Asvel Villeurbanne - KK Partizan Belgrade

This one is priced close to a coin flip and the market is not wrong to do that, but the recent trend lines point one way. Partizan came into October looking solid and have since lost three in a row, and the manner of it is what stands out. They were held to 55 points by Panathinaikos and then managed 65 at Fenerbahce. When a team built to score cannot break 70 twice inside a week, something in the offence has stopped working. Asvel have problems of their own. Two wins from six is a poor return and the beating by Real Madrid is still fresh in the memory. The difference tonight is the setting. They took Crvena Zvezda to the wire at home, losing by two, and they won at Paris earlier in the month, so there is enough there to suggest they compete rather than fold. Home floor, a visiting side whose shooting has gone cold, and a price a shade under two is enough to take a side here. Lyon has been an awkward trip for better teams than this version of Partizan.