Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Knockout Playoffs
by Alex Lawes ·
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Nottingham Forest put in an excellent performance in Istanbul last week as Turkish giants Fenerbahce now make the trip to the City Ground on Thursday evening.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
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Key stats
- The first leg was the first UEFA competition meeting between Fenerbahçe and Nottingham Forest, and it also marked Forest’s first-ever encounter with a Turkish club.
- Nottingham Forest have won five of their last seven UEFA Europa League matches (D1 L1).
- Nottingham Forest have kept five clean sheets in their last seven UEFA Europa League matches.
- This is Nottingham Forest’s first UEFA two‑legged tie since the 1995/96 UEFA Cup quarter-finals, when they were beaten 7-2 on aggregate by Bayern Munich (1-2 away, 1-5 at home).
- Nottingham Forest have lost only two of their last 15 home matches in UEFA competition (W10 D3), and they have won the three most recent games without conceding.
- Nottingham Forest have kept 12 clean sheets in their last 14 UEFA competition matches at home.
- Nottingham Forest have won all three of their previous UEFA two‑legged ties in which they won the first leg away from home.
- Fenerbahçe have won only one of their last ten UEFA competition matches against English teams (D2 L7).
- Fenerbahçe have won only one of their ten previous UEFA matches away from home against English teams (D2 L7)
- Fenerbahçe have lost their last four UEFA two-legged ties against English teams.
- Fenerbahçe have lost all their 11 previous UEFA two‑legged ties in which they lost the first leg at home.
Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce prediction
In what was Vitor Pereira’s first game in charge of Nottingham Forest, the Premier League strugglers hammered Fenerbahce by three goals to nil in Istanbul in the first-leg of this UEFA Europa League knockout playoff round tie last week, courtesy of goals from Murillo, Morgan Gibbs-White and Igor Jesus.
Forest have since succumbed to a slender 1-0 loss at home to Liverpool with a controversial last gasp winner at the City Ground, leaving the hosts just above the danger zone. Fener, on the other hand, closed the gap on Galatasaray at the top-of-the-table in the Turkish Super Lig with a dramatic but frustrating 1-1 draw with Kasimpasa.
Fenerbahce will believe that they can take advantage of any sort of complacency from Forest but the hosts have to remain favourites for this second-leg based on last week’s showing.
Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce tip: Nottingham Forest to win & both teams to score
