📏 Form Guide

Fenerbahçe

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Fenerbahçe, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-2 Super Lig victory over Fatih Karagümrük.

In that game, Fenerbahçe had 55% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 7 on target. For Fenerbahçe, the scorers were Edin Džeko (49') and Michy Batshuayi (57'). At the other end, Fatih Karagumruk got 11 shots on goal with 7 on target. Can Keles (45') was the scorer for Fatih Karagümrük.

Matches featuring Fenerbahçe have tended to be lively affairs of late with a lot of goalmouth action anticipated. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 23 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 13 of them belonging to Fenerbahçe. Regardless, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern shall be replicated in this game.

Olympiacos

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In as many as 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Olympiacos, a minimum of three goals have gone in. The average number of goals per match during that spell is 4.33, with the number of goals averaged by Olympiacos coming out as 3.

📋 Team News: Fenerbahçe

The Fenerbahçe boss İsmail Kartal will be happy not to have any fitness worries to speak of ahead of this game owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from.

It’s our opinion that Sarı Kanaryalar will possibly line up in a 4-3-3 formation for the game, handing starts to Dominik Livakovic, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Alexander Djiku, Rodrigo Becao, Ferdi Kadioglu, Sebastian Szymanski, Ismail Yuksek, Fred, Irfan Kahveci, Edin Dzeko and Dusan Tadic.

ℹ️ Team News: Olympiacos

Owing to a fully injury-free group available to choose from, the Olympiacos manager José Mendilibar does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever coming into this game.

We are inclined to think that Τhrylos seem likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, starting K. Tzolakis, Rodinei, A. Ntoi, David Carmo, Francisco Ortega, Chiquinho, Santiago Hezze, Daniel Podence, Stevan Jovetic, K. Fortounis and Ayoub El Kaabi.

💭 Prediction

Our thinking is that Olympiacos would be disappointed if they were not to score against this Fenerbahçe lineup, however it is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our selection here is for a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for Fenerbahçe at full-time. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 18:01 18/04/2024