Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce: Unveiling the Tactical Battle That Could Change Everything
Nottingham Forest v Fenerbahce stats
This is Forest’s first European knockout stage tie since their 1995/96 quarter-final defeat in this competition against eventual champions Bayern, losing 7-2 on aggregate
Only Ludogorets’ Petar Stanic can match Igor Jesus’s tally of seven goals in this season’s competition
Forest’s last-gasp 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday meant they have gone more than 265 minutes without a home goal in all competitions, also drawing 0-0 with Pereira’s former club, Wolves
Pereira was Fenerbahce boss between 2015 and 2016 and in 2021, leading them to the Turkish Cup final in the first of those spells
Former Netherlands striker Pierre van Hooijdonk played for both clubs, scoring 36 league goals in just over two seasons with Forest to help the club earn promotion to the Premier League in 1997/98 before top-scoring for Fenerbahce in 2003/04 with 24 league goals as they won the Turkish title
Both of Fenerbahce’s defeats across their last 13 matches in all competitions have come against English clubs, also losing 1-0 at home to Aston Villa on January 22
Talisca and Kerem Akturkoglu have accounted for eight of Fenerbahce’s 10 goals in this season’s Europa League, each scoring four times
The absent Talisca’s total of 13 attempts on target is the most of any player involved
Only Lyon (61.4%) have averaged more possession in the 2025/26 Europa League than Fenerbahce (59.2%)
Bologna (29) and Young Boys (22) are the only teams to have been adjudged offside more often than Fenerbahce (21)
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