Interestingly, this is the first meeting between MU and Fenerbahce in the European arena since November 2016. At that time, the Turkish team defeated the English giants with a score of 2-1, also in the Europa League group stage. MU was led by coach Mourinho at that time (2016 - 2018).
The total history of the two teams' confrontations in European Cups (including Europa League and Champions League) so far has been balanced, MU won 3 matches and also lost 3 matches to Fenerbahce. The next confrontation at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul is predicted to be uncompromising.
Will coach Mourinho (right) help Fenerbahce defeat coach Ten Hag?
MU is looking for its first win in the Europa League this season after two disappointing opening matches (1-1 draw with Twente and 3-3 with Porto). The "Red Devils" have not won any of their last 5 matches in the European arena. This is their worst streak since 1980 - 1983 (6 matches without a win). More broadly, in 10 matches in recent years in the European Cup, MU has had a poor record with only 1 win, 4 draws and 5 losses. The pressure is really heavy on coach Erik ten Hag, although the "Red Devils" recently found a win in the Premier League when they came from behind to beat Brentford 2-1, thanks to 2 goals scored in the second half by Garnacho and Hojlund.
However, MU has not improved its position on the Premier League table, they are still outside the top 10 (12th place), 6 points behind the 4th place team Aston Villa after 8 matches. Coach Erik ten Hag admitted: "There is always pressure when leading big clubs like MU". He hopes that the impressive performance in the second half of the match against Brentford will be continued by MU players in the match against Fenerbahce, in search of the first victory in the Europa League. Thereby, it will create a series of matches with more positive results and aim for the next key match against West Ham this weekend (9pm, October 27) in round 9 of the Premier League.
However, with the "fire pan" of Sukru Saracoglu Stadium always having a large number of enthusiastic supporters, Fenerbahce Club makes every opponent who comes here to play wary. They have been unbeaten at their home ground in the Europa League for 7 matches (4 wins, 3 draws). Here, they also won the last 2 matches against MU (3-0 in 2004 and 2-1 in 2016 in the Champions League).
Under the guidance of coach Mourinho since last June, Fenerbahce has been "transformed" with a record of 8 wins, 4 draws and only 2 losses, in a total of 14 matches in all competitions. In the last 4 matches, coach Mourinho's team is also unbeaten (2 wins, 2 draws). They are ranked 4th in the Super Lig (Turkish National Championship), 8 points behind the leader Galatasaray, but still have 1 match left to play.
Meanwhile, in the Europa League this season, Fenerbahce won 1 and drew 1, temporarily ranked 13th with 4 points. If they win against MU (currently ranked 21st with 2 points), coach Mourinho's team will rise to the top of the group of 8 highest-ranked teams to increase their hope of getting a ticket to the round of 16 soon.
Notable matches in round 3 of Europa League:
October 24, 23:45:
AS Roma - Dinamo Kiev
October 25, 2:00:
Lyon - Besiktas
Porto - Hoffenheim
Tottenham - AZ Alkmaar
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hlv-mourinho-tai-ngo-mu-khong-khoan-nhuong-185241023184029862.htm
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