Fenerbahce has strong middle attackers and a proven way to change its attack during a match. Alanya has a functioning setter and several hitters who have finished sets together. The first pass will decide whether Alanya can use that range of attackers or has to lean too heavily on Gutierrez. Fenerbahce's opening and later combinations make the timing of any adjustment central to this meeting.
Cachopa has Anderson and Chinenyeze around his opposite, while Alanya's Shchytkov has Gutierrez, Hetman and Ahmetcan as scoring outlets. Against Gaziantep, Fenerbahce lost the opening sets before Kaan took a larger opposite role and Burutay entered outside. Alanya's current core has also completed late sets in the cup while spreading its attack across several finishers.
The central duel is Alanya's reception against Fenerbahce's serve and middle block. Usable first contacts let Shchytkov move the ball beyond Gutierrez, including to Hetman and Ahmetcan when the score tightens. Kaan and Burutay give Fenerbahce a genuine way to answer that attack later in the match.
Shchytkov, Gutierrez, Hetman and Ahmetcan played Alanya's last match, while Cachopa, Kaan and Burutay all appeared in Fenerbahce's. The starting groups for this match are unconfirmed, and the older general injury comment does not identify a current absence. I expect Alanya's varied attack to keep finding openings across the early and later phases. That's why I'm siding with Alanya to stay close in sets.
