There is a feast of narratives on Thursday evening as Fenerbahce tackle Manchester United within the Europa League on Matchday 3 of the league part.
The duel sees present Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho face up towards his former membership having unceremoniously departed Outdated Trafford in 2018. Mourinho has since taken jobs at Tottenham Hotspur and Roma, successful silverware with the latter within the type of the Convention League.
The Portuguese icon was appointed by Fenerbahce in the summertime after they narrowly missed out on the Tremendous Lig title final season, however his workforce are already eight factors adrift of league leaders and everlasting rivals Galatasaray by eight video games.
Erik ten Hag faces up towards the as soon as ‘particular’ coach for the very first time on Thursday, aiming to construct on the promise proven through the second half towards Brentford on Saturday. United’s kind has been regular since getting thumped 3-0 at dwelling to Tottenham, with the Dutchman requiring a substantial uptick in kind to ease the strain on his shoulders.
The winless United head into this fixture twenty first within the league part desk, whereas the hosts are thirteenth with 4 factors having beat Union Saint-Gilloise on Matchday 1.
Here is 90min’s preview of an intriguing Europa League conflict.
Fenerbahce vs Man Utd H2H Report (All Video games)
Present kind (all competitions)
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Fenerbahce |
Man Utd |
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Samsunspor 2-2 Fenerbahce – 20/10/24 |
Man Utd 2-1 Brentford – 19/10/24 |
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Twente 1-1 Fenerbahce – 03/10/24 |
Aston Villa 0-0 Man Utd – 06/10/24 |
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Antalyaspor 0-2 Fenerbahce – 29/09/24 |
Porto 3-3 Man Utd – 03/10/24 |
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Fenerbahce 2-1 Union Saint-Gilloise – 26/09/24 |
Man Utd 0-3 Tottenham – 29/09/24 |
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Fenerbahce 1-3 Galatasaray – 21/09/24 |
Man Utd 1-1 Twente – 25/09/25 |
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Nation |
TV channel/dwell stream |
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United Kingdom |
discovery+, discovery+ App, TNT Sports activities 2 |
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United States |
Paramount+, fuboTV, TUDN.com Univision NOW, TUDN App, ViX, TUDN USA, UniMás |
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Canada |
DAZN |
Mourinho was dealt a giant blow on the weekend with beginning left-back Jayden Oosterwolde tearing his ACL and prone to miss the rest of the season. Former United midfielder Fred may very well be utilized in Oosterwolde’s absence, however Turkish worldwide Murt Muldur can be an possibility.
Sofyan Amrabat is one other acquainted face poised to start out for the house facet, with Mourinho additionally boasting the likes of former Premier League stars Allan Saint-Maximin and Edin Dzeko in his ranks.
Cengiz Below, Ismail Yuksek, Brilliant Osayi-Samuel and Irfan Can Egribayat are all out injured. Filip Kostic has not been included within the Europa League squad.
Fenerbahce predicted lineup vs Man Utd (4-2-3-1): Livakovic; Djiku, Soyuncu, Becao, Muldur; Amrabat, Fred; Tadic, Szymanski, Saint-Maximin; En-Nesyri.
The guests are with out the suspended Bruno Fernandes after he obtained a pair of yellow playing cards in Man Utd’s 3-3 draw with Porto final trip.
Ten Hag can not name upon the injured Mason Mount to interchange the Portuguese worldwide, whereas Kobbie Mainoo can be nursing a muscle harm. United’s saviour in Porto, Harry Maguire, can be out injured, as are long-term absentees Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw.
Leny Yoro is again in coaching having damaged his foot in pre-season, however the younger defender won’t be returning on Thursday evening. There may very well be a recall to the beginning XI for Noussair Mazraoui, nonetheless.
Man Utd predicted lineup vs Fenerbahce (4-2-3-1): Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Martinez, Dalot; Ugarte, Casemiro; Rashford, Eriksen, Garnacho; Hojlund
After a dire first-half, United provided indicators of life towards Brentford and will safe a giant European win away from dwelling if they’ll replicate their second-half show from Saturday all through Thursday’s bout.
Mourinho has a fairly good squad at his disposal, however his facet are struggling to seek out any kind of rhythm. Nonetheless, he’ll be ever so determined to attain a victory over United right here.
Given the away facet’s unpredictability and Mourinho’s desperation, Fenerbahce could eke out some extent to increase United’s winless begin to the league part.
