Fenerbahce vs Liverpool: Preview, expected line-ups, stats and where to watch

UEFA Champions League, League Stage – 4

Fenerbahçe FEN

4/11/2026 17:45

Liverpool LIV

Chobani Stadium

Clement Turpin

Where to watch Fenerbahce vs Liverpool: TV channel, live online streams

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool kicks off at 17:45 GMT (13:45 ET / 10:45 PT) on Wednesday, November 4 at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul.

The Champions League match is live on TNT Sports 1 in the UK, with streaming on HBO Max. In the US, it’s on Paramount Plus at 12:45pm ET.

If you live outside the UK or the US, visit UEFA’s Champions League broadcaster list to find out where to watch it in your region.

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool Champions League preview

Liverpool need a response, and they will have to find it against one of their own. Andoni Iraola’s side travel to Istanbul on Wednesday evening to face a Fenerbahçe team now led by former Anfield favourite Dirk Kuyt, three days after a frustrating 1-0 defeat to Arsenal.

Kurt had been working as assistant manager, but he was handed the reins on an interim basis after İsmail Kartal stepped down following a 2-1 derby defeat to Galatasaray. Fenerbahçe have said Kuyt will remain in charge “until a new head coach is appointed”.

He is fondly remembered on Merseyside. Kuyt scored 71 goals in 285 appearances over six years at Liverpool, played in the 2007 Champions League final against AC Milan and won the League Cup in 2012. He also knows Fenerbahçe well, having won the Süper Lig title with them as a player in 2014.

His first game in charge did not go to plan. Fenerbahçe lost 2-1 at home to Göztepe on Saturday, leaving them sixth in the Süper Lig and nine points behind Galatasaray. Kuyt apologised to the supporters afterwards. “I apologise to the Fenerbahçe fans, they deserve better,” he said. “At times, we can be very fragile.”

Things are no better in Europe. Fenerbahçe are 31st in the 36-team table, with just two points from three games. They drew with Roma and Slavia Prague, but were thrashed 6-0 by Aston Villa, and they have conceded nine goals in the competition, joint-most of any team. They have won only one of their last five matches in all competitions.

Liverpool, by contrast, have a perfect record in the Champions League. They have won all three of their league-phase games, against Atlético Madrid, LASK and Villarreal, and they sit in the top four. They have not been watertight, though. They have conceded seven goals in those three games, and their last two Champions League matches produced 16 goals, with a 6-3 win in Austria followed by a 4-3 comeback victory over Villarreal.

Sunday’s defeat at Anfield ended a run of five games without a loss in all competitions, and Iraola will want a quick reaction.

This will be the first time the two clubs have met in European competition.

Full updated Champions League table

UEFA Champions League 2026

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League Phase

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Last 3
1	Paris Saint Germain	3	3	0	0	14	5	9	9	W W W
2	Aston Villa	3	3	0	0	12	3	9	9	W W W
3	Liverpool	3	3	0	0	12	7	5	9	W W W
4	Real Madrid	3	3	0	0	10	5	5	9	W W W
5	Real Betis	3	3	0	0	7	4	3	9	W W W
6	VfB Stuttgart	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	7	D W W
7	Arsenal	3	2	1	0	6	2	4	7	D W W
8	Barcelona	3	2	0	1	11	6	5	6	L W W
9	Como	3	2	0	1	10	5	5	6	W L W
10	Manchester City	3	2	0	1	9	5	4	6	W L W
11	Club Brugge KV	3	2	0	1	9	6	3	6	W W L
12	Sporting CP	3	2	0	1	7	4	3	6	L W W
13	Borussia Dortmund	3	2	0	1	5	4	1	6	W L W
14	Bayern München	3	1	2	0	10	5	5	5	D D W
15	AS Roma	3	1	1	1	8	5	3	4	W L D
16	Atletico Madrid	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	D W L
17	Shakhtar Donetsk	3	1	1	1	4	3	1	4	L W D
18	PSV Eindhoven	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4	W L D
19	Villarreal	3	1	0	2	8	8	0	3	L W L
20	Inter	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3	W L L
21	Manchester United	3	1	0	2	5	6	-1	3	L L W
22	Napoli	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3	W L L
23	Galatasaray	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3	W L L
24	Lask Linz	3	1	0	2	6	9	-3	3	W L L
25	Sabah FA	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3	L W L
26	Feyenoord	3	1	0	2	4	8	-4	3	L W L
27	Lens	3	1	0	2	3	7	-4	3	L L W
28	Bodo/Glimt	3	1	0	2	4	9	-5	3	L W L
29	AEK Athens FC	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5	3	L L W
30	RB Leipzig	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5	3	L W L
31	Fenerbahçe	3	0	2	1	3	9	-6	2	D L D
32	Slavia Praha	3	0	1	2	4	7	-3	1	D L L
33	Viking	3	0	1	2	5	9	-4	1	L D L
34	FC Porto	3	0	0	3	2	6	-4	0	L L L
35	Lille	3	0	0	3	4	10	-6	0	L L L
36	Slovan Bratislava	3	0	0	3	1	13	-12	0	L L L

