All but two teams in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague have played 29 games in the 2022-23 regular season, meaning that there are five fixtures remaining before the playoffs get underway. This Tuesday evening (18:15 CET), Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and EA7 Emporio Armani Milan will be level with the rest in terms of games played, as they face each other in a postponed contest from Round 24.
For Fenerbahce, it currently sits fifth in the standings with a record of 17-11, two wins above Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in eighth, the final playoff spot. However, following an 82-80 defeat at Valencia Basket last time out, Dimitris Itoudis's side needs to get back on track against Milan if it is to keep FC Barcelona and AS Monaco – in third and fourth place, respectively, with 19-10 records – on their toes in the battle for home-court advantage.
On the other side of the equation, Milan saw its slim playoff hopes take a hit last week, as it saw its six-game winning streak come to an end in the Spanish capital, losing 91-87 to Real Madrid. That defeat means that Milan now finds itself with a record of 12-16 in 13th place, three wins behind eighth. Although the Italian team still needs some things to go its way, a win on Tuesday evening would keep its playoff dreams alive.
Historically, Fenerbahce has dominated this fixture, beating Milan 15 times and losing on six occasions. Curiously, though, the last five meetings between these two have been won by the road team, with Milan winning twice in Istanbul in that span: 71-79 in Round 14 of the 2020-21 season and then again, 43-68, in Round 9 of the 2021-22 campaign. The last time that they faced off, in Round 10 at Mediolanum Forum this season, Fenerbahce won 72-82.