Molde v Fenerbahçe background

Molde FK are certain of a place in the UEFA Europa League round of 32 and will be in the draw as Group A winners if they avoid defeat against Fenerbahçe SK.

• Fenerbahçe will progress if they triumph and Celtic FC and AFC Ajax draw in Glasgow.

Previous meetings
• Molde recorded a sensational 3-1 victory in Istanbul when the sides met for the first time on matchday one. It was their first encounter with Turkish opponents and the Yellow Canaries' maiden meeting with a Norwegian team.

• The 19 games between Turkish and Norwegian clubs in UEFA competition have left both nations' teams with the record W7 D5 L7 (W6 D2 L1 for the home side in fixtures in Norway).

Form guide
• Molde are unbeaten in four Group A games (W3 D1) and in their five European home fixtures this season (W3 D2). They have won both of their European contests since Ole Gunnar Solskjær returned as coach.

• Fenerbahçe have not conceded in their last two Group A games and are undefeated in three on the road in Europe (W1 D2).

• Both sides transferred over to the UEFA Europa League after UEFA Champions League third qualifying round defeats – Fenerbahçe lost to FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Molde to GNK Dinamo Zagreb.

• Molde are making their second appearance in this group stage, having missed out on the knockout phase in their maiden campaign in 2012/13.

• Semi-finalists in 2012/13, Fenerbahçe have made it through to the round of 32 in all three of their UEFA Cup and UEFA Europa League group stage campaigns (2006/07, 2009/10 and 2012/13).

Trivia and links
• The journey from Istanbul to Molde is around 2,800km.

• Molde are one of ten sides in this season's group stage who qualified for Europe as domestic champions, along with KS Skënderbeu (Albania), Qarabağ FK (Azerbaijan), APOEL FC (Cyprus), FC Viktoria Plzeň (Czech Republic), FC Midtjylland (Denmark), KKS Lech Poznań (Poland), FK Partizan (Serbia), Celtic FC (Scotland) and FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland).

• Molde lost their Norwegian title to fellow group stage contenders Rosenborg BK, who were confirmed as champions on 25 October.

• Fenerbahçe's Nani and Basel striker Breel Embolo were fouled 15 times in the first four matchdays – more than any other players in the competition.

• Fenerbahçe defender Bruno Alves turns 34 the day after the Molde game.

• Molde's Daniel Hestad became the oldest goalscorer in UEFA Europa League history at 40 years and 98 days when he registered the winner at Celtic on matchday four.

• Fenerbahçe defender Michal Kadlec can make his 50th UEFA club competition appearance in the Molde game.

The coaches
• Solskjær succeeded caretaker boss Erling Moe on the eve of matchday three. The former Manchester United FC forward scored 31 goals in 38 games for Molde before moving to Old Trafford and coached the club from 2011–14, winning two league titles and a national cup.

• Fenerbahçe coach since June, Portuguese technician Vítor Pereira was André Villas-Boas's assistant when FC Porto won the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League. He later claimed two league titles as the Dragons' coach and a domestic double in Greece with Olympiacos FC in 2014/15.