Fenerbahçe host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. FC Twente will try their very best to bring a solid result back to De Grolsch Veste before the return leg in 8 days.
FC Twente have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Fenerbahçe and FC Twente.
Fenerbahçe form and stats
Fenerbahçe have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Maribor and Zimbru. Last season, Fenerbahçe's Europa Conference League journey ended in the knockout round play-offs against Slavia Praha.1-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Fenerbahçe so far this season. On the other hand, in the Europa Conference League, Fenerbahçe has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
A strong away win for Fenerbahçe against Samsunspor the last match, as Szymański and Džeko were on target. Džeko, an attacker, was the declared top player for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 8.15 (out of 10). Džeko scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that one, a strong away win at Maribor. A Europa Conference League match.
Fenerbahçe has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
FC Twente form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Riga and Hammarby in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League. Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the play-offs against Fiorentina.As the visiting team in Eredivisie matches, FC Twente have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far. Total Europa Conference League statistics for FC Twente: 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.
Impressive finishing from Steijn and Sadílek secured the home win 3-1 against PEC Zwolle in their previous game. Midfielder Steijn was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Steijn scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Previously, the Europa Conference League win away at Riga.
FC Twente have the goal stats of 4-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Data for the former two meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Fenerbahçe, zero draws and one win for FC Twente. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: one game.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Džeko 3 goals |   R. van Wolfswinkel 2 goals |  S. Szymański 1 goals |
Fenerbahçe missing players
FC Twente missing players
| Fenerbahçe | FC Twente | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 16 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 3 | ||
| 55 | 34 | Scored | S | 25 | 62 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Conceded | C | 12 | 22 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 62% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 12% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 6.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.6 | 16.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 18.2 | 18.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 39% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 39% | ||
| 6.8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Adana Demirspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Kasimpasa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Beşiktaş | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Istanbulspor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Kayserispor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Rizespor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 17 | Samsunspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Pendikspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 19 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 20 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 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 | AZ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | FC Twente | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | PSV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | SC Heerenveen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Ajax | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Excelsior | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Sparta Rotterdam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Sittard | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Go Ahead Eagles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Vitesse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Heracles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Feyenoord | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | NEC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | PEC Zwolle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | FC Volendam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | RKC Waalwijk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Almere City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 18 | FC Utrecht | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
