Fenerbahçe and St-Étienne grabbed the spoils on a weekend of high-profile derbies against fellow UEFA Europa League hopefuls, and there were smiles too for a Manchester United team back on track. The Turkish Cup round of 16 brought a pair of UEFA Europa League sides together in Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe, and it was Fener who got the better of their Istanbul neighbours thanks to Robin van Persie's decider in a 1-0 victory. A place in the last eight proved beyond Osmanlıspor, on the other hand, as they succumbed to Kasımpaşa after extra time.
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Olympiacos v Osmanlıspor background
Olympiacos will hope to improve on some shaky European home form this season as they welcome Osmanlıspor, the Turkish side in the midst of their greatest continental adventure.Previous meetings• The clubs are meeting for the first time in what will be Osmanlıspor's first encounter with Greek opponents. • Olympiacos's three games against Turkish sides ended W1 D0 L2 (W1 at home, L2 in Turkey).• Turkish teams have had the better of the 19 UEFA club competition games between the neighbouring nations' sides: W9 D6 L4. Only
UEFA Europa League January transfers: latest
5 JanuarySweden forward Isaac Kiese Thelin joins Anderlecht on loan from Bordeaux. Cheick Diabaté, scorer of five goals in his last four outings of 2016, departs Osmanlıspor to join Metz on loan.Denis Alibec marks his 26th birthday by starting training with Steaua București following his move from Astra Giurgiu.Olexandr Karavaev joins Fenerbahçe on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk. The 24-year-old has spent the past two-and-a-half seasons on loan at Z... UEFA.com - News
Astra oust West Ham, Osmanlıspor power on
West Ham United's hopes of winning a European trophy in their first season at the London Stadium were ended when they were beaten 1-0 at home by Astra Giurgiu in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday. Held 1-1 in the first leg of their play-off tie in Romania, Slaven Bilić's team fell to a goal just before half-time from Portuguese midfielder Filipe Teixeira and were unable to break down their opponents in the second half, going out 2-1 on aggregate. Tiago Pinto's two goals helped competition debutants Osmanlıspor secure a 3-0 aggregate win against last season's surprise package, Midtjylland. Italian club Sassuolo also completed a 3-0 aggregate triumph on their... UEFA.com - News