Head-to-Head: Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce

Aston Villa and Fenerbahçe form a limited European pairing, with the clearest documented result favouring the English club. Aston Villa won 1–0 away to Fenerbahçe in the Europa League on 22 January 2026, giving this cross-border matchup a narrow but meaningful starting point. Fenerbahçe’s opportunity is to turn a tight result into evidence of resistance, while Villa must show that the earlier margin can be reproduced.

Past matches, Aston Villa vs Fenerbahce

14 October 2026 League Stage - 2

Aston Villa

6 - 0

Fenerbahçe

Villa Park
22 January 2026 League Stage - 7

Fenerbahçe

0 - 1

Aston Villa

Match center

Aston Villa

6 - 0

14 October 2026

Fenerbahçe

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Starting eleven

Substitutes Aston Villa

18
F
10
M
17
F
35
M
27
M
5
D
42
G
47
F
26
M
40
G

Fenerbahçe Substitutes

G
13
D
14
M
28
G
34
M
91
F
9
D
22
D
77
F
45
D
21
F
7

Match events

45'

90'

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12'
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Johan Manzambi Normal Goal
31'
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Nicolas Jackson Normal Goal (Asst: Boubacar Kamara)
39'
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Nicolas Jackson Normal Goal (Asst: Ross Barkley)
42'

Mattéo Guendouzi Yellow Card
68'
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Ross Barkley Penalty
69'

Nene Dorgeles Mason Greenwood
69'

Romelu Lukaku Vedat Muriqi
69'

Bartuğ Elmaz Ismail Yüksek
72'
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Ross Barkley Normal Goal (Asst: Ibrahim Mbaye)
73'

Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha Boubacar Kamara
73'

João Gomes Johan Manzambi
78'

Oğuz Aydın Yellow Card
78'

Tammy Abraham Nicolas Jackson
79'

Alejandro Garnacho Ibrahim Mbaye
83'

Leon Goretzka Ross Barkley
90'
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Tammy Abraham Normal Goal (Asst: Alysson Edward Franco da Rocha)

Stats for this game

Matchup Aston Villa VS Fenerbahçe

A narrow starting point

The key direct evidence comes from the Europa League league-stage match on 22 January 2026. Aston Villa won 1–0 at Fenerbahçe, a result that gives Villa the historical edge while leaving little evidence of a settled hierarchy. The scoreline points to a close contest, but it cannot by itself explain the tactical or territorial details behind the result. The record remains too thin for a firmer conclusion about the long-term balance.

Room for the balance to move

That limited history makes the pairing more open to reinterpretation than a long-running European matchup. Fenerbahçe can point to the narrow margin, while Aston Villa can point to having already won away from home. Future meetings will test whether Villa’s advantage becomes a repeatable pattern or whether Fenerbahçe turns a tight defeat into a more even series of results. The interest lies in the next piece of evidence, not in a prediction.