Fenerbahce vs. FC Slovacko – What We’re Expecting
Fenerbahce vs. FC Slovacko – What We’re Expecting: Fenerbahce will host Slovacko in a Europa League game at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on Thursday.
After a zero-zero draw in the first leg, the Turkish champions were beaten 2-1 on home soil, where they conceded in injury time.
Fenerbahce, the club from Turkey, has never won the UEFA Europa League. They have made it to the semifinals once and lost. They are now trying to make it to the final this time.
Although they have taken a few steps back recently, Slovacko has shown impressive improvement in Czech football. They won the league’s 4th place in the last two seasons after being forced to finish at the bottom of the table in the four years before that.
The club last competed in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers for the 2018-19 season, but were eliminated in the first round. Now they’ll turn their attention to avoiding a repeat performance here.
Fenerbahce faces Slovacko on Thursday hoping to win the match. Both teams will look for a strong result here to put themselves in a better position ahead of the return leg next week.
Fenerbahce received a red card last time out and will be without starting defender Ismail Yuksek this week. Defensive duo Nazim Sangare and Serdar Aziz are both injured and are not expected to feature for the hosts this week. Injured: Nazim Sangare, Serdar Aziz. Doubtful: None. Suspended: Ismail Yuksek. Unavailable: None.
Manager Martin Svedik expects all players to be available for selection for this midweek game. None of the players are injured; none of them are doubtful, suspended or unavailable.
Fenerbahce (4-3-3):
Altay Bayindir
Bright Osayi-Samuel
Marcel Tisserand
Attila Szalai
Ferdi Kadioglu
Willian Arao
Miguel Crespo
Irfan Kahveci
Diego Rossi
Enner Valencia
Joshua King.
Slovan Bratislava (4-2-3-1):
Filip Nguyen
Petr Reinberk
Stanislav Hofmann
Michal Kadlec
jan Kalabiska
Milan Petržela
Vlastimil Danícek
Marek Havlík
Michal Travník
Daniel Holzer.
Fenerbahce lost their 20-game unbeaten run across competitions for the first time and will try to bounce back this week in this one. Fenerbahce have been solid on home turf lately and take a shot at continuing their recent success against Slovacko, who are also undefeated in their last dozen games across competitions. However, Slovacko look like they can lose this one as they struggle to impress on the road.