Fenerbahçe vs Slavia Praha: UEFA Champions League, league phase preview

UEFA Champions League · League phase

Fenerbahçe

D14 Sep · Gaziantep FK 0-0 FenerbahçeW20 Sep · Fenerbahçe 8-0 EyüpsporW10 Oct · Rizespor 0-3 FenerbahçeL14 Oct · Aston Villa 6-0 FenerbahçeW17 Oct · Fenerbahçe 3-0 Alanyaspor

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Slavia Praha

W16 Sep · Varnsdorf 1-5 Slavia PrahaW20 Sep · Slavia Praha 2-1 PlzeňW9 Oct · Zlín 0-1 Slavia PrahaL13 Oct · Sabah 2-0 Slavia PrahaD17 Oct · Slavia Praha 0-0 Hradec Králové

Tuesday 20 October 2026 · 18:45

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Fenerbahçe host Slavia Praha on Tuesday evening in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League, with Fenerbahçe arriving on the back of a 3-0 domestic win and Slavia Praha a domestic draw, both with three days of preparation.

Form guide

Fenerbahçe’s last five results read W-L-W-W-D, covering three wins, one draw and one defeat. The most recent was a 3-0 home win over Alanyaspor in the Süper Lig on 17 October. Three days before that came a heavy away defeat in the UEFA Champions League, losing 6-0 at Aston Villa. Four days earlier, they had won 3-0 away at Rizespor in the league. Twenty days before that Rizespor victory came an 8-0 home win over Eyüpspor, and the fifth result in the run was a 0-0 draw away at Gaziantep FK in the Süper Lig. Across the five games, they scored 14 goals and conceded six. At home, their record across those two games is particularly striking: two wins, 11 goals scored and none conceded. Away, across three games, they took one win and one draw alongside that heavy defeat in Europe, scoring three and conceding six. Notably, both teams scored in none of Fenerbahçe’s last five games.

Slavia Praha’s last five results read D-L-W-W-W. Their most recent outing was a 0-0 home draw with Hradec Králové in the Czech Liga on 17 October. Four days before that they lost 2-0 away to Sabah in the UEFA Champions League. Four days earlier they had won 1-0 away at Zlín in the Czech Liga. Nineteen days before that Zlín win, they beat Plzeň 2-1 at home in the Czech Liga, and four days before that came a 5-1 away win over Varnsdorf in the Czech Cup. Across all five games, they won three, drew one and lost one, scoring eight and conceding four, keeping two clean sheets.

Head to head

The two clubs have met three times in competitive football, and Slavia Praha have the better of the record with two wins to Fenerbahçe's one, with no draws. The most recent meeting came in the UEFA Europa League on 28 November 2024, when Fenerbahçe won 2-1 away. Before that, the sides met twice in the UEFA Conference League in February 2022: Slavia Praha won 3-2 at home on 24 February, and in the first leg on 17 February, Fenerbahçe lost 2-3 at home. Both teams scored in all three of those meetings, and the three games produced 13 goals in total.

Team news

Fenerbahçe are without several players. Asensio misses out with a knee injury, as does Müldür. Oosterwolde is ruled out with an Achilles tendon injury. Diouf, Fall and Yandaş all miss out.

Slavia Praha also have a lengthy absentee list. Chaloupek is ruled out with a muscle injury, and Ogbu misses out with an Achilles tendon injury. Ouanda is ruled out through injury. Chorý is ruled out, and Kolář misses out. Kante also misses out. Jurásek is doubtful with a thigh injury, while Schranz and Piták are both doubts due to health problems.

What to watch

In the Süper Lig this season Fenerbahçe sit third with 16 points from eight games, scoring 2.75 goals per game and conceding 0.75. At home in the league this season they have scored 4.00 goals per game and conceded 1.00, winning three and losing one of their four home league games. Their average xG across their last five matches is 2.61, though their xG against of 1.37 over the same run is inflated by that heavy defeat in Europe.

Slavia Praha come in as leaders of the Czech Liga with 27 points from 11 games, a goal difference of +20, scoring 2.36 per game and conceding just 0.55.

That head-to-head pattern is one reason the market leans towards goals here: the bookmakers put the chance of over 2.5 goals at 62% and both teams scoring at 59%. Yet both sides’ recent form, set out above, points the other way. With equal rest and contrasting European form — Fenerbahçe’s 6-0 loss at Aston Villa set against Slavia Praha’s 2-0 defeat away to Sabah — Tuesday evening’s league phase match should reveal a good deal about where each club stands at this level.

The head-to-head record is tight, the absences are significant on both sides, and the market expects an open game. Whether Fenerbahçe’s home firepower or Slavia Praha’s defensive resilience on the road proves the decisive factor will make this a compelling watch.