Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Play-offs between FC Twente and Fenerbahçe. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams have had enough days rest since their last game. Let's look for an active match!
FC Twente form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Europa Conference League for Twente, as the manager Oosting led his troops to eliminate Riga and Hammarby, and reach the Play-offs. Last season, FC Twente's Europa Conference League journey ended in the play-offs against Fiorentina.1 victory, 0 draws and 0 defeats. That’s what FC Twente have to build on here at De Grolsch Veste in the Eredivisie. This match is a Europa Conference League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in this competition.
The followers are hoping that Twente will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Europa Conference League fixture against Fenerbahçe. Ugalde, who usually features in attack, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, receiving a rating of 7.44 (out of 10). Ugalde scored one goal and hit the woodwork once.
Ahead of that match, FC Twente won a home game hosting PEC Zwolle (3-1).The manager Oosting will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to FC Volendam in only three days.
At De Grolsch Veste, FC Twente has the goal stats of 3-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Fenerbahçe form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Maribor and Zimbru in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. Fenerbahçe was sent out of Europa Conference League in the knockout round play-offs last season, when Slavia Praha turned out to be too strong.As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, Fenerbahçe have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 5W-0D-0L. This is both home and away.
The club members enjoyed Fenerbahçe's previous game versus FC Twente, a Europa Conference League win (5-1) played at home. Midfielder Kahveci was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.03. Kahveci scored two goals.
Preceding that game was the away Super Lig victory against Samsunspor with the score of 2-0.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Super Lig trip to Ankaragucu.
It's early days yet, but Fenerbahçe has scored 2 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met before this season: Fenerbahçe - Twente 5-1. Head to head totals (for the former three meetings): FC Twente won one game, zero matches ended in a draw and Fenerbahçe managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / one.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Džeko 3 goals |   R. van Wolfswinkel 2 goals |  R. Pröpper 1 goals |
FC Twente missing players
Fenerbahçe missing players
| FC Twente | Fenerbahçe | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 63 | 37 | Scored | S | 18 | 57 | ||
| 25 | 10 | Conceded | C | 7 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 12% | ||
| 6 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 18.4 | 19.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 14.9 | ||
| 6.5 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 39% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 10.2 | 10.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sparta Rotterdam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | SC Heerenveen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Feyenoord | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Excelsior | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | NEC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 12 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | FC Utrecht | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | RKC Waalwijk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 0 |
| 18 | Almere City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Konyaspor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Kasimpasa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Adana Demirspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Fatih Karagumruk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Beşiktaş | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Rizespor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Trabzonspor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 14 | Istanbulspor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Ankaragucu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 17 | Pendikspor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 2 |
| 18 | Samsunspor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Gaziantep F.K. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 0 |
