Fenerbahce v Liverpool: UEFA Champions League Matchweek 4 preview — Chobani Stadyumu, 4 November
Fenerbahce will host Liverpool at the Chobani Stadyumu in Istanbul, Turkiye, on Wednesday, 4 November at 11:15 p.m. IST in a UEFA Champions League 2026-27 Matchweek 4 fixture. Fenerbahce arrive without a European win this season while Liverpool sit joint-top of their group on nine points from three matches.
Fenerbahce are placed 31st in the UCL points table and remain winless in Europe this season; their group campaign began with a 1-1 draw against Roma after Archie Brown equalised, followed by a 6-0 defeat to Aston Villa in Birmingham in Matchweek 2 in which Ross Barkley and Nicolas Jackson scored braces, and they most recently drew 2-2 with Slavia Praha. The preview notes Fenerbahce have scored in all nine or more home games since August 2024, averaging 2.5 goals per home match. Liverpool opened the group with a 2-1 victory over Atletico Madrid and a 6-3 win over LASK, and in their latest outing “Iraola’s side won 4-3 against Villarreal”; the Reds have won their last four away matches, scoring eleven in that sequence.
Recent results across all competitions are summarised as Fenerbahce: L-L-D-W-L and Liverpool: L-D-W-W-W. Those sequences reflect each club’s immediate run of form heading into Matchweek 4 and inform squad selection and tactical planning referenced in the preview.
The preview highlights Nélson Semedo as a focal defensive figure for the hosts, noting his past appearances in shirts for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Barcelona and Benfica before moving to Turkiye with Fenerbahce, and stating he will face Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo on the wing; it adds that Semedo routinely covers deep space behind advanced defensive lines and is powerful on the right flank. The article also records that a teenager came off the bench against Arsenal, supplied two assists in Liverpool’s most recent win over Villarreal at Anfield, and has started all three of Liverpool’s UCL matches so far.
On Liverpool’s left side the preview singles out Rio, reporting that after moving from Chelsea’s academy to Liverpool he went on to win the Premier League with the Reds; the piece describes him as possessing a strong presence on the left flank and using sudden changes of pace to beat defenders. Squad availability notes in the preview list host absences and issues: Nathan Ake, Marco Asensio and Amara Diouf are said to be absent for Fenerbahce due to injury concerns.
For Liverpool the preview states Jeremie Frimpong is injured and out alongside Hugo Ekitike, Conor Bradley and Leoni. The projected starting XIs provided in the piece are: Fenerbahce — Éderson (GK); Nélson Semedo, Milan Škriniar, Jerome Oppong, Nathaniel Brown; N’Golo Kanté, Mattéo Guendouzi; Oğuz Aydın, Mason Greenwood, Kerem Aktürkoğlu; Vedat Muriqi. Liverpool — Alisson Becker (GK); Ronald Araújo, Jérémy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas; Alexis Mac Allister, Trey Nyoni; Rio Ngumoha, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo; Lewis Koumas.
These two sides are set to meet each other for the first time ever, and the preview predicts the Reds will walk away with all three points from Turkiye. The match can be streamed on Sony Sports in India and on TNT Sports in the UK.