Lugano vs Fenerbahce Prediction and Betting Tips: Two tips for Champions League qualifier

Champions League qualifying begins on Tuesday 23rd July, so we've put Lugano vs Fenerbahce under the betting microscope to source a couple of tips for punters to follow.

After missing out on the Champions League last season, the Yellow Canaries will seek to correct their previous mistakes, doing so with management royalty in their dugout. Jose Mourinho, the serial winner, who boasts an incredible European pedigree having won all three club competitions, is bound to bring a different type of mentality to the Turkish Super Lig runners-up.

His first competitive test are Lugano, who held an abysmal defensive record last season, crashing out of the Europa League group stages before swiftly exiting the Conference League in similar fashion.

The Swiss outfit played their first league game of the season last week, going a goal down to Grasshoppers but managing to earn a late win in the dying stages. 

Fenerbahce, on the other hand, blew Hull City apart 5-1 in their final pre-season runout as Edin Dzeko continued last campaign's superb form with a brace. That result peddles the notion that Mourinho's men are thirsty for goals, especially since it followed up a 4-0 win over Strasbourg five days prior.

Given the fact that Lugano failed to score in five of their eight European games last term, including qualifiers, there's not much belief in them posing a more significant threat this time around.

Fenerbahce have plenty of attacking talent to draw from: Edin Dzeko, Ryan Kent, Dusan Tadic, Cengiz Under and Irfan Kahveci to name a few.

The Turkish side also has a better record in UEFA competitions and can rely on sizeable advantages in terms of squad quality and depth to get the job done convincingly in Ticino.