Balkan vs Academic Plovdiv prediction
NBL · 5 October 2025
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On Sunday, 5 October 2025, Academic Plovdiv visited Balkan in the NBL. Final score: Balkan 87–66 Academic Plovdiv. Over their last five games Balkan went 2-3, averaging 82.6 points for and 84 against. Academic Plovdiv had won two of their last five (L-L-W-W-L, newest first), scoring 80.4 and allowing 88.6 points a game. Head-to-head: 3-2 for Balkan over the last five games, most recently Balkan 66–75 Academic Plovdiv. Tip-off was at 10:00 UTC. The game page also covers the point spread, total points, the predicted score, rest days and key players. Every SportLikely prediction is saved before tip-off and checked against the result afterwards. See SportLikely's prediction for this game.
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Balkan: last 5
L L W W L
- Balkan 79–86 Vechta · 1 Oct
- Vechta 79–63 Balkan · 24 Sept
- Balkan 95–69 Spartak Pleven · 28 May
- Spartak Pleven 98–100 Balkan · 25 May
- Balkan 76–88 Spartak Pleven · 23 May
Academic Plovdiv: last 5
L L W W L
- Spartak Pleven 92–54 Academic Plovdiv · 5 May
- Academic Plovdiv 84–88 Spartak Pleven · 3 May
- Spartak Pleven 86–98 Academic Plovdiv · 1 May
- Academic Plovdiv 92–83 Minyor · 26 Apr
- Spartak Pleven 94–74 Academic Plovdiv · 18 Apr
Last meetings
- Balkan 66–75 Academic Plovdiv · 22 Mar
- Academic Plovdiv 91–101 Balkan · 6 Jan
- Balkan 104–83 Academic Plovdiv · 27 Oct
- Balkan 86–85 Academic Plovdiv · 16 Feb
- Academic Plovdiv 75–73 Balkan · 9 Dec