Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce Prediction: Hosts to wrap up the tie

Nottingham Forest have a commanding 3-0 lead in their Uefa Europa League play-off tie with Fenerbahce. The Tricky Trees host the second leg at the City Ground on Thursday (20:00 GMT, TNT Sports 1) as they look to finish the job.

Below you will find my Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce predictions, alongside the latest match odds and team news.

Team News

Chris Wood, Nicolo Savona, John Victor, Willy Boly (all knee) and Matz Sels (groin) remain sidelined through injury for Forest.

January arrival Luca Netz is not named in their European squad so he will not be involved on Thursday.

Igor Jesus is the joint-top scorer in this competition with seven goals, with his latest coming in last week's clash in Turkey.

Football Odds

Fenerbahce are going to be without the services of Milan Skriniar (groin), Caglar Soyuncu (muscle), Anderson Talisca, Ederson (both hamstring) and Edson Alvarez (ankle) due to injury.

Jayden Oosterwolde (groin) is also in the treatment room but he was is unable to feature because of an accumulation of yellow cards. This also rules out former Manchester United midfielder Fred.

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Nottingham Forest vs Fenerbahce Odds

Forest were comfortable 3-0 winners in Istanbul last week and they are 8/15 (implied probability of 65.2%) to triumph in 90 minutes here.

Fenerbahce drew on their last appearance against Kasimpasa on Monday and the stalemate here is on offer at 18/5.

The visitors are 4/1 to prevail in regulation time.

Forest are 7/4 to bag over 2.5 goals again.

Match Result & Total Goals Over/Under 2.5 - Nottingham Forest & Yes @ 11/10

Forest may view this tie as already won given their three-goal cushion. Vitor Pereira may be at liberty to make changes to his side so that some key players are rested for their Premier League trip to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday.

Regardless, the Tricky Trees boss would still be able to field a strong side that can be more than a match for a depleted Fenerbahce side. The Turkish outfit have no choice but to come out all guns blazing in the East Midlands to give them any hope of turning around this three-goal deficit.

The City Ground will be fired up for this one as Forest are having a jollier time of it in Europe than they are in the Premier League. They have one foot firmly in the round of 16 and I think they are more than capable of putting this tie to bed and I do think there may be a goal on offer to the visitors, too.

Over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Forest's past five outings in this competition, with the Tricky Trees winning each of those four matches.

Anytime Goalscorer - Igor Jesus @ 23/20

Jesus has been clinical in the Europa League this term and is firmly in the race to win the Golden Boot. The Brazilian has proven to be a good piece of business for Forest, despite not having the same joy in the Premier League this campaign.

He is playing his part to send the former European champions as far as they can go in this competition. The forward has struck four goals across his past three appearances in the UEL, including last week's first leg.

This should give him the confidence to add to his tally on Thursday night, especially given how light the Yellow Canaries are looking in defensive areas right now.

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