The starting lineups for the Fenerbahçe-Athletic Bilbao match have been announced.

Fenerbahçe will host Spain's Athletic Bilbao in the 6th week of the UEFA Europa League. The match will be played at Ülker Stadium and will start at 18:30. The referee for the match will be Irfan Peljto from the Football Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. His assistants will be Senad Ibrisimbegovic and Davor Beljo, also from the same federation. The fourth official will be Antoni Bandic. Meanwhile, Marco Di Bello from the Italian Football Federation will be in the VAR chair, and Michael Fabbri will serve as the AVAR.

STATUS OF THE TWO TEAMS

Fenerbahçe has collected 8 points with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss in the past 5 weeks. The yellow-navy team is currently in 15th place before this match. Athletic Bilbao, on the other hand, has secured 13 points with 4 wins and 1 draw, placing them in 2nd position.

STARTING 11s

Fenerbahçe: Livakovic, Osayi, Samet, Djiku, Mert, Amrabat, İsmail, Tadic, Szymanski, Maximin, En-Nesyri.

A. Bilbao: Agirrezabala, Yuri, Parades, Yeray, Gorosabel, Jauregiza, Galarreta, Inaki Williams, Sancet, Nico Williams, Guruzeta.

FENERBAHÇE HAS 3 ABSENTEES

Fenerbahçe will be without 3 players for the match against Athletic Bilbao. In addition to Jayden Oosterwolde, who has a long-term injury, Fred Rodrigues will also miss the match due to a yellow card suspension. Mert Hakan Yandaş, who has an ankle injury, is also not expected to be in the squad. Besides these names, Filip Kostic, Oğuz Aydın, Bartuğ Elmaz, and Levent Mercan, who are not listed in the UEFA roster, will also be unavailable for the match.

ÇAĞLAR SÖYÜNCÜ RETURNS TO THE TEAM

Fenerbahçe's national defender Çağlar Söyüncü has returned to the team for the match against Athletic Bilbao. Having recovered from his injury and trained with the team for a while, Çağlar will start the match on the bench and will play if Mourinho gives him the opportunity against the Spanish team.