Slavia Prague and Fenerbahce Square off in a UEFA Europa League fixture on Thursday with both teams struggling to find their best form in the competition. Neither side have looked solid making this fixture likely to produce goals.
Slavia Prague have found things difficult in the Europa League with their campaign seemingly on a downward spiral. Since beating Ludogorets 2-0 in their opening fixture, they have failed to pick up any win and suffered successive 1-0 defeats to Athletic Bilbao and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The good news for Slavia Prague is that they have shown some quality in other competitions and triumphed 4-0 over Ceske Budejovice last weekend in the Czech First League. However, they have struggled defensively, failing to keep a clean sheet in four of their last five matches.
Fenerbahce are having a similar campaign to Slavia Prague, with just one win in the competition. However, Jose Mourinho’s men have only lost once, falling 3-1 at AZ Alkmaar in their previous fixture.
The Turks will still travel to Prague with confidence having claimed four wins in their last five matches. However, like the hosts, they have been shaky at the back and have conceded in each of their four Europa League matches.
How the bookies view it: Slavia with the edge
Slavia Prague have the edge among the bookies and are priced at 7/5 by Betfred to claim the win. A victory for Fenerbahce is valued at 11/5 while Betfred are also offering odds of 21/10 for a draw.
Head to head: Czechs have the edge
Slavia Prague and Fenerbahce faced each other in the Conference League in 2022 with the Czechs doing the double over their rivals. They claimed 3-2 victories in both matches.
Players to watch: Chory to star
Tomas Chory scored in Slavia Prague’s only home fixture in the Europa League and could be worth keeping an eye on. The striker also has three goals in his last five matches for the hosts and is priced at 12/5 by Betfred to find the net once again.
Youssef En-Nesyri has caught the eye for Fenerbahce lately, scoring in five of the last eight matches. The striker is priced at 13/5 by Betfred to get on the score sheet on Thursday.
Probable line-ups
Slavia Prague do not have too many injury problems and can name a strong team on Thursday. Chytil should start in attack alongside Tomas Chory while Igoh Ogbu is set to feature in defence.
Cengiz Under, Caglar Soyuncu and Allan Saint-Maximin are all sidelined for Fenerbahce and will miss the trip to Prague. En-Nesyri could be given the nod up front ahead of Edin Dzeko while Oguz Aydin should also feature in attack.
Slavia Prague: Kinsky, Holes, Ogbu, Zima, Doudera, Zaferis, Dorley, Diouf, Chytil, Provod, Chory
Fenerbahce: Livakovic, Osayi-Samuel, Akaydin, Djiku, Kostic, Amrabat, Fred, Tadic, Yandas, Aydin, En-Nesyri
Anything else catch the eye?
The two previous meetings between Slavia Prague and Fenerbahce produced over 3.5 goals, which is priced at 3/1 by Betfred. Over 2.5 goals could also be considered at 6/5 with Betfred, who are also offering odds of 5/6 on both teams to score.
There have been more goals after the break in three of Fenerbahce’s last four away matches and a similar pattern is valued at 23/20 by Betfred.
This UEFA Europa League match between Slavia Prague and Fenerbahce will be played on Nov 28, 2024 and kick off at 20:00. Check below for our tipsters best Slavia Prague vs Fenerbahce prediction. You may also visit our dedicated betting previews section for the most up to date previews.
