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Hello and welcome to our LIVE coverage of tonight's Champions League play-off second leg between Arsenal and Fenerbahce.

Champions League / Play-off round
Emirates Stadium / 27.08.2013
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Aggregate score 5-0
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    Reda Maher

    Updated 27/08/2013 at 21:42 GMT+1


    5'
    Arsenal have dominated the early possession stakes, but haven't made much progress in the final third.
    4'
    Both teams appear to be using 4-2-3-1 formations, with Giroud and Sow the frontmen for Arsenal and Fenerbahce respectively.
    3'
    Raul Meireles has the first effort on goal, but his shot is tame and straight down the throat of Szczesny.
    2'
    The Turkish champions arrive in North London with a 3-0 deficit from the first leg to overturn. Looks to be a tough, if not impossible, task.
    1'
    We're under way at the Emirates!
    19:42
    That famous Champions League anthem is ringing round the Emirates. Will the Arsenal fans hear it again this season after tonight?
    19:40
    Referee tonight is Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain).
    19:35
    MATCH ODDS:Arsenal 4/11, Fenerbahce 15/2, Draw 15/4
    19:30
    Remember - this entire tie could have been a waste of time if Fenerbache's appeal to the CAS against their European ban is rejected.
    19:25
    FACT: Fenerbahce have won five and lost just two of their last ten European away fixtures, including a 1-1 draw at FC Salzburg in this season's third qualifying round.
    19:20
    FACT: Fenerbahce have never beaten Arsenal. The Turkish side have lost two and drawn two of their four matches. Their biggest loss came during their last fixture against Arsenal at home, losing 5-2 in 2008.
    19:15
    FACT: Arsenal have won all five of their Champions League qualifiers they have played in – in 2011, 2009, 2008 , 2007 and 2006.
    19:10
    Ersun Yana: "Tomorrow's match is very important for us. We're playing a great opponent but our goal is to win. We have a great team and we always play to win. Obviously we lost the first match but we will play football that suits us. We are a well-established team of players and that will be reflected in our performance. "
    19:05
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    Arsene Wenger: "You qualify when you're ahead after the two games. Champions League is a fight. Everybody wants to give him best, and we want to finish the job. We have a decent advantage but we want to get over the line, so it's just about us winning the game."
    19:00
    Fenerbahce are going for it, starting with both Emmanuel Emenike and Moussa Sow playing up front. Volkan stays in goal despite his blunder in the first leg, whle Dirk Kuyt is back in action after his nasty head injury picked up in Holland training.
    18:55
    Laurent Koscielny is back from that nasty cut head suffered in the first leg, but he is only on the bench as Bacary Sagna continues as a makeshift centre-back. Jack Wilshere starts after being rested against Fulham, while Nacho Monreal steps in for Keiran Gibbs. Arsene Wenger is without Thomas Vermaelen who is still suffering with a back injury, Abou Diaby who remains sidelined with a niggling knee injury and the pair of Mikel Arteta and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
    18:50
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    TEAMS - Arsenal: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Sagna, Monreal, Ramsey, Wilshere, Cazorla, Walcott, Podolski, Giroud; Subs: Fabianski, Koscielny, Rosicky, Sanogo, Gibbs, Miyaichi, Frimpong /// Fenerbahce: Demirel, Gonul, Alves, Korkmaz, Erkin, Meireles,Sahin, Kuyt, Baroni, Sow, Emenike; Subs: Gunok, Ali Kaldirim, Irtegun, Webo, Potuk, Topuz, Ucan