Fenerbahce vs Aston Villa Prediction & Betting Tips (22 January)

Positioned on the 12th step of this league phase, Fenerbahce is only two lengths behind Porto, 8th and last qualified for the round of 16 outside the play-off. A victory would do great good for the Turks who won their first three matches in 2026, in the Super Cup against Samsunspor in the semi-final 2-0 and in the final against Galatasaray 0-2. Encouraged by this trophy, the yellow canaries immediately beat the modest team of Beyoglu Yeni Carsi in the Turkish Cup 0-1. It remains to be seen whether Mattéo Guendouzi's new partners will have been able to secure a fourth victory in a row against Alanyaspor in the league last weekend, with the result to come. To evoke this Europa League, Fener offered Brann in a good way during the previous day 0-4 thanks in particular to Talisca's hat-trick. The local club remained before that on two points sharing with Ferencvaros 1-1 and Plzen 0-0. The adventure began with a defeat in Croatia against Dinamo Zagreb 3-1, but the Turkish players recovered well by beating OGC Nice 2-1 and Stuttgart 1-0 in quick succession. Unlike Fenerbahce, Aston Villa is in a favorable position in the race for the top 8 by being 3rd in this league phase with the same number of points as Lyon leader and Midtjylland 2nd.

The only difference is that the Londoners have only scored 10 goals while Lyon and Denmark have scored 13 times in the competition. During the previous day, against Basel in Switzerland, Villa won by a small goal 1-2. Before that, Unai Emery's men had also struggled to beat Young Boys Berne at home 2-1 in the wake of a victory marked by a clean sheet against Maccabi Tel Aviv, a 2-0 victory. The start of the competition was daunting with two great victories against Bologna 1-0 and Feyenoord 0-2 but during the 3rd day, the Villains fell into the Dutch trap of the Go Ahead Eagles 2-1, probably the weakest opponent on the list of 8 matches to be played by the English in the edition. In the Premier League, the residents of Villa Park are in the race for the Champions League, 3rd behind Manchester City and Arsenal. Last weekend, it was Everton on the program with the ambition of regaining the taste of success following a 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace. Small mention of qualification for the 1/16 finals of the FA Cup, obtained following a success against Tottenham Spurs 1-2.

Some players were not registered at the start of the competition, we think of Elmaz, Fall, Mör, Becao and Yandas. Still injured, the full-back Nelson Semedo (ex-Barcelona) will not play this evening, unlike the central Soyuncu, absent from the trip to Brann but back in the ranks. Suspended for Brann, the striker formerly with Aston Villa, Jhon Duran (22 years old, 3 goals, 2 assists in SuperLig) will be eligible again. Recently, it was Edson Alvarez (ex-West-Ham) and rookie Archie Brown (2 goals, 1 assist in the league) who joined the care. The United midfielder and former Brazilian international Fred, left by playing in the Turkish Cup. French midfielder Mattéo Guendouzi was tempted by the challenge of the SuperLig, in search of new momentum in anticipation of the World Cup in 5 months. A priori, the former Marseille player will not play in this competition unless he qualifies for the round of 16 where the lists of qualified players are rebuilt. Talisca (4 goals in C3, hat-trick against Brann) and Kerem Akturkoglu (4 goals in C3 + 1 goal, 3 assists in the league) will be in the mix, as will the former Parisian and Madrid player, Mr. Asensio (ex-Aston Villa, 8 goals, 5 assists in the league) and the returning CAN with Morocco, Youssef En-Nesyri.  After long weeks of absence, defender T.

Mings returned to the scoresheet against Tottenham in the FA Cup. On the other hand, still no Ross Barkley (injured) while Frenchy B.Kamara (ex-OM) was forced to join him in the infirmary following his injury contracted against Spurs in the FA Cup. Belgian midfielder Onana is also unavailable (injured). Like Y.En-Nesyri, the Ivorian Evan Guessand (2 goals in C3) returned from the African Cup of Nations. Bad news for Unaï Emery's offensive sector, winger Malen (Dutch international) preferred to join AS Roma this winter. Hard blow since the latter is the Villains' top scorer in this Europa League with a total of 3 goals. The Scotsman McGin (2 goals in C3) is still at the club and operational like the French international Lucas Digne, the Argentinian Buendia (4 goals, 2 assists in PL) without forgetting the framework Youri Tielemans.