Fenerbahçe 2-1 Manchester United: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016

Result

Fenerbahçe 2-1 Manchester United

Europa League · Thursday 3 November 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Fenerbahçe · Manchester United · Europa League predictions

Fenerbahçe 2-1 Manchester United: match report

Fenerbahçe won against Manchester United 2-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 3 November 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Moussa Sow opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Fenerbahçe's goals came from Moussa Sow (2') and J. Lens (59'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (89').

Discipline: Fenerbahçe received 5 yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fenerbahçe were 31st on 10 points from 5 and Manchester United 58th on 6 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Fenerbahçe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Jeremain Lens of Fenerbahçe (7.8), level with Wayne Mark Rooney (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Fenerbahçe win, 0 draws and 2 for Manchester United.

Going into the match Fenerbahçe's last five read L-W-D-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-L.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Moussa SowFenerbahçe · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Morgan SchneiderlinManchester United
  • 18'Yellow card · Ander HerreraManchester United
  • 43'Yellow card · Volkan DemirelFenerbahçe
  • 55'Yellow card · Alper PotukFenerbahçe
  • 59'Goal · J. LensFenerbahçe · 2-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Martin ŠkrtelFenerbahçe
  • 73'Yellow card · Juan MataManchester United
  • 84'Yellow card · Sener ÖzbayrakliFenerbahçe
  • 89'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 2-1
  • 90+5'Yellow card · SouzaFenerbahçe

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Fenerbahçe 1, draws 0, Manchester United 2.

Team news

Fenerbahçe line-up (4-2-3-1)

Volkan Demirel, H. Kaldırım, Simon Kjær, Şener Özbayraklı, Martin Škrtel, Mehmet Topal, Souza, Alper Potuk, Volkan Şen, Jeremain Lens, Moussa Sow

Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)

David de Gea, Marcos Rojo, Daley Blind, Luke Shaw, Matteo Darmian, Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Morgan Schneiderlin, Wayne Mark Rooney, Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford