Fenerbahce vs Lugano Prediction & Betting Tips (30 July)

For Jose Mourinho's official first on the Fener bench, we can say that it was a success but worrying all the same. Without taking anything away from Lugano, conceding 3 goals in a Champions League qualifying match is borderline. The Special One will have to make some adjustments, particularly in the defensive sector, and thus drastically reduce his opponent's chances of scoring. As a reminder, the yellow canaries finished runner-up to Galatasaray last year despite a balance sheet of around 100 points, 99 to be precise. During the preparation, the results were positive with 3 victories in 5 matches against Petrolul 2-1, Strasbourg 0-4 and Hull City 5-1. Lugano clearly has nothing to be ashamed of its performance in the first leg ago a week despite its 3-4 defeat. Come on, finally, the only downside that we can blame the Swiss for is not having managed to block out the Turkish attacks a little more during the game and at least ensure a 3-3 parity score. This is perhaps the small worrying problem for the visitors.

.. It is difficult to see how Fenerbahce could reproduce the same mistakes as on the first leg. In addition, Lugano has already opened its championship with a victory on the first day against Grasshoppers 2-1 and it will have played last weekend match on the pitch of FC Basel to follow, i.e. 2 additional matches in the legs. 

Having just arrived at the club, Allan St.Maximin did not participate in the first meeting and he could at best sit on the bench this evening. Arriving last Wednesday to sign his contract, En-Nesyri (ex-Sevilla FC) will a priori be forfeited (too fair). Ditto for Akaydin (10 appearances in D1 last year) and former Marseille player Ünder (9 league goals last season) both on the flank (injured). Permanently transferred from Atlético, Soyüncü started in the first leg while the Turkish international, Tosun (ex-Besiktas) came on during the game. Monstrous last season in the league, Dzeko (21 goals, 3 assists) scored a hat-trick for his first official outing of the season. Not bad.

It was the Turkish international, Kadioglu (1 goal, 4 assists in the league last season) who scored the 4th and therefore the winning goal in the first leg. Suspended from the first leg, midfielder Steffen could be in Istanbul this evening while Vladi (6 goals, 2 assists in the league last season) is injured. Author of a full season in the championship last season with 7 goals and 7 assists, Bismimi was slammed during J1 in the championship and in the first leg last week. The young Moroccan U21 international defender El Wafi scored his goal in the first leg, also like Milton Valenzuela who scored at the very end of the game to reduce the score and reignite the last hopes of a possible qualification. Note the notable departure of Slovenian international Celar (14 goals, 3 assists last season) to Queens Park Rangers (Championship) following his great campaign at the Euro.