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Fenerbahce vs Liverpool Champions League team news

Ryan Gravenberch has been ruled out with a heel problem. The Dutchman joins Hugo Ekitike, Jeremie Frimpong, Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley on the sidelines.

Dominik Szoboszlai is back in contention, and with Gravenberch missing, he could play in a deeper role in midfield. Szoboszlai has said he is happy to play wherever Iraola needs him: “As a six, getting the ball from Virgil and doing stuff from there. As a 10 I think I can also be dangerous, and as an eight. Wherever he puts me, I try to do my best.”

Víctor Muñoz is pushing for a start ahead of Bradley Barcola or Cody Gakpo, and Iraola could rotate heavily, with this the eighth match in a run of nine games in 29 days. Alexander Isak has six goals in eight games this season, but has yet to score in the Champions League.

For Fenerbahçe, Nathan Ake is out, as is Marco Asensio while Mason Greenwood is a doubt. Ederson is expected to start in goal against his former Premier League rivals.

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool predicted line ups

Fenerbahce: Ederson, Nelson Semedo, Milan Skriniar, Archie Brown, Yusuf Akcicek, Matteo Guendouzi, N’Golo Kante, Mason Greenwood, Kerem Akturkoglu, Oguz Aydin, Vedat Muriqi

Liverpool: Alisson Becker, Ronald Araujo, Jeremy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas, Trey Nyoni, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Florian Wirtz, Bradley Barcola, Alexander Isak

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool stats

• This is the teams’ first meeting, although Fenerbahce striker Romelu Lukaku is familiar with Liverpool after making 166 appearances for Everton and scoring three Merseyside derby goals
• Fenerbahce’s home record against English visitors is W4 D2 L6; they lost their last two 1-0 against Aston Villa and 3-0 to Nottingham Forest in last season’s UEFA Europa League
• Ederson faced Liverpool in the 2017/18 Champions League quarter-finals as a Manchester City player, his side losing both legs of the tie
• A 2-1 win at Forest in last season’s Europa League knockout phase play-off second leg is one of two victories in Fenerbahce’s last 12 games against Premier League opponents, home and away (D2 L8)
• A 6-0 loss at Aston Villa on Matchday 2 this season – Fenerbahce’s heaviest European defeat since 1992 – extended the Turkish team’s run without a clean sheet against English opposition to nine games
• A 4-0 home win against Galatasaray in last season’s round of 16 second leg (4-1 aggregate) ended Liverpool’s three-game losing run against clubs from Turkiye
• The Reds have lost their last three away games against Turkish opposition, all 1-0 – at Besiktas in February 2015 and Galatasaray in September 2025 and March 2026
• Liverpool have won one of their eight away matches against Turkish clubs (D1 L6), 2-1 at Trabzonspor in the 2010/11 Europa League play-off round, and have not kept a clean sheet
• None of Liverpool’s last 46 European matches has been drawn (W32 L14). Their last such game to finish all square was 3-3 at home to Benfica in the 2021/22 Champions League quarter-final second leg

Fenerbahce vs Liverpool prediction

Fenerbahce have a good side on paper but the defeat at Villa shows that some of their ageing stars have perhaps run out of gas. Liverpool know another win would put them in a great position to qualify and, potentially, rest players towards the end of the league phase.

Match Prediction

Fenerbahçe

0 – 2

Liverpool