Anadolu Efes suffered a rather surprisingly home loss from Zenit St Petersburg at Euroleague's premier. Coach Ergin Ataman didn't have his key guard Shane Larkin available and his team seemed unprepared for the match. His team never played in the standards that we used them last season. And now the have another difficult game ahead.

Anadolu Efes have tried and kept the players that lead them to the championship game in the season 2018-2019 and in the last season kept them at the top of the board through all the campaign. They are a solid team and already considered among the favourites to reach Final-Four.

Zeljko Obradovic is no longer the head coach of Fenerbahce. Serbian coach has left the Istanbul side after seven successful years. And now the Turks have to make a new start with Igor Kokoskov in charge. They have some important absences regarding last year roster, as Kostas Sloukas and Gigi Datome are no longer Istanbul residents.  

But they did manage to make a winning premiere beating Crvena Zvezda at home 77-63. Fenerbahce were the better team and didn't let the Serbians to even consider that they could claim anything from this match. But tonight's clash against Anadolu Efes will be a totally different story for them. 

The overall record in Euroleague since 2000, is Anadolu Efes v Fenerbahce 4-10.

Let's take a look at main and special odds markets offered at bet365 website :

• FullTime Result : 1.60(Anadolu Efes) - 2.45(Fenerbahce)
• Over/Under 159.5 points : 1.90 (Over) - 1.90 (Under)
• Race to 20 points: 1.71 (Anadolu Efes) - 2.00(Fenerbahce)

*bet365 odds as offered at 8/10, 18:00CET (subject to change without prior notice) | 18+, T&Cs Apply, BeGambleAware.org

Aside from which team will win this Turkish clash, all eyes tonight will be at two players. Vasilie Micic is becoming year by year a better player. He will lead his team with his skillful playmaking and his ability to score when no one else can. He will match up with Lorenzo Brown. Brown seems to be in top form as he scored 17 points Crvena Zvezda and with his tough defense and fantastic penetrations is expected to cause lots of problems at Efes defense.