AZ Alkmaar vs Fenerbahce

AZ are unbeaten in all six of their previous meetings with Turkish sides (W3 D3), most recently beating Istanbul Basaksehir home and away in qualifying for the 2015-16 UEFA Europa League.

Fenerbahçe’s only previous meetings with AZ came in the 2006-07 UEFA Cup round of 32 – they drew 3-3 at home and 2-2 away to be eliminated on away goals.

AZ have named starting XIs that have been, on average, aged just 24 years and 19 days old in the UEFA Europa League this season, the youngest of any team.

Fenerbahçe are unbeaten in their last 10 UEFA Europa League group stage matches (W5 D5) since losing 1-0 to Olympiakos back in November 2021.

Youssef En-Nesyri has scored 17 goals in 42 major European appearances, scoring his first Fenerbahçe goal in their 1-1 draw with Man Utd on MD3. He is the joint highest scoring Moroccan player in Europe, level with Marouane Chamakh and Ayoub El Kaabi.