Fenerbahce and Slavia Prague will play on October 20 at 20:45. By the standards of the Champions League, the sign is certainly not the brightest, but a victory in a face-to-face match can help the winner get into the playoff zone. Who will get tournament points in Istanbul? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Fenerbahce
Current form
Fenerbahce has a lot of world stars in its powerful squad: Ederson, Ake, Skrinjar, Lukaku and many others. The team intends to finally take the championship title from Galatasaray, but so far the hosts are only third in the Turkish Super League, three points behind the reigning champion. The main stage of the Champions League started optimistically for Ismail Kartal's team - they managed to avoid defeat from Roma (1:1) on their own field, but in the second round the Turkish club suffered a humiliating defeat from Aston Villa (0:6). So far, this is the biggest defeat in this European Cup draw.
Disqualifications and injuries
Marco Asensio, Osterwolde and Muldur will miss the match due to injury. Diouf, Fall and Yandash have not been declared.
Interesting betting trends
In the last six matches of the hosts, only one team has scored
The club has lost only one of the last eight matches.
Slavia is confidently heading for its third consecutive championship title in the Czech Republic - after 11 matches, the team is in first place and seven points ahead of its closest competitors. At the same time, the Prague team's start in the Champions League was frankly unsuccessful. Yindřich Trpisovski's team lost both matches, although the opponents were far from the most formidable: French Lens (2:3) and Azerbaijani Sabah (0:2). In Turkey, the club needs to score points, because the next opponents will be much stronger.
Disqualifications and injuries
Chalupek, Ogbu and Ouanda will miss the match due to injuries. Choirs, Kante and Kolarge are out of the application. The appearance of Yurasek, Pitak and Schranz on the field is questionable.
Interesting betting trends
In the last two matches, the team failed to score
The club won two out of three head-to-head matches against Fenerbahce
Last week, the hosts conceded six unanswered goals from Aston Villa. With such a difference in the current Champions League draw, no one has lost yet, Fenerbahce players obviously do not want to be remembered by the European public from this side, so they need to rehabilitate themselves. Slavia cannot compare with the favorite in terms of player level, besides, Turkish clubs always receive strong support from local fans. This should help the hosts to win.
The hosts will go ahead from the very first minute, but the visitors also need a victory, because they failed to score a single point in the first two rounds. Moreover, all three face-to-face matches between the clubs turned out to be productive. Probably, this time the opponents will please the fans with spectacular football.
Our betting tip is a total of more than three goals in 1.85
Betting on corners
There is no doubt that the hosts will seize the initiative in the match from the very first minutes and will hang on the opponent's goal for most of the match. This should lead to an advantage in the corners.
Our betting tip is the Asian handicap (-2.5) on corners at Fenerbahce in 2.20
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