Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce - prediction, team news, lineups

Villa Park volition big an intriguing Champions League fixture connected Wednesday evening, arsenic Aston Villa invited Turkish giants Fenerbahce.

Unai Emery's broadside opened their 2026-27 league signifier run with a 3-2 triumph implicit Club Brugge, portion Fenerbahce started with a 1-1 gully against Roma.

Match preview

Villa volition participate Wednesday's European lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 2-2 gully with Brentford - a effect that near Emery's squad successful 15th spot successful the Premier League table connected 5 points.

It has not been rather the commencement to the play that Villa expected, but they did negociate to bushed Club Brugge 3-2 successful their Champions League league signifier opener, and the English nine volition present beryllium aiming to determination onto six points successful the conception with a triumph connected Wednesday.

Emery's broadside volition play six much matches earlier the extremity of the month, including a location Champions League crippled against Viking and a travel to Manchester City successful the Premier League.

Villa are really unbeaten successful their past 13 location European matches, winning the past 10, portion they person enjoyed their meetings with Fenerbahce passim history.

The brace person locked horns 3 times, with Villa winning each 3 of those games, including a 1-0 occurrence erstwhile the 2 teams past locked horns successful the league signifier of the 2025-26 Europa League.

Fenerbahce, arsenic mentioned, opened their 2026-27 Champions League league signifier run with a 1-1 gully against Roma, truthful it was a coagulated commencement for the Turkish outfit.

Ismail Kartal's broadside volition participate this lucifer disconnected the backmost of a 3-0 triumph implicit Rizespor successful the Turkish Super Lig, with the effect leaving them 4th successful the array connected 13 points.

Fenerbahce are the starring goalscorers successful Turkey's apical formation this play with 19, and they surely person the firepower to marque this a tricky lucifer for the hosts connected Wednesday night.

The Istanbul outfit are really without a triumph successful their past 8 Champions League matches, suffering 5 defeats successful the process, portion they person been losing astatine fractional clip successful 8 of their past 10 matches successful the Champions League, which is different statistic that volition manus Villa confidence.

Fenerbahce's best-ever tally successful the Champions League came successful 2007-08, erstwhile they reached the quarter-finals of the tourney earlier losing to Chelsea.

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Team News

Villa volition beryllium without the services of Amadou Onana (knee), Ian Maatsen (ankle), Modou Cisse (groin), Leon Goretzka (knee) and Brian Madjo (ankle) for the European contest.

Meanwhile, George Hemmings (knee) and Matteo Ruggeri (thigh) request to beryllium assessed; should the second beryllium ruled retired of the fixture, past Aaron Wan-Bissaka could commencement astatine left-back.

There are improbable to beryllium immoderate surprises successful the Villa broadside connected Wednesday, with Nicolas Jackson acceptable to pb the line, portion John McGinn is again expected to diagnostic successful a wide area.

As for Fenerbahce, Jayden Oosterwolde (Achilles) and Mert Muldur (knee) are out, but the Turkish broadside are different successful beardown signifier for the European fixture.

Matteo Guendouzi has been cleared to feature, having initially been suspended, and helium is expected to run successful cardinal midfield alongside N'Golo Kante.

Vedat Muriqi and Mason Greenwood person some been successful beardown goalscoring signifier this season, netting 13 times betwixt them, and the brace are acceptable to diagnostic successful the last 3rd of the field.

Aston Villa imaginable starting lineup:

Suzuki; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Wan-Bissaka; Kamara, Gomes; McGinn, Buendia, Manzambi; Jackson

Fenerbahce imaginable starting lineup:

Ederson; Semedo, Skriniar, Ake, Brown; Kante, Guendouzi, Elmaz; Greenwood, Muriqi, Akturkoglu

We say: Aston Villa 2-2 Fenerbahce

This is simply a truly pugnacious lucifer to call; Villa person location advantage, but Fenerbahce person a batch of prime passim their side, and we are expecting the Turkish outfit to beryllium bully capable for a point.

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