Today evening, the quarter-finals of the "Turkish Cup" will see "Ankaragücü" play host to Fenerbahçe on home turf. The hosts kick-started their cup journey much earlier than their competitors, already passing through 4 stages. Conversely, Fenerbahçe commenced their journey from the 1/16 finals. The match will take place at the "Eryaman" stadium.
The hosts have been winless in the last 5 matches of the "Süper Lig", even losing to Kayserispor in the previous match after being two goals ahead. Cup-wise, Emre Belözoğlu's team has successively knocked out Arguvanspor, İskenderunspor, Rizespor, and Erzincanspor. Ankaragücü has claimed the cup trophy twice and reached the semi-finals last year.
The visitors will be without İrfan Kahveci and Joshua King in the match, with Fred also expected to be left out of the squad to avoid risk. Fenerbahçe claimed victory in both of its "Süper Lig" matches against Ankaragücü, and also triumphed in their last six official fixtures.
The visitors are the clear favourites in this contest, their success is quoted at an odd of 1.5. Essentially, the odds could have been lower but given the rotation, it seems logical and a reasonable choice.
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