Key events
There’s nothing to fear except fear itself.
Around 1200 Forest fans have travelled to Istanbul, which is a great effort. A long way to go at relatively short notice.
Cuddly toys on tour.
The Fenerbahce lineup is everything you want it to be … full of former Premier League players. Nelson Semedo is top of the list for me but I assume we all have a personal preference.
And a personal good luck from me.
Pereira goes with the strongest side available to him, eager to see what his players can do and showing Evangelos Marinakis he is taking the competition very seriously.
Ederson is in goal for Fener, meaning it is the former Manchester City goalkeeping bull pen on show, with Stefan Ortega down the other end.
Starting lineups
Fenerbahce (3-4-3): Ederson; Skriniar, Jayden, Mert; Semedo, Guendouzi, Kante, Talisca; Asensio, Cherif, Kerem
Subs: Tarik, Engin Can, Brown, Calgary, Yigit Efe, Ismail, Levent, Fred, Nene, Oguez, Alaettin
Forest (4-2-3-1): Ortega; Aina, Milenkovic, Murillo, Williams; Sangare, Anderson; Hutchinson, Gbbs-White, Hudson-Odoi; Jesus
Subs: Gunn, Willows, Morato, Ndoye, Dominguez, Lucca, Yates, Cunha, McAtee, Bakwa, Abbott
Preamble
Vitor Pereira has survived four days in charge at Nottingham Forest, earning him a chance of managing the team for the first time tonight. He is here to keep Forest in the Premier League, so it will be interesting to see how seriously he takes the Europa League.
He had a spell at Fenerbahce, so will know how hostile the atmosphere can be in Istanbul.
Ben Fisher has written about his latest adventure.
Kick-off: 5.45pm GMT
