LIVE EXPLANATION: Fenerbahçe - Slavia Prague | UEFA Champions League Week 3 Challenge

Fenerbahçe will host the Czech representative Slavia Prague in the third week of the UEFA Champions League.

The match at Chobani Stadium will start at 19.45. Spanish referee Ricardo de Burgos will referee the match. Burgos' assistants will be Iker De Francisco and Ivan Masso Granado. The match will be broadcast on TRT 1.

The yellow-dark blue team, which started the UEFA Champions League after 18 years with a 1-1 home draw in Rome, suffered a heavy defeat last week, losing 6-0 to Aston Villa away in England.

İsmail Kartal's students, who gained morale by defeating Corendon Alanyaspor 3-0 in the league, want to achieve their first victory in the UEFA Champions League this season against Slavia Prague.

Czech representative Slavia Prague is one of the teams that has no points in the league so far. Slavia Prague, who lost 3-2 to the French team Lens at home in their first match, lost 2-0 away to Azerbaijani representative Sabah in their second match.

TOP 11'S

Fenerbahçe: Ederson, Brown, Ake, Skriniar, Semedo, Guendouzi, Kante, Oğuz Aydın, Greenwood, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Vedat Muriqi.

Slavia Prague: Markovic, Vlcek, Zima, N'Guessan, Suleiman, Moses, Nowak, Kubiak, Ayaosi, Provod, Sturm.

2 MISSING IN FENERBAHÇE

Fenerbahçe will not be able to use 2 of its players in the Slavia Prague match.

In addition to the injured national player Mert Müldür for the yellow-dark blue team, Marco Asensio, who is scheduled to undergo surgery next week, will not be able to play in this match.

309TH MATCH IN EUROPE

Fenerbahçe, which will host the Czech Republic's Slavia Prague team in the third week of the UEFA Champions League, will appear in its 309th match in European cups.

The yellow-dark blue team achieved 122 wins and 68 draws in the remaining 308 European cup competitions. Fenerbahçe, which was defeated 118 times, scored 418 goals and conceded 433 goals in these matches.

43rd MATCH IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Fenerbahçe will play its 43rd match in the number 1 organization of European football.

The yellow-dark blue team had 11 wins, 7 draws and 24 defeats in 42 matches in the UEFA Champions League.

While the Istanbul representative scored 43 goals into the opponent's net, they could not prevent 77 goals at home.

SEASON 7 IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Fenerbahçe participated in the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the 1996-97 season, and then played in the group stage in the 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons, respectively.

The Istanbul team achieved its greatest success in the UEFA Champions League, in which it participated 6 times before this season, by playing in the quarter finals.

The yellow-dark blue team experienced their most successful season in the history of European cups in the 2007-08 season, coming from the door of the semi-finals under the management of Brazilian coach Arthur Zico.

England's Chelsea team, which eliminated the yellow-dark blue team in the said season, continued its way in the Champions League from the semi-finals.

Fenerbahçe, which participated in Europe's biggest football organization at the club level through the qualifiers this season, is competing for the 7th time in total and in the 36-team league stage for the first time.