Anderlecht vs Fenerbahçe Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Anderlecht enters this match knowing that they’ll have to overturn a three goal deficit, something that they’ll find incredibly difficult to do, especially against a side managed by José Mourinho, however, they will likely win the individual game itself due to the defensive tactics that will be on show.

Barring their 4-3 loss to Hoffenheim on matchday eight, Anderlecht’s home form in Europe is decent, as they earned wins over Ferencvaros (2-1) and Ludogorets (2-0) while drawing 2-2 with FC Porto. On the other hand, Fenerbahçe picked up five points on the road from four games in the Group Stage, having scraped a win at Slavia Prague while drawing with both FC Twente and Midtjylland.

Prediction: Anderlecht 2-1 Fenerbahçe

Anderlecht hosts Fenerbahçe at Lotto Park in the second leg of their Europa League Round of 32 tie, with the home side knowing that they have a heavy deficit to overturn from the first leg in Istanbul.

Date: 20/02/2025

Location: Lotto Park

Time: 8pm

The first leg resulted in an emphatic 3-0 home win for Fenerbahçe as Dušan Tadić, Edin Dzeko and Youssef En-Nesyri all got on the scoresheet within the first hour of the game, this was despite Jose Mourinho’s men having 13 shots to Anderlecht’s 15.

Brian Riemer’s side will be ruing their dramatic 4-3 loss to Hoffenheim on matchday eight of the group stage, as ultimately, that result dropped them out of the top eight and into the Round of 32 play-off. Anderlecht managed to finish on 14 points from eight matches, having beaten the likes of Ferencvaros (2-1), Real Sociedad (2-1), Ludogorets (2-0) and Slavia Prague (2-1) while drawing with RFS (1-1) and Porto (2-2) and losing to Viktoria Plzen (2-1) and Hoffenheim (4-3).

As far as domestic football is concerned, the hosts are fourth in the Belgian Pro League with 45 points from 26 matches, seeing them sit 15 points behind top of the table Genk, but, ten points ahead of seventh-place Standard Liege, meaning that they are firmly on course to qualify for the Championship Round.

On top of this, Anderlecht have also progressed well in the Belgian Cup, as they have managed to reach the final where they’ll face Club Brugge on 4th May, having beaten Royal Antwerp 3-2 on aggregate in the semi-final after defeating Beerschot (1-0), Westerlo (4-1) and Tubize (4-0) in previous rounds.

On the other hand, Fenerbahçe fortuitously scraped through the Group Stage of the Europa League, finishing 24th-place, just one goal above 25th-place Sporting Braga. Mourinho’s men accumulated just ten points from eight matches in the Group Stage itself, as they only earned wins over Union Saint-Gilloise (2-1) and Slavia Prague (2-1) while drawing with FC Twente (1-1), Manchester United (1-1), Lyon (0-0) and Midtjylland (2-2) and losing to AZ Alkmaar (3-1) and Athletic Club (2-0).

In the Turkish Süper Lig, Fener currently sit second-place with 57 points from 23 matches having won 18, drawn three and lost just twice, seeing them six points behind title holders Galatasaray. As far ad the Turkish Cup goes, Fenerbahçe are top of Group B having won both of their matches against Kasimpasa (3-0) and Erzurumspor (5-0).

Anderlecht versus Fenerbahçe will be shown live via TNT Sports and Discovery+.

Anderlecht

Ex-Ajax and Nice striker Kasper Dolberg is the only expected absence from Anderlecht’s Europa League squad to face Fenerbahçe.

Fenerbahçe

Dominik Livakovic, Alexander Djiku, Jayden Oosterwolde, Rodrigo Becao, Caglar Soyuncu and Ismail Yuksek are all set to miss Fenerbahçe’s trip to Belgium.

Anderlecht

Anderlecht enters this game with two wins from their last three matches since losing 1-0 at Gent and drawing 2-2 at Antwerp, a result that saw them progress to the final of the Belgian Cup via a 3-2 aggregate scoreline.

Following that game, Anderlecht defeated Antwerp 2-0 in the league thanks to a Kasper Dolberg brace, prior to their 3-0 loss at Fenerbahce and narrow 1-0 victory at Sporting Charleroi.

Fenerbahçe

Fenerbahçe are in red-hot form, as they’ve won all of their last five matches, having beaten Rizespor (3-2), Erzurumspor (5-0), Alanyaspor (2-0) and Kasimpasa (3-1).

In-form striker Youssef En Neysri fired in a brace in the latter mentioned victory over Kasimpasa, the ex-Sevilla man has scored 15 goals and created three assists in 22 Turkish Süper Lig matches this campaign.

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