Fenerbahce vs Liverpool: Preview, expected line-ups, stats and where to watch

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Fenerbahçe vs Liverpool kicks off at 17:45 GMT (13:45 ET / 10:45 PT) on Wednesday, November 4 at Istanbul’s Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.

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Fenerbahce vs Liverpool Champions League preview

Liverpool need an answer and they will have to find it against one of their own. Andoni Iraola’s side travel to Istanbul on Wednesday evening to face a Fenerbahçe side now managed by former Anfield favorite Dirk Kuyt, three days after a frustrating 1-0 defeat by Arsenal.

Kurt had been working as an assistant coach but was handed the reins on an interim basis after İsmail Kartal stepped down following the 2-1 defeat to Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe have said Kuyt will remain in charge “until a new coach is appointed”.

He is fondly remembered in Merseyside. Kuyt scored 71 goals in 285 games over six years at Liverpool, played in the 2007 Champions League final against AC Milan and won the League Cup in 2012. He also knows Fenerbahçe well, having won the Süper Lig title with them as a player in 2014.

His first game in charge did not go as planned. Fenerbahçe lost 2-1 at home to Göztepe on Saturday, leaving them sixth in the Süper Lig and nine points behind Galatasaray. Kuyt apologized to fans afterwards. “I apologize to Fenerbahçe fans, they deserve better,” he said. “Sometimes, we can be very fragile.”

Things are not better in Europe. Fenerbahçe is 31st in the table of 36 teams, with only two points from three games. They drew with Roma and Slavia Prague, but were thrashed 6-0 by Aston Villa, and have conceded nine goals in the competition, the joint-most of any team. They have won just one of their last five games in all competitions.

Liverpool, on the other hand, have a perfect record in the Champions League. They have won all three games in the league stage, against Atlético de Madrid, LASK and Villarreal, and they are in the top four. They have not been watertight, however. He has conceded seven goals in those three games, and his last two Champions League games have produced 16 goals, with a 6-3 win in Austria followed by a 4-3 comeback win against Villarreal.

Sunday’s defeat at Anfield ended a five-match unbeaten run in all competitions, and Iraola will want a quick reaction.

This will be the first time the two clubs meet in European competition.

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Ryan Gravenberch has been ruled out with a heel problem. The Dutchman joins Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong, Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley on the sidelines.

Dominik Szoboszlai is back in contention, and with Gravenberch gone, he could play a deeper role in midfield. Szoboszlai said he is happy to play wherever Iraola needs him: “As a six, to take the ball from Virgil and do things from there. As a 10 I think I can be dangerous as well, and as an eight. Wherever I am put, I try to do my best.”

Victor Munoz is pushing to start ahead of Bradley Barcola or Cody Gakpo, and Iraola could rotate a lot, with this the eighth game in a nine-game hitting streak in 29 days. Alexander Isak has six goals in eight games this season but is yet to score in the Champions League.

For Fenerbahçe, Nathan Ake is out, as is Marco Asensio while Mason Greenwood is a doubt. Ederson is expected to start in goal against their former Premier League rivals.

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool predicted lineups

Fenerbahçe: Ederson, Nelson Semedo, Milan Skriniar, Archie Brown, Yusuf Akcicek, Matteo Guendouzi, N’Golo Kante, Mason Greenwood, Kerem Akturkoglu, Oguz Aydin, Vedat Muriqi

Liverpool: Alisson Becker, Ronald Araujo, Jeremy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas, Trey Nyoni, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool Stats

• This is the first meeting between the teams, although Fenerbahce striker Romelu Lukaku meet Liverpool after making 166 appearances for Everton and scoring three goals in the Merseyside derby
• Fenerbahce’s The home record against English visitors is 4 wins, 2 draws, 6 points; they lost their last two 1-0 to Aston Villa and 3-0 to Nottingham Forest in last season’s UEFA Europa League.
• Ederson faced Liverpool in the quarter-finals of the 2017/18 Champions League as a Manchester City player, his side losing both legs of the tie.
• The 2-1 win at Forest in the second leg of last season’s Europa League knockout stage is one of two wins in Fenerbahce’s last 12 games against Premier League opponents, home and away (D2 L8).
• The 6-0 defeat at Aston Villa on the second matchday of this season – Fenerbahce’s heaviest European defeat since 1992 – extended the Turkish side’s run without a clean sheet against English opposition to nine games.
• A 4-0 home win against Galatasaray in the second leg of last season’s round of 16 (4-1 on aggregate) ended Liverpool’s three-game losing streak against clubs in Turkey.
• The Reds have lost their last three away games against Turkish opposition, all 1-0, at Besiktas in February 2015 and Galatasaray in September 2025 and March 2026.
• Liverpool have won one of their eight away games against Turkish clubs (D1 L6), 2-1 at Trabzonspor in the 2010/11 Europa League play-offs, and have not kept a clean sheet.
• None of Liverpool’s last 46 European matches have been drawn (W32 L14). Their last such game to finish all square was a 3-3 home draw against Benfica in the second leg of the 2021/22 Champions League quarter-finals.

Prediction Fenerbahce-Liverpool

Fenerbahce have a good side on paper, but defeat at Villa shows that some of their aging stars may have run out of gas. Liverpool know another win would put them in a great position to qualify and potentially rest players towards the end of the league stage.

Fenerbahçe

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