Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce Prediction, Tips and Odds | Champions League

Aston Villa host Fenerbahce at Villa Park on Wednesday night looking to build on their victory from the opening gameweek of the Champions League league phase campaign.

The Villans secured a 3-2 victory at Club Brugge on matchday one, while the visitors from Istanbul arrive on the back of a 1-1 draw against Roma in their own opening fixture of the continental campaign.

Preview: Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce

Unai Emery's side head into this one on the back of a 2-2 draw with Brentford, a result built on two early goals that Villa then let slip in the second half, and that pattern of chances created but not always converted has followed them through the opening weeks of the season.

The result leaves the Villans 15th in the Premier League table with just one victory from their opening six league matches of the season.

However, Villa have enjoyed a brighter start on the continental front, with their matchday one victory at Club Brugge leaving them ninth in the 36-team league phase table, and another positive result on Wednesday would move them closer to a top-eight finish and automatic progression to the knockout stage.

Nicolas Jackson, a club-record summer arrival from Chelsea, leads the line and has already scored in Europe against Club Brugge, and will look to prove decisive again on the continental front.

Those tracking Villa's odds through an uneven start to the campaign can compare prices across the best newest UK betting sites before kick-off.

Fenerbahce, by contrast, travel to Birmingham on the back of three straight wins, a run that has included a friendly victory over Turan Tovuz during the international break, sandwiched between an 8-0 demolition of Eyupspor on home soil and a 3-0 thrashing of Rizespor over the weekend.

Vedat Muriqi has been central to Fenerbahce's form, with six Super Lig goals already this season and four of them coming in that single win over Eyupspor, making him the standout attacking threat Villa's defence has to deal with.

Ismail Kartal's side showed they can compete at this level by holding Roma to a draw in Italy on matchday one, a result that leaves them 19th in the league phase table but suggests this Fenerbahce squad will not simply sit back and invite pressure at Villa Park.

The Yellow Canaries are playing in the Champions League for the first time since exiting at the group stage in 2008-09, and will be looking to secure their first win of this league phase on Wednesday to get their campaign up and running.

Team news: Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce

Aston Villa

Ian Maatsen's continued absence at left-back has left Emery weighing up two options, and the Brentford game offered a fresh complication when Matteo Ruggeri appeared to pick up a knock of his own, leaving his involvement here in genuine doubt.

As such, Aaron Wan-Bissaka has emerged as the preferred fill-in on the left side of defence, with Matty Cash shifting to his more natural right-back berth.

Amadou Onana's long-term absence through an ACL injury sustained on international duty with Belgium leaves Boubacar Kamara and Joao Gomes as the potential midfield pairing, with Leon Goretzka still working his way toward a debut after his own knee problem.

George Hemmings, who started Villa's Champions League win over Club Brugge, has since been added to the doubtful list, giving Emery a further selection headache.

Meanwhile, Wednesday's fixture could come too soon for Modou Keba Cisse, who is still recovering from a groin problem, and Brian Madjo remains a doubt due to an ankle injury.

4-2-3-1: Suzuki; Cash, Lindelof, Torres, Wan-Bissaka; Kamara, Gomes; McGinn, Manzambi, Buendia; Jackson.

Fenerbahce

Mert Muldur's knee surgery is the single biggest team news story on the Fenerbahce side of this fixture, with the regular right-back ruled out for a minimum of two months and missing this trip entirely.

Nelson Semedo looks the likeliest replacement at right-back, having been Fenerbahce's alternative option there before Muldur's injury, while Jayden Oosterwolde's own absence through an Achilles problem thins out Kartal's options across the back line further.

Marco Asensio has been carrying a minor knock but is expected to be involved regardless, continuing to operate behind the striker in a role that has made him one of Fenerbahce's most creative players this season.

Mattéo Guendouzi, who was recently cleared of a disciplinary sanction, continues to form the starting midfield pairing alongside N'Golo Kante, with the pair having started regularly together.

Up front, Muriqi's recent scoring form makes him close to undroppable, leaving Romelu Lukaku as a substitute option rather than a guaranteed starter for this one.

4-2-3-1: Ederson; Semedo, Skriniar, Ake, Brown; Kante, Guendouzi; Greenwood, Asensio, Akturkoglu; Muriqi.

Head-to-head: Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce

Aston Villa have won all three competitive meetings between these clubs, a record that stretches back to a UEFA Cup first-round tie in September 1977, when Villa won 4-0 at home before completing the job with a 2-0 win in Istanbul in the second leg.

Those 1977-78 results carry no real weight on this fixture given how much both clubs have changed in the intervening decades, but they do mean Fenerbahce have never beaten Aston Villa in any of their previous attempts.

The only meeting between the sides within the last five years came in January 2026, when Jadon Sancho's goal in Istanbul settled a Europa League league phase match 1-0 in Villa's favour on their way to that season's knockout rounds.

Tips and prediction: Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce

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Odds correct as of Tuesday, 13 October 2026, 11:45 BST.