Fenerbahce v FC Twente

Fenerbahce vs Twente Preview

Turkish side Fenerbahce take on Dutch visitors Twente at the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe in this 1st leg of their Europa Conference League play-off tie with the hosts showing impressive form heading into this final stage of the competition before the group stage starts.

Fenerbahce bring an excellent seven-match winning streak into this upcoming 1st leg which includes coming through the earlier qualifying rounds of this season's Europa Conference League competition which the hosts will be hoping can set them up nicely for this two-legged affair with Twente.

An opening and comprehensive 9-0 win on aggregate against Moldovan outfit, Zimbru, was followed up with an equally dominant 6-1 victory over two legs against Slovenian club, Maribor, while the Turkish hosts have also began their domestic top flight campaign in positive fashion as well.

Early back-to-back wins in the Turkish Super Lig against Gaziantep 2-1 and a 2-0 victory away from home at Samsunspor have handed Fenerbahce the perfect start to the season and they'll be keen to continue this impressive momentum on Thursday night at their Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe.

In addition, Fenerbahce have lost just once in their last 12 home games, picking up 10 wins in the process.

Twente have also produced a promising start to the new season as the Dutch visitors have picked up where they left off at the previous campaign by putting together a nine-match unbeaten run in all competitions which includes collecting seven wins along the way as well.

Indeed, the bigger picture shows Twente are now unbeaten in their previous 18 matches across all competitions and having picked up 14 wins within this impressive sequence of results, the visitors will also be in confident mood that they can achieve a positive result here in this 1st leg tie.

Twente are also unbeaten in their last eight outings on the road as well, thus adding to their potential of at least holding their own against Fenerbahce in this opening leg of this play-off tie, along with winning two of their previous four away ties in this competition.

Victories at Serbian side, Cukaricki and Latvian outfit, Riga, have been good but Twente are likely to encounter much tougher resistance against Fenerbahce on Thursday night.

Fenerbahce v Twente Verdict

Fenerbahce have usually been associated with Champions League football in previous seasons but this drop down in level may well suit the hosts especially as they have won the last four ties on the trot in this competition along with keeping clean sheets in three of these four ties as well.

Twente have also produced encouraging results at Europa Conference League level as the Dutch side have lost just once in their previous eight ties overall but they're likely to find an intimidating atmosphere in Turkey on Thursday night.

Therefore, our main bet will be Fenerbahce win @ 1.60

Other side bets worth considering:

Fenerbahce win & Under 2.5 goals @ 4.33

Correct score: Fenerbahce 2-0 @ 8.00