+ At the outset, the task looks simple for Zalgiris Kaunas. They need to win against Paris Basketball and keep a spot in the playoff phase of the Euroleague and not wirry about the vagaries of the play-in phase. But Paris Basketball is like an antithesis of Zalgiris. Paris Basketball has a fast-paced and high-scoring game. Zalgiris are known for slowing down the pace of basketball.
+ Zalgiris Kaunas have won 13 of 18 home games but Paris Basketball also have won 7 of 18 road games that much is enough to make life very tough for a host team.
+ Mantas Rubstaviciiys will be the only player to miss this game for Zalgiris.
+ Enzo Sharvin is missing for Paris Basketball. Derek Willis will play.
+ Recent results conspicuously show that Dubai Basketball is fighting very hard to get a playoff spot in Euroleague. They won against AS Monaco and Zalgiris Kaunas, and lost to Panathinaikos and Maccabi Tel Avv very closely. A road win against Zalgiris Kaunas in the third last game of the regular season brought them on track to get the last play-in spt but a home loss against Anadolu Efes ho are not even in playoff contention threw them out. Now they have to resurrect themselves in the last home game of the season.
+ Valencia Basket are at the second spot of the points table and will keep it with a victory.
+ Xabi Lopez-Arostegui will not play for Valencia. Sergio de Larrea's status is uncertain.
+ Nate Mason and Muhammadou Jaiteh will not play for Dubai. Dwayne Bacon may or may not play.
+ Seven losses in seven games have the potential to turn into fatality for Mohammedan SC if this downhill skid continues. They have scored just 3 goals and conceded 20 goals. Such a porous defense has taken them to the verge of ouster from the Indian Super League.
+ Odisha FC have won just once in six games but have five points. They are eleventh in the points table.
+ Odisha FC have scored 7 goals and concded 11 goals.Their defense is leaky but offense is not as shaky as the offense of Mohammedan SC.
+ Channaiyin Football Club have scored a win and kept two opponents to a draw in seven matches. A lone win has not been good for their playoff prospects. They are twelfth in Indian Super League points table.
+ Sporting Club Delhi have won two games and kept two other opponents to a draw in last five games.
+ SC Delhi are at ninth spot of the points table.
+ Miinimum points required for a semifinal spot is 15 at the moment.
+ Chennaiyin FC are in good run of form. They have scored points in last three games.
+ Sydney Swans have won four of five Australian Football League games. They are currently at the top of AFL points table.
+ Greater Western Sydney Giants have won two of five games.
+ GWS Giants are thirteenth in the points ladder.
+ It is a Sydney A-rules football derby and will be interesting/
+ The first leg of UEFA Europa League tie between Nottingham Forest and FC Porto had evens possession share. But Porto had eights shots on target and Nottingham Forest had two shots on target.
+ Nottingham should be more offensive at City Ground and Porto can also play well in the road games.
+ Crystal Palace are leading by 3-0 in UEFA Conference League quarterfinal tie against ACF Fiorentina.
+ The first leg was an almost evens affair in possession. Crystal Palace had 51 percent possession. They scored twice from four shots on target and and Fiorentina did not score from two shots on target.
+ Aston Villa will face Bologna FC in the second leg of UEFA Europa League quarterfinal.
+ Bologna FC have to make a comeback in this tie. Aston Villa sare leading by 3-1.
+ Blogna had 58 percent possession in the first leg. But Aston Villa scored three times from four shots on target and Bologna scored once from four shots on target.
+ Karolina Muchova has won against Aliaksandra Sasnovich in straight sets and Elise Mertens in three sets to set her seventh H2H match against two-time Grand Slam champ, Cori 'Coroco' Gauff.
+ Gauff has won all previous H2H matches against Muchova!
+ Muchova won 53 percent first serve points and 44 percent second serve points against Elise Mertens. But her serve was not so great and she lost it four times.
+ Gauff had 85 percent first serve against Liydmila Samsonova. She won 65 percent first serve and 60 percent second serve points.