In this week 14 match, on Monday Nov 29th, Fenerbahçe will travel to İzmir to battle Göztepe in a Super Lig match. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, 18th placed Göztepe, recorded a 1-1 draw against Kayserispor. İlhan Parlak struck first for Kayserispor in the 32nd minute, then Dino Arslanagic tied it up for Göztepe in the 85th minute on a feed from Berkan Emir earning Göztepe at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while 5th placed Fenerbahçe is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Olympiakos. Tiquinho struck first for Olympiakos in the 90th minute on a feed from Oleg Reabciuk, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Fenerbahçe couldn’t muster any offence and Olympiakos ran away with the shutout win. Fenerbahçe is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Mesut Özil has been the most prolific scorer on Fenerbahçe in the last 5 matches with two goals. Göztepe’s most prolific scorer has been David Tijanic. He has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Nestor El Maestro’s squad will be without Kahraman Demirtaş, Marko Mihojević and Balázs Megyeri, while Vítor Manuel de Oliveira Lopes Pereira’s squad will be without Luiz Gustavo, Altay Bayindir and Enner Valencia.