Feyenoord vs Fenerbahce predictions: Dutch giants to get off to winning start
Alex Wrigley
Feyenoord have won three of their last four European home games
Fenerbahce have not made it past this stage of Champions League qualifying since 2013.
Recommended bet: Feyenoord to win
Feyenoord and Fenerbahce get their 2025/26 campaigns up and running with the first leg of their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round tie at De Kuip on Wednesday.
The Dutch side made it to the round of 16 in last season's Champions League and they will be hoping to get off to a winning start against the Turkish visitors.
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Team news
Feyenoord begin life without last season's star performer Igor Paixao after his departure for Marseille, but last season's Eredivisie Player of the Year Sem Steijn is expected to make his debut.
Winger Goncalo Borges and defender Tsuyoshi Watanabe could do likewise.
Fenerbahce will also be without one of their star strikers from last season after Edin Dzeko left for Fiorentina.
However, full-back pairing Archie Brown and Nelson Semedo may be involved and former Aston Villa striker Jhon Duran, on loan from Al-Nassr, could make his debut up front.
The stats
Feyenoord have won four of their last five competitive home games.
New Feyenoord signing Sem Steijn scored 24 Eredivisie goals for FC Twente last season.
Fenerbahce have only won three of their last 14 Champions League qualifiers.
Feyenoord beat AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Sparta Prague, Benfica, and Girona in last season's Champions League.
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Prediction
Fenerbahce's last appearance at this stage of Champions League qualifying saw them beaten 3-2 on aggregate by Lille this time last year and they may be in for a similar result against Eredivisie bronze medalists Feyenoord on Wednesday.
De Stadionclub made it all the way to the last 16 of the competition last season before losing to eventual finalists Inter Milan.
They eliminated AC Milan the round before their exit, having beaten Bayern Munich, Sparta Prague, Benfica, and Girona during the league phase.
Home victories against Bayern and the Rossoneri put them in good stead for the arrival of Turkish giants Fener, who have not made it past this stage of the competition in over a decade.
The hosts may have lost last season's star player Paixao, but they have brought in Eredivisie Player of the Year Steijn, who scored 24 league goals last season, to replace the Brazilian.
Expected to make his debut on Wednesday, Steijn could make all the difference against a visiting side who lost 3-1 away to last season's fifth-place finishers in the Eredivisie, AZ Alkmaar, in the Europa League last season.
