Fenerbahce take on the visitors Anderlecht in the first leg of UEFA Europa League round of 16. The match will be played on Thursday, February 13th at Ulker Stadium Şükrü Saracoğlu (Istanbul).
Fenerbahce are going through an unprecedented stretch: their last championship was back in 2014. They failed to regain it last season either, when they first tried to keep up with Galatasaray, but, having fallen behind their neighbor, they began to make a fuss and threaten to leave the Super League, moving to another national championship. Instead, they lured Mourinho to Istanbul in the summer, immediately becoming the favorite among bookmakers. However, the initial optimism quickly disappeared: with the “Special One”, they are still lagging behind the “blood and gold”. Moreover, in the Champions League, the Turks, having overcome Lugano with some difficulty, were eliminated by Lille, and the French scored the decisive goal in extra time on the road with ten men. In the Europa League, the club shows contradictory results: they beat Royal Union and Slavia, shared points with Manchester United, as well as Twente and Lyon, but lost to both AZ and Athletic, eventually advancing to the playoffs only due to a draw in the last round on the field of Midtjylland.
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Anderlecht is not the best even in its homeland. The "purple and whites" are in many ways similar to the current hosts. This is also a historical giant with a lot of all kinds of trophies, whose current decline has been too prolonged. Moreover, against the background of previous failures, 3rd place in the last Jupiler League was progress. By the way, which may not be repeated, the current results, especially in winter, in the championship are not impressive. But the Belgians showed themselves well in the Europa League, where they twice defeated Minsk Dynamo in the qualification and scored 14 points in the first 6 matches of the main round, with Ferencvaros, Real Sociedad, Ludogorets and Prague Slavia (wins), as well as RFS and Porto (draws). And only in January, having relaxed, the Belgians lost to both Viktoria (Plzen) and Hoffenheim.
In 2007, the Turks won twice in the Champions League qualification. And in 2018, finding themselves in the same group with the “purple and whites”, they took 4 points out of 6. The “Canaries” are now really more stable and play at home - it’s time for them to win even with a handicap of -1 goal.
Prediction for the match: Fenerbahce to win with -1.0 handicap.
