap, they let go themself and rotate players thinking about the next match against a direct rival. As data, in four of its last six meetings, Porto reached or exceeded 100 points.