EuroLeague Prediction: Anadolu Efes – Barcelona (20-11-2025)

Anadolu Efes host Barcelona in Istanbul on Thursday in Round 12 of the EuroLeague regular season, with the struggling Turkish team desperate to stop their slide against one of the most efficient offenses in the competition.

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Anadolu Efes come into this one at 4-7 and only 16th in the standings, having lost five of their last six EuroLeague games before narrowly edging Bayern 74-72 on Friday last week. That win came at a cost: star guard Shane Larkin left early with a left-groin tendon injury and is now expected to miss around eight weeks, taking 15.8 points and 4.5 assists per night out of Efes’ attack. Even with him, Efes were averaging just 82.4 points per game, firmly in the bottom half of the league’s offenses.

Barcelona, by contrast, sit safely in the top eight at 7-4 and are trending up, winning four of their last five EuroLeague outings. They score 86.2 points per game with excellent balance across the roster and rank among the league leaders in assists at 18.6 per night, showing how well their spacing and ball movement are working under the new coaching staff. Their defense is far from perfect, but it has generally held up well enough to let their offensive talent decide games.

Given Efes reliance on Larkin in half-court sets and late-clock situations, his absence forces secondary creators like Cordinier and Loyd into much bigger roles against a Barcelona team that can throw multiple big, physical players at them.

On current form and with the talent gap in the backcourt, Barcelona look well-placed to handle Efes initial energy in Istanbul and eventually grind out a road win that keeps them firmly in the top-six conversation.