In day three away game of THY Euroleauge 2011-12 season Top 16 Group E, Anadolu Efes will face Olympiacos tomorrow (1.2.2012, Wednesday). The game at Peace and Friendship Arena will start at Turkish time 20.45 and will be broadcast live on NTVSpor.
Anadolu Efes will play the 448th game in European Arena, so far Efes has had 266 victories and 181 losses in these 447 games in European Cups (winning percentage: 60%).
Anadolu Efes will play the 200th game in ULEB Euroleague which it has been competing since 2001-02 season and so far Efes has had 109 victories and 90 losses in 199 games in this cup so far (winning percentage: 55%).
Anadolu Efes and Olympiacos faced each other in European Cups for 16 times, Efes has had nine victories, in these 16 games of which two were in quarter finals, and 14 were in phase one. Anadolu Efes will face Olympiacos for the first time in Top 16.
In day two away game of THY Euroleague Top 16 Group E, Anadolu Efes lost to CSKA Moscow by 96-68, ranking the third in the group while Olympiacos lost to. Galatasaray in İstanbul by 78-77, ranking at the bottom of the group.
Anadolu Efes’ General Manager Engin Özerhun statetd that they will play one of the most challenging games of the group, saying: “We will play the most important game of the group against Olympiacos. If we win in Athens, we will enjoy a big advantage and Olympiacos will be out. They will play, taking this fact into consideration. This will be one of the challenging factors of the game. We will play against Olympiacos twice consecutively and we want to win these two games and finish the group in top two and qualify to the quarter final...”
