It's Europa League time and the hopeful contenders are Austria Wien and Fenerbahçe

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 18.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Generali Arena (17500 seats)

The first of two encounters in the Europa League Play-offs, as the hometeam Austria Wien will try to edge Fenerbahçe in their own ballpark.

Fenerbahçe have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Fenerbahçe could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Super Lig game only three sleeps ago. That game, against Kasimpasa, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Fenerbahçe.

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Austria Wien form and stats

Only two Tipico Bundesliga home games for Austria Wien so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.

A nice win for Austria Wien last time playing, versus Wattens. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Fitz and Tabaković scoring for the victors. Fitz, a natural forward, was the declared top performer for the side in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.34 (out of 10). Fitz scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as Austria lost 2-3 at Rheindorf Altach's place.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Austria Wien as they are travelling to their away game against Wolfsberger AC in the Tipico Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.

Early season league goal statistics from Austria Wien's 2 home games: 3 goals, 2 conceded.

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Fenerbahçe form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Slovacko in order to reach play-offs of Europa League. Fenerbahçe's mission in Europa League last season failed in the group stage.

As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, Fenerbahçe have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.

Two away matches in a row for Fenerbahçe, whose coach de Jesus could celebrate last time after the win against Kasimpasa. As mentioned above, Fenerbahçe was the only team on the pitch versus Kasimpasa in their previous game, winning 6-0. This could be a tougher task. The attacker King got a match rating of 10.0 in that game. King scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit six key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 22 successful passes (of 24 total).

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Adana Demirspor in just four days.

6 goals so far away for Fenerbahçe, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

FenerbahçeE. Valencia Lastra
E. Valencia Lastra
4 goals
AustriaH. Tabakovic
H. Tabakovic
2 goals
FenerbahçeA. Guler
A. Guler
2 goals

Austria Wien missing players

Fenerbahçe missing players

Austria Wien Fenerbahçe
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 10   Played P   10 25
11 5   Won W   6 16
7 3   Drew D   3 7
7 2   Lost L   1 2
45 17   Scored S   32 62
35 12   Conceded C   8 21
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
92% 90%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   90% 84%
60% 50%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   70% 60%
28% 20%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   60% 40%
24% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   50% 32%
64% 80%   BTTS BTTS   50% 48%
24% 20%   Clean Sheets C S   50% 52%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   10% 8%
 
5 5.5   Corners for (avg) C F   5.6 5.6
3.7 3.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.1
2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2.2
2 1   Red cards R C   0 1
 
13.2 13.7   Shots (avg) S (   14.4 13.9
5.3 5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   6.9 5.9
33% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   46% 42%
 
12.1 11.6   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 8.6
4.2 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.9 3

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 LASK Linz 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 6 2 7 10
2 Salzburg 4 3 0 1 8 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 5 9
3 Sturm Graz 4 2 2 0 8 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 5 8
4 Austria Lustenau 4 2 1 1 7 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 7
5 Rapid Wien 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
6 Wattens 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 0 0 2 2 4 -1 4
7 Ried 4 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 2 -1 4
8 Austria Klagenfurt 4 1 1 2 4 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 5 -2 4
9 Rheindorf Altach 4 1 1 2 6 10 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 0 0 2 1 6 -4 4
10 Hartberg 4 1 0 3 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -5 3
11 Wolfsberger AC 4 0 2 2 5 10 2 0 1 1 2 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 -5 2
12 Austria Wien 4 1 1 2 5 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -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 Adana Demirspor 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 4 6
2 Trabzonspor 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 6
3 Fenerbahçe 2 1 1 0 9 3 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 6 0 6 4
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 4
5 Alanyaspor 2 1 1 0 7 5 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 4
6 Besiktas 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 1 4
7 Gazisehir Gaziantep 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 4
8 Giresunspor 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
9 Antalyaspor 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Galatasaray 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
11 Kayserispor 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
12 Konyaspor 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
13 Umraniyespor 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 3 -1 1
14 Ankaragucu 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
15 Sivasspor 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
16 Hatayspor 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
17 Fatih Karagumruk 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Istanbulspor 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
19 Kasimpasa 2 0 0 2 0 10 1 0 0 1 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 -10 0

Read more about Europa League

The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.