In a weekend match on Sun Sep 18th, in week 7, Fenerbahçe will host Alanyaspor in a meeting of these two closely matched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which is great football weather. Fenerbahçe is fresh off their 2-1 win against Dynamo Kyiv. Gustavo Henrique Vernes scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 35th minute, but Viktor Tsygankov got the equalizer for Dynamo Kyiv in the 63rd minute. Fenerbahçe is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, Alanyaspor recorded a 2-1 win against Ankaragücü. Koka struck first for Alanyaspor in the 65th minute, then Gureler tied it up for Ankaragücü in the 69th minute. Alanyaspor is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Alanyaspor’s most prolific scorer has been Efkan Bekiroglu. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. For Fenerbahçe, their top scorers are Enner Valencia and İrfan Can Kahveci, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus’s squad will be without Nazım Sangare and İsmail Yüksek, while Francesco Farioli’s squad will be without Efecan Karaca and Famara Diédhiou.