- 1 Fenerbahce vs Eyupspor: Fener can no longer afford a slip-up
- 2 Fenerbahce come in off a turbulent week
- 3 Eyupspor are not scoring at all
- 4 Football prediction Fenerbahce vs Eyupspor
- 5 First, a word on our free predictions
- 6 No commitment from us
- 7 Information changes
- 8 Your responsibility
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Fenerbahce vs Eyupspor: Fener can no longer afford a slip-up 
Fenerbahce are on a three-match winless run in all competitions. The club are already six points off the top of the league.
Matchday six of the Super Lig hands them the perfect opponent, though, on Sunday at 16:00 CET at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.
Eyupspor arrive in Istanbul with three points from five games and a place in the relegation zone after four defeats.
The numbers make grim reading: seven points for the Yellow Canaries, three for the visitors.
It is even worse up front, with Eyupspor having found the net only twice since the start of the season, the lowest total in the league.
There is, though, one awkward memory hanging over the Istanbul side: last season, at this same ground, Eyupspor led 2-0 before throwing away a 3-3 draw.
The market, unsurprisingly, sees little room for debate, with a Fenerbahce win priced at 1.18 and a victory for the promoted side at 13.00.
The only question is whether the Yellow Canaries can rediscover the cutting edge that has gone missing over the last three games.
Fenerbahce come in off a turbulent week 
The start to the season has been disrupted by the European schedule and a rather odd episode on the bench.
Ismail Kartal, 65, announced his resignation after the 1-1 draw with Roma in the Champions League, after a water bottle was thrown from the stands in his direction.
Club president Aziz Yildirim refused to accept the exit and kept his coach in place, just days before a flat trip to Gaziantep ended in a 0-0 draw.
It comes at the worst possible time for a club chasing a league title that has slipped away for far too many years.
That draw followed Fenerbahce’s only league defeat so far, a 2-1 home loss to Besiktas.
The campaign had already begun with another wobble, a 2-1 defeat away to Genclerbirligi on opening day.
It has not been disastrous for Fenerbahce, with a 4-2 win over Konyaspor and a 2-0 success at Samsunspor.
Those are the only two games in which their attack has really opened up since the league kicked off.
Europe has provided their best moment of the season so far, a hard-earned 2-1 win in Lyon.
The later 1-1 draw with Roma showed this side can stand up to the big boys, but still struggles when teams sit deep.
That is exactly the sort of problem waiting for them on Sunday against an opponent likely to defend first and ask questions later.
Marco Asensio is expected to be in the squad after a muscle issue, although there is no guarantee he will last the distance.
Kartal will, however, be without Jayden Oosterwolde, who is out with an Achilles problem, Mert Hakan Yandas, who is suspended, and Amara Diouf.
Muriqi is set to lead the line, with Greenwood and Akturkoglu out wide.
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Eyupspor are not scoring at all 
Two goals in five matches: no Super Lig side has been worse than Ozhan Pulat’s team.
The tally has stayed stuck at zero against Besiktas, Gaziantep and Corum, three games without a single goal.
The first two rounds had already set the tone, with a 1-0 defeat at Besiktas and a 1-0 home loss to Gaziantep.
The most recent outing confirmed the trend, a 2-0 home defeat to Rizespor, with Ali Sowe opening the scoring before Emrecan Bulut wrapped it up in stoppage time.
Their only bright spot came at the end of August, a 2-1 win over Alanyaspor, their only victory of the season.
The trip to Corum, which ended in a 3-0 loss, had already shown how fragile they are away from home.
Across five matchdays, Eyupspor have only found the net in their lone win.
Pulat is working with a depleted squad, without Abdelhamid Sabiri and Taskin Ilter, both sidelined by muscle injuries.
Ahmed Abdullahi is expected to lead the attack, with Massanga Matondo sitting in front of the defence.
That pair will have to deal with a Istanbul side that have conceded just once in their last two league games.
The only real source of hope is that 3-3 draw in Istanbul last season, after they had gone two goals up.
But Pulat will need a repeat of that kind of chaos, and this is not an attack that has looked capable of much at all for a month.
Expected Fenerbahce lineup: Ederson ; Müldür, Škriniar, Aké, Brown ; Guendouzi, Kanté ; Greenwood, Yüksek, Akturkoglu ; Muriqi
Expected Eyupspor lineup: Moldovan ; Ulvan, El Yamiq, Jules, Giordano ; Matondo ; Boutobba, Costa, Raux-Yao, Michalak ; Abdullahi
Football prediction Fenerbahce vs Eyupspor
Our prediction: Fenerbahce win and under 3.5 goals in the match
A straight Fenerbahce win is priced at 1.18, which offers no real value. You have to look elsewhere.
Over 2.5 goals is available at 1.48, but that assumes Eyupspor will play their part. Nothing in their first five games suggests that.
The most likely script is Fenerbahce taking control, doing the business, and keeping the scoreboard relatively calm.
Eyupspor have scored twice in five matchdays and failed to hit the target in three of those games. An open contest looks highly unlikely.
With Fenerbahce coming off two games in which they scored no more than once, the home win and a limited goal total fits the expected pattern much better than a bet on an end-to-end shootout.
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