UEFA Champions League, League Stage 2Aston VillaAST 14/10/2026 20:00 FenerbaheFEN Venue Villa ParkWhere to Watch Aston Villa v Fenerbahe: TV and online streamsAston Villa v Fenerbahe kicks off at8pm BST on Wednesday, October 14at Villa Park. In the UK, you can watch it on TNT Sports and stream via HBO Max. If you live outside the UK, click theLINK HEREto find out where to watch it in your region.Preview for Aston Villa v FenerbaheEurope has always been Unai Emerys sanctuary, and right now Aston Villa need it more than ever. The Europa League winners host Fenerbahe at Villa Park on Wednesday night, hoping their Champions League form can make up for a miserable start to the domestic season.Villas European campaign began in style. They won 3-2 at Club Brugge on matchday one, with Nicolas Jackson, John McGinn and Emiliano Buenda all on the scoresheet, and they head into this one sitting in the top half of the league-phase standings.Back home, it has been a different story. Saturdays 2-2 draw with Brentford left Villa with just one win from their first six Premier League games, and they are still waiting for a first home league win of the season. Yehor Yarmoliuk put the Bees ahead early on after a Tyrone Mings mistake, Jackson equalised two minutes later, and McGinns goal looked like it might be enough before Kristoffer Ajer levelled late on.To draw at home is not a good result, and for this we are not happy, we are sad, Emery admitted afterwards. He did see signs of progress from the home defeat to Nottingham Forest, though: A better match today than against Forest. Keep going forward.Fenerbahe arrive in better shape. smail Kartals side opened their Champions League campaign with a 1-1 draw against Roma in Istanbul, and they returned from the international break with a 3-0 win at aykur Rizespor on Saturday, though Kartal admitted Rize had three or four clear chances of their own.Their squad is packed with experience, with Ederson, Milan kriniar, Nathan Ak, NGolo Kant, Matteo Guendouzi and Marco Asensio all among the big names.These sides met just nine months ago. Jadon Sanchos first-half header gave Villa a 1-0 win in Istanbul in the Europa League league phase in January, a result that sealed their place in the last 16 on the way to lifting the trophy. Their only other meetings came in the first round of the UEFA Cup in 1977-78.The Champions League Table UEFA Champions League 2026 World #TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostGFGAGDPtsLast 1 1 Paris Saint Germain11006153 W 2 Bayern Mnchen11005053 W 3 Barcelona11005143 W 4 Manchester United11004043 W 5 Como11004133 W 6 VfB Stuttgart11003123 W 7 Sporting CP11003123 W 8 Manchester City11002023 W 9 Aston Villa11003213 W 10 Lens11003213 W 11 Real Betis11003213 W 12 Borussia Dortmund11003213 W 13 Liverpool11002113 W 14 Real Madrid11002113 W 15 Arsenal11001013 W 16 AEK Athens FC11001013 W 17 AS Roma10101101 D 18 Shakhtar Donetsk10101101 D 19 PSV Eindhoven10101101 D 20 Fenerbahe10101101 D 21 Villarreal100123-10 L 22 Lille100123-10 L 23 Slavia Praha100123-10 L 24 Club Brugge KV100123-10 L 25 Inter100112-10 L 26 Atletico Madrid100112-10 L 27 Napoli100101-10 L 28 Lask Linz100101-10 L 29 Viking100113-20 L 30 Galatasaray100113-20 L 31 FC Porto100102-20 L 32 RB Leipzig100114-30 L 33 Feyenoord100115-40 L 34 Sabah FA100104-40 L 35 Slovan Bratislava100116-50 L 36 Bodo/Glimt100105-50 L Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/8-finals) Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Promotion Champions League (Play Offs: 1/16-finals) Team News for Aston Villa v FenerbaheEmery has a full-blown left-back crisis. Matteo Ruggeri was forced off at half-time against Brentford with a hamstring injury, and with Ian Maatsen not expected back from his ankle injury until late November, Villa have no fit natural left-backs.Aaron Wan-Bissaka, who replaced Ruggeri on Saturday, is in line to start on the left. Aaron has played sometimes in that position before, Emery said. I will try to keep our structure without our two left-footed full-backs in Maatsen and Ruggeri, using other options to practice and play without changing anything.George Hemmings missed the Brentford game with a minor knee problem, but Emery said the teenager wont be out for long. Amadou Onana (cruciate ligament) and Modou Kba Ciss remain sidelined, while Leon Goretzka and Brian Madjo are back in team training.For Fenerbahe, Asensio marked his return to the starting XI with a goal against Rize after an injury lay-off, although he is not thought to be fully up to speed yet. Expected line-ups for Aston Villa v FenerbaheAston Villa: Suzuki; Cash, Lindelf, Torres, Wan-Bissaka; Kamara, Gomes; McGinn, Buenda, Manzambi; JacksonFenerbahce: Ederson; Semedo, kriniar, Ak, Brown; Kant, Guendouzi; Ouz Aydn, Asensio, Greenwood; MuriqiStats for Aston Villa v FenerbaheVilla have won all three matches between the sides, all without conceding, Jadon Sanchos goal earninga 1-0 away victory on Matchday 7 of last seasons Europa League.The English side also won4-0 at homeand2-0 awayin the 1977/78 UEFA Cup first round.Villa have won five of their seven matches against Turkish sides (D1 L1), including all three at home although this is their first fixture at Villa Park sincebeating Trabzonspor 2-1 in the 1994/95 UEFA Cup second round second leg, a tie they lost on away goals (2-2 aggregate).A 2-1 second leg win at Nottingham Forestin last seasons Europa League knockout phase play-offs second leg they lost 2-4 on aggregate was only Fenerbahes second in their last 11 games against English clubs (D2 L7).Fenerbahe are without a win in their last five Champions League matches, qualifying included, against Premier League opponents (D1 L4). This is their first fixture since losing0-3 at homeand0-2 awayto Arsenal in the 2013/14 play-off round.Prediction for Aston Villa v FenerbaheVilla are still struggling to find their fluency following a summer of upheaval. Fener are packed with experience and in Mason Greenwood have a forward who can hurt them on the counter. Match PredictionAston Villa 1 1 Fenerbahe Topics Aston Villa F.C. Fenerbahe S.K. 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