Comments and predictions for Fenerbahce vs MU: Mourinho regrets

Jose Mourinho will be reunited with Manchester United on Thursday night when his Fenerbahce side welcome the Red Devils to Sukru Saracoglu in a Europa League clash.

The two teams meet for the first time since November 2016, when Mourinho was in charge of Man United and suffered a 2-1 away defeat to the Turkish giants in the Europa League group stage.

Latest Fenerbahce vs MU squad information

Fenerbahce left-back Jayden Oosterwolde tore his anterior cruciate ligament against Samsunspor last weekend and will join Cengiz Under (groin), Ismail Yuksek (shoulder), Bright Osayi-Samuel (foot) and Irfan Can Egribayat (muscle). Filip Kostic, Oguz Aydin, Bartug Elmaz and Levent Mercan are all absent from the club's Europa League squad.

In Oosterwolde's absence, Mourinho could be forced to choose either Mert Muldur or former Man United midfielder Fred for the left-back position, while Alexander Djiku could move to right-back.

If Fred is not used at left-back, he could play in a deep-lying midfield role alongside another former Red Devil, Sofyan Amrabat. Allan Saint-Maximin could replace Kostic on the left flank, with Youssef En-Nesyri and former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko competing for a place up front.

For Man United, Leny Yoro (foot) has returned to training but is still out along with Kobbie Mainoo, Harry Maguire (both muscle injuries), Luke Shaw (calf), Tyrell Malacia (knee), Mason Mount (sore) and Toby Collyer (unspecified injury).

Casemiro will be assessed after coming off against Brentford with a calf problem; if he is fit, he could start in midfield alongside Manuel Ugarte, while Christian Eriksen takes the No.

Noussair Mazraoui is likely to return at right-back, which could see Diogo Dalot move to left-back, while Joshua Zirkzee will continue to compete with Hojlund for the main striker spot.

Latest expected lineup for Fenerbahce vs MU

Fenerbahce:

Livakovic; Djiku, Soyuncu, Becao, Muldur; Amrabat, Fred; Tadic, Szymanski, Saint-Maximin; En-Nesyri

Manchester United:

Onana; Mazraoui, De Ligt, Martinez, Dalot; Ugarte, Casemiro; Garnacho, Eriksen, Rashford; Hojlund

Latest football commentary Fenerbahce vs MU

After criticising a section of the media for "creating stories and fairy tales" about his future as Manchester United manager, Erik ten Hag led the Red Devils to a much-needed 2-1 home win over Brentford in the Premier League over the weekend, ending a five-game winless streak.

United went behind at half-time through Ethan Pinnock's stoppage-time goal, but Alejandro Garnacho equalised with a fine volley just 89 seconds into the second half, before Rasmus Hojlund eased home his first Premier League goal of the season to secure all three points.

Currently 12th in the table and still six points off the top four after eight games, Ten Hag has admitted that there is “always pressure” when managing a club the size of Man United and that his side “must build” from their second-half performance against Brentford if they are to produce a positive run of form in the coming weeks.

Before travelling to West Ham United in their next Premier League game on Sunday, Man United will turn their attention to the Europa League and their bid for a first win of the season after drawing their opening two games against FC Twente and Porto, including a dramatic 3-3 draw with Porto three weeks ago.

Man United have struggled in Europe in recent years, winning just one of their last ten games (D4 L5) and failing to win in their last five, the last time they went on a longer winless streak was between 1980 and 1983 (six games).

Since taking charge at Fenerbahce in June, Mourinho has won eight, drawn four and lost just two of his first 14 games in all competitions, and his side head into Thursday's clash unbeaten in their last four.

However, the Golden Canaries were denied maximum points in their Turkish Super Lig clash with Samsunspor last weekend, losing 2-2 after conceding an 88th-minute goal, dropping points behind defending champions Galatasaray at the top of the table.

Mourinho, who appeared frustrated with media questions after the match and advised reporters to "stop crying" about his decision, found his Fenerbahce side fourth in the Super Lig table and eight points behind Galatasaray, although they had a game in hand.

Fenerbahce, who reached the quarter-finals of the Conference League last season, have made a solid start to this year's Europa League campaign, collecting four points from their opening two games after a 2-1 win over Union SG and a 1-1 draw with FC Twente.

With a seven-game unbeaten run at home in the Europa League (W4 D3), Fenerbahce are confident of success on Thursday, especially as they have won their last two home games against Man United, although Mourinho has only won two of his last 17 games against teams he has managed (D4 L11) - one of which was a 6-1 win over Man United when he was in charge of Tottenham Hotspur in October 2020.

Fenerbahce vs MU score prediction

Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the following results for the Fenerbahce vs MU match:

• Sportsmole: Fenerbahce 2-1 MU

• WhoScore: Fenerbahce 2-2 MU
• Our prediction: Fenerbahce 2-2 MU

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