The countdown match of the 15th stage of the Turkish championship “Trabzonspor” – “Fenerbahce” will take place on Saturday from 18:00 at the stadium “Senol Gunes Stadium” live on Prima Sport 1.

The title holder “Trabzonspor” and the current leader “Fenerbahce” will meet in the derby of the 18th stage of the Super League, the first after the competitive break caused by the World Cup in Qatar.

Trabzonspor explained the busy schedule since the start of the season, especially the European Cup matches, and is only in 7th place with 23 points from 13 matches.

After being eliminated from the UEFA Champions League play-offs by FC Copenhagen (1-2 away and 0-0 at home), Trabzonspor played in the UEFA Europa League and finished 3rd in the group from which they were also part of Ferencvaros, Monaco and Crvena Zvezda Belgrade, and then face Basel in the UEFA Conference League play-offs.

The Trabzon side are coached by Abdullah Avci and played three friendlies during the competitive break, all of which ended in draws: 1-1 with Hull City, 2-2 with Crystal Palace and 1-1 with Kasimpasa.

In the championship, Trabzonspor is unbeaten in seven games (three wins and four draws), but has one of the weakest attacks in the Turkish first league with only 19 goals scored.

The team includes such stars as Marc Bartra (Spain, ex-Barcelona, ​​Borussia Dortmund and Betis Sevilla), Marek Hamsik (Slovakia, ex-Naples), Maxi Gomez (Uruguay, ex-Valencia) or Bruno Perez (Brazil, formerly in Turin and Rome).

Fenerbahce lead the Super Lig with 29 points from 13 matches, two points ahead of rivals Galatasaray, and in their last official match played on Tuesday, December 20, they beat Istanbulspor 3-1 at home in the round of 16 of the Cup Turkey.

In the friendly matches during the competitive break, Fenerbahce won friendly matches against Rayo Vallecano (3-1), Villarreal (2-1) and Salernitana (3-0), but surprisingly lost the last league match against with a score of 1-2. at home with Giresunspor.

Portuguese coach Jorge Jesus, a three-time champion with Lisbon’s Benfica, has at his disposal a team of stars such as Enner Valencia (Ecuador, ex-West Ham United and Everton), Joao Pedro (Brazil, ex-Cagliari) , Michy Batshuayi (Belgium, ex-Chelsea) or Joshua King (Norway, ex-Manchester United, Everton and Watford).

In the UEFA Europa League, Fenerbahce took first place in the group with Rennes, AEK Larnaca and Dynamo Kyiv and directly reached the 1/8 finals and awaits its opponent, which will be decided after the playoffs.

Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor last played out a 1-1 draw at the Sucre Sarakoglu Stadium in Istanbul in March, in the second leg of last season.

Superbet offers odds of 1.45 on the prediction X2: draw or victory of the guests in the match Trabzonspor – Fenerbahce.

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