Anderlecht vs Fenerbahce Istanbul Prediction & Betting Tips - Europa League

Prediction published on 22/10/2018, 11:42  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 22/10/2018 at 12:43 in Europa League Predictions

Anderlecht are playing catch-up in this group after two defeats. They are bottom of the group but only three points behind second-placed Fenerbahce. They take on the Turks in two back-to-back games and one has to be won if they are to have any hope of a top two finish. So far they have lost 1-0 away to Spartak Trnava holding out till the 79th minute. Their only home game ended in a 2-0 defeat by Dinamo Zagreb so they desperately need to get off the mark here. Anderlecht are third in the Belgian Jupiler league, six points behind leaders Genk. They were early leaders starting with four wins in a row before a run of one point from three games but have won their last two. Anderlecht have gone four Europa League games without a win and have only won two of the last five at home in this competition.

Fenerbahce are second in the group which is a lot better than how they're doing in the Turkish Super Liga. They are currently languishing in 15th just one place and a point above the relegation zone. Just two wins in their first nine league games and they are seven points off the Europa League qualification places. Form is slowly improving and they come into this match having kept four straight clean sheets. A big improvement from the 4-1 loss at Dinamo Zagreb that they suffered in their opening game in this group. They got off the mark with a 2-0 home win over Spartak Trnava with both goals scored by Slimani. Only one of their last 12 home Europa League games have been lost but it's a different story on their travels with three defeats in the last four. The tip here is for under 2.5 goals in the match.