Gornik Zabrze vs Fenerbahce - prediction, team news, lineups

Turkish giants Fenerbahce question to Poland connected Wednesday evening looking to decorativeness the occupation against Gornik Zabrze and publication their spot successful the 3rd qualifying circular of the Champions League.

Ismail Kartal's broadside clasp a slender 1-0 aggregate vantage aft Anderson Talisca's first-half escaped footwear proved decisive successful Istanbul, leaving the necktie finely balanced up of the instrumentality leg.

Match preview

Fenerbahce had been expected to found a overmuch healthier cushion earlier travelling to Poland, but they were made to enactment hard by a disciplined Gornik defence successful past week's archetypal leg.

The Turkish broadside dominated possession and territory for agelong spells, yet they struggled to person their clear-cut chances against Michal Gasparik's well-organised visitors, and lone a breakthrough successful the 37th infinitesimal erstwhile Talisca’s superb escaped kick.

Although the borderline is narrow, Fenerbahce stay favourites to advancement acknowledgment to their vastly superior European pedigree and expensively assembled squad, and if they advance, they would acceptable up a third-round gathering with either Sturm Graz oregon Hearts arsenic they proceed their pursuit of a spot successful the Champions League league phase.

Kartal volition besides beryllium encouraged by the information that his broadside person present won 4 successive matches, including 3 pre-season friendlies, conceding conscionable doubly during that run, portion scoring 12 times.

Gornik, meanwhile, tin instrumentality assurance from their show successful Istanbul contempt returning location empty-handed.

Making their archetypal quality successful European contention for 8 years, the Polish cupful winners frustrated 1 of the continent's biggest clubs for overmuch of the evening and present they cognize that a one-goal shortage keeps the necktie precise overmuch alive, peculiarly with location enactment down them.

The Miners recorded their archetypal triumph of the run implicit the play erstwhile they defeated Slask Wroclaw 2-1 connected location ungraded successful their opening league crippled of the season, recovering from a first-half shortage and turning the crippled astir with 2 second-half goals.

Having started the play with 2 consecutive losses – a 3-1 decision to Lech Poznan successful the Polish Super Cup and the archetypal limb against Fenerbahce – Gornik volition anticipation the feeling of triumph implicit the play pushes them to a triumph connected Wednesday.
 

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Team News

Fenerbahce are expected to invited respective players backmost into contention aft Mason Greenwood made his competitory debut from the seat successful the archetypal limb and created a fig of unsafe moments pursuing his introduction. 

Nathan Ake besides made his competitory debut for the club, featuring from the start, portion N'Golo Kante remains unavailable aft his extended engagement astatine the World Cup.

Talisca should proceed to spearhead the onslaught aft scoring the victor successful Istanbul, with Marco Asensio, Kerem Akturkoglu and Irfan Can Kahveci each competing for places down him.

Gornik stay without suspended goalkeeper Tomasz Loska, truthful Philipp Schulze should proceed betwixt the posts aft deputising successful the archetypal leg.

Jaroslaw Kubicki is inactive sidelined with the fractured limb helium suffered successful the Polish Super Cup, portion Emil Prekop is expected to pb the enactment erstwhile much aft replacing the departed Lukas Ambros during the summer.

Meanwhile, Kacper Urbanski should clasp his spot successful midfield aft an encouraging European debut for the club.

Gornik Zabrze imaginable starting lineup:

Schulze; Sacek, Janicki, Josema, Janza; Sadilek, Dietz, Urbanski; Ismaheel, Prekop, Khlan

Fenerbahce imaginable starting lineup:

Gunok; Semedo, Skriniar, Ake, Oosterwolde; Guendouzi, Fred; Kahveci, Asensio, Akturkoglu; Talisca

We say: Gornik Zabrze 1-2 Fenerbahce (Fenerbahce triumph 3-1 connected aggregate)

Gornik proved successful Istanbul that they are susceptible of frustrating stronger opponents, and playing astatine location should marque them much adventurous successful the 2nd leg.

That attack could yet play into Fenerbahce's hands, though, arsenic the visitors person considerably greater attacking prime and acquisition successful European competition. Expect the Polish broadside to threaten, but Fenerbahce should person capable people to assertion different triumph and safely advancement to the adjacent round.

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