UEFA Europa League Knockout round play-offs Thu, Feb 19 · 17:45 Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi, İstanbul
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Our take

Fenerbahce were slight favourites.

The two sides are close in strength. Recent goals, xG and shots on target tip the balance towards Nottingham Forest. Fenerbahce had 5 days of rest, Nottingham Forest 7.9 and had to travel 2,613 km.

Away travel2,613 kmRest days5 · 7.9Matches / 14d2 · 2
Fenerbahce46%
Draw26%
Nottingham Forest28%
Expected goals 1.64 – 1.24
Fenerbahce47%
Draw26%
Nottingham Forest27%
Expected goals 1.57 – 1.14
Fenerbahce45%
Draw26%
Nottingham Forest29%
Expected goals 1.58 – 1.22
Fenerbahce39%
Draw26%
Nottingham Forest35%
Expected goals 1.47 – 1.39
Fenerbahce45%
Draw26%
Nottingham Forest29%
Expected goals 1.56 – 1.20
Over 2.5 55% Both score 58% Likeliest score 1–1
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (İstanbul)

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RefereeSandro Schärer
  • Cards per match 3.9
  • Penalties per match 0.28
  • Matches 36

Team strength

FenerbahceNottingham Forest
69 L90 StrengthIn forecast 65
62 Current StrengthIn forecast 70
75 AttackIn forecast 68
53 DefenceIn forecast 74
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Fenerbahce

Attack—
Defense risk—

Nottingham Forest

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

FenerbahceNottingham Forest
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— xG allowedVia Att/Def —
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— Shots on targetVia Att/Def —
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— On target allowedVia Att/Def —
— BlocksContext —
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— FoulsContext —
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This league season, per match
2.40 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.40
0.80 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.20
1.80 xGVia Att/Def 1.50
0.88 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.47
+0.60 Goals minus xGContext -0.10
90% Scored inContext 70%
40% Clean sheetsContext 40%
15.40 ShotsContext 15.90
6.50 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.00
42% On target shareContext 34%
8.90 Shots in the boxContext 9.40
57% Box shareContext 58%
16% ConversionContext 9%
2.63 OffsidesContext 2.33
11.50 Shots allowedContext 11.70
3.80 On target allowedVia Att/Def 3.56
3.38 BlocksContext 3.78
2.90 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.22
76% Save rateContext 63%
59% PossessionIn forecast 46%
490 PassesContext 408
424 Accurate passesContext 334
87% Pass accuracyContext 82%
7.02 Team ratingContext 6.93
10.80 FoulsContext 11.50
12.30 Fouls sufferedContext 11.70
2.40 Yellow cardsContext 1.30
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.20
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Fenerbahce
Rest5 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,807 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Nottingham Forest
Rest7.9 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel2,613 km195 km in 14d
Schedule load20%Moderate
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Fenerbahce Nottingham Forest
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Moderate · 20
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match5Süper Lig 2025-2026, 14 Feb7.9Premier League 2025-2026, 11 Feb
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km2,613 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,807 km195 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 60 / 2 / 6
Next matchdays after this one42.8

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Fenerbahce Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
31Ederson(G)
18M. Müldür 24J. Oosterwolde 37M. Škriniar 27Nélson Semedo
17N. Kanté 6M. Guendouzi
9M. Aktürkoğlu 94Talisca 21Marco Asensio
26S. Chérif
+7 more reported missing outside this XI
Nottingham Forest Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
27S. Ortega(G)
3N. Williams 5Murillo 31N. Milenković 34T. Aina
6I. Sangaré 8E. Anderson
7C. Hudson-Odoi 10M. Gibbs-White 21O. Hutchinson
19Igor Jesus
+8 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Fenerbahce Scores -0.01 · concedes +0.02 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Nottingham Forest Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.07 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • Fenerbahce+1.2 pp
  • Draw-0.6 pp
  • Nottingham Forest-0.7 pp

Home / Away this season

Fenerbahce · Home No home games yet this season.
Nottingham Forest · Away No away games yet this season.

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Sandro Schärer 36 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.67
Red cards0.25
Cards 5+39%
Fouls22.7
Penalties0.28
Home wins36%
Fenerbahce1 with this referee
Record0-1-0 Cards · opp.3.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • D20 Feb 25A · Anderlecht2–23
Nottingham Forest

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

Fenerbahce
No complete event data.
Nottingham Forest
No complete event data.
Fenerbahce10 games · scored 24 · conceded 8
3 2 0-15
7 3 16-30
7 1 31-45
2 1 46-60
2 1 61-75
3 76-90
Nottingham Forest10 games · scored 14 · conceded 12
2 1 0-15
2 2 16-30
4 31-45
2 3 46-60
2 2 61-75
6 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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