Fenerbahçe face Samsunspor on Tuesday night in Adana with a place in the Turkish Super Cup final at stake, as Türkiye’s reimagined Super Cup enters a decisive new chapter, according to Daily Sabah.

Once a single-match curtain-raiser, the Super Cup has evolved into a four-team tournament designed to inject competitiveness and drama into the domestic calendar.

This semi-final places two sides with sharply contrasting trajectories on a collision course: Fenerbahçe, weighed down by expectation and history, and Samsunspor, driven by opportunity and little to lose.

For Fenerbahçe, this competition carries emotional weight.

The Yellow Canaries have not lifted the Super Cup since 2014, when they defeated Galatasaray on penalties in one of the fiercest derbies in Turkish football.

Samsunspor have emerged as an unexpected obstacle for Fenerbahçe, remaining unbeaten against them since August 2023. In a competition where margins are thin and knockout football unforgiving, that psychological edge matters.

Samsunspor’s overall form, however, paints a more complicated picture.