Good evening and welcome to LIVE coverage of Fenerbahce vs. Arsenal as two sides enduring testing times meet at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium to contest the first leg of their Champions League play-off. A 7:45pm kick-off for this clash.

Gonul Gokhan returns from surgery to take his place on the Fenerbahce bench but the game comes too soon for Erten Ersu who is out with a knee injury.

Fenerbahce - Demirel, Irtegun, Yobo, Bruno Alves, Kadlec, Topal, Meireles, Emre, Sow, Webo, Kuyt... Subs: Gunok, Korkmaz, Baroni, Potuk, Emenike, Gonul, Erkin /// Arsenal - Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Rosicky, Wilshere, Ramsey, Cazorla, Giroud, Walcott... Subs: Fabianski, Podolski, Monreal, Sanogo, Jenkinson, Frimpong, Gnabry.

Despite all their summer woes of missed signings and thrifty management, Arsenal are in a stable position when compared to their Turkish opponents. Fenerbahce face expulsion from the Champions League for match-fixing and it’s only because of their drawn out appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport that they can play this game at all. The upshot of all that means Arsenal can still qualify for the group stages even if they lose over two legs.