Comments and predictions for Fenerbahce vs Anderlecht: Trust Mourinho

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Fenerbahce had an active January transfer window, bringing in quality names like Anderson Talisca and Milan Skriniar. Both players, along with Filip Kostic (on loan from Juventus), have been registered for the Europa League knockout stages.

However, due to the regulation that only allows a maximum of 3 changes in the Europa League list, the remaining new players (Diego Carlos, Ognjen Mimovic) and the player in high form Oguz Aydin were not registered.

Sofyan Amrabat and Bright Osayi-Samuel have both finished their suspensions for European competition. Youssef En-Nesyri is also ready to return after missing the win over Alanyaspor last weekend (through suspension). He is just one goal away from the record of scoring in a single season in European competition (5 goals). With his current form (14 goals in the last 11 matches), the striker has a chance to equal that record.

On Benfica's side, coach Mourinho will be without a number of players in the defense, including goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic. In addition, Rodrigo Becao, Jayden Oosterwolde, Alexander Djiku, Mert Muldur and Caglar Soyuncu (who had to leave the field in the 10th minute of last weekend's match).

Anderlecht have also suffered a blow in defence. Jan Vertonghen will remain absent with a long-term ankle injury, although Moussa N'Diaye returned from suspension against Antwerp at the weekend.

Sam Edozie has not played since mid-January due to a muscle injury, while Kasper Dolberg made his first start in a month and scored twice in the win over Antwerp.

Dolberg saw two fellow Danes leave the club in January (Anders Dreyer and Zanka moved to MLS). To compensate, Anderlecht added three players to their Europa League squad in Adryelson, Cesar Huerta and Lucas Hey.

Latest predicted lineup Fenerbahce vs Anderlecht

Fenerbahce:

Egribayrat; Osayi-Samuel, Skriniar, Amrabat, Kostic; Fred, Szymanski; Talisca, Tadic, Saint-Maximin; En-Nesyri

Anderlecht:

Coosemans; Sardella, Hey, Adryelson, Augustinsson; Verschaeren, Dendoncker, Stroeykens; Hazard, Dolberg, Huerta

Latest football commentary Fenerbahce vs Anderlecht

It may seem strange to say that a team that has gone 12 games unbeaten and won eight of their last 10 home games is underperforming, but with Fenerbahce at the moment, it is a completely valid assessment.

With a huge investment in the squad and a legendary coach at the helm, domestic success is a must. However, in Europe, Fenerbahce have not lived up to expectations.

Considered one of the top candidates for the top 8, Fenerbahce only barely made it through the group stage as the 24th-placed team - the last place in the unseeded group.

They are level on points with Elfsborg and Braga, but have a better goal difference. However, their unbeaten run in Europe has now extended to three games. Fenerbahce have only picked up one point from Athletic Bilbao and Lyon. Their form in the league has improved significantly since their trip to Denmark.

Three consecutive victories against Rizespor, Erzurumspor and Alanyaspor (scoring 10 goals) helped Fenerbahce continue to chase in the championship race. Besides that, there is a ticket to the quarter-finals of the Turkish National Cup. However, the confrontation with Anderlecht is the most important challenge of the season.

Fenerbahce have lost four of their last six European Cup first-leg matches. Mourinho will certainly want to use his experience to turn things around and give his team an advantage ahead of the return leg.

The two teams last met in this tournament in 2018, with Fenerbahce winning 2-0 at home. That means Anderlecht have failed to score in their previous three visits to Sukru Saracoglu.

However, Anderlecht's European form has been somewhat better. The Belgian side finished the group stage 14 places (4 points) higher than Fenerbahce. This was largely thanks to an impressive start, when they won 14 points after the first 6 matches.

However, David Hubert's team lost both of their last two group stage matches. Therefore, they are only in the play-off position. However, the Belgian representative can be confident with their away form.

The defeat in the Czech Republic was Anderlecht's only defeat in the group stage. They have taken seven points from their remaining three away games. The players are also in high spirits after a successful week in both the cup and the league.

Anderlecht have just qualified for the Belgian Cup final, beating Antwerp 3-2 on aggregate. A few days later, they continued their winning streak with a 2-0 victory over the same opponents in the national championship. However, Anderlecht are almost out of the title race (15 points behind leaders Genk) and their only goal is to qualify for next season's European Cup.

Latest Fenerbahce vs Anderlecht score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Fenerbahce vs Anderlechtas follows:

• Sportsmole:Fenerbahce 2-0 Anderlecht

• WhoScore:Fenerbahce 3-1 Anderlecht
• Our newspaper predicts:Fenerbahce 2-0 Anderlecht

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