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March 3 2025, 15:03 · Alex Lawes
Updated March 4 2025, 11:52

Fenerbahce vs Rangers Preview: Team News & Prediction

Fenerbahce vs Rangers Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Jose Mourinho has been and may well still be a master of going deep into European competition as his Fenerbahce side now welcome faltering Scottish giants Rangers to Istanbul this week.

Kick-off date/time: Thursday 6th March, 2025: UK – 5:45pm / US ET – 12:45pm / US PT – 9:45am

How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – CBS Sports

How to watch online: UK – Discovery+ / US – Paramount+

Key Stats

  • The only previous UEFA competition meetings between these teams were in the 2001/02 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round. Fenerbahçe won 2-1 on agg (0-0 a, 2-1 h).
  • Fenerbahçe are unbeaten in their previous four UEFA competition matches against Scottish teams (W1 D3).
  • Fenerbahçe have lost only two of their last 11 UEFA competition matches (W3 D6).
  • Fenerbahçe have lost only two of their last 21 UEFA competition home matches (W15 D4).
  • Fenerbahçe have lost their last two UEFA Europa League round of 16 ties. They are aiming to reach the quarter-finals for the first time since 2012/13 when they won 2-1 on aggregate against Viktoria Plzeň in the round of 16.
  • Youssef En-Nesyri has scored in Fenerbahçe’s last three UEFA Europa League matches.
  • Rangers have lost only two of their previous nine UEFA competition matches against Turkish teams (W4 D3).
  • Rangers have won only one of their previous five UEFA Europa League round of 16 ties. The only success was in 2021/22 when they defeated FK Crvena Zvezda 4-2 on aggregate (3-0 h, 1-2 a) on their way to reaching the final.
  • Rangers have lost only two of their previous eight UEFA Europa League matches this season (W4 D2).
  • Rangers have won only one of their previous ten matches in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 (D3 L6).
  • Rangers have not lost the first leg in their last five UEFA competition two-legged ties (W1 D4).

Fenerbahce vs Rangers Prediction

Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce have been vociferous in their complaints against the Turkish Super Lig as they slip away from Galatasaray but they remain in the hunt in Europe, unlike their city rivals, as they now face a Rangers side without a permanent manager at the helm.

Fenerbahce come into this one on the back of a comfortable 3-0 defeat of Antalyaspor thanks to goals from Mert Muldur, Dusan Tadic and Youssef En-Nesyri. Fener sit four points behind defending champions Galatasaray at the top of the Super Lig table. They impressively defeated Anderlecht by five goals to two on aggregate in the knockout playoffs of this competition.

Rangers recently decided to part company with Philippe Clement as the Bears concede yet another Scottish title to Old Firm rivals Celtic. They are now under the stewardship of former player Barry Ferguson on an interim basis but things haven’t instantly improved, most recently suffering a 2-1 loss to Motherwell at Ibrox at the weekend.

Rangers are a mess at the moment and that is not the situation you want to be in when a Jose Mourinho side is next up, even despite Rangers’ famous results in Europe in recent seasons.

Fenerbahce vs Rangers Tip: Fenerbahce to win

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