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Good evening, one and all, and welcome to live coverage of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ game against Besiktas in Istanbul. Following defeats to open up the group, both of these teams can ill afford another loss here. Both have also made disappointing starts on the domestic front too, making this a hard game to predict. Team news is on the way next…

Europa League / Group Stage
Vodafone Park / 03.10.2019
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Dan Quarrell
ByDan Quarrell

Updated 03/10/2019 at 19:48 GMT+1

38'
Besiktas take a corner short and work some space for Ljajic, but a poor cutback from him wastes what was a promising opening.
35'
Braga have taken the lead in the group's other game.
34'
Lens gets the better of Jonny again and his cross falls to Erkin, on the bounce, who also can't keep his shot down.
31'
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Tokoz slides in on Jimenez, perhaps a little heavy-handedly, and the Mexican flies up in the air, encouraging the referee to produce a booking and he obliges.
D. Toköz
Yellow card
D. Toköz
Besiktas
Besiktas
29'
That's better from the hosts. The new arrival Nayir shows good strength to hold off a defender and lay the ball off for Ljajic, just inside the box, but the Serbian can't keep his shot down.
28'
Jonny and Neto combine down the left, with the latter sending in a cross that takes a deflection and forces Karius to make a save at his near post.
U. Nayir
On
U. Nayir
Besiktas
Besiktas
G. Yalçin
Off
G. Yalçin
Besiktas
Besiktas
27'
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Yalcin hits the floor to get the game stopped. Once it is, he picks himself up and makes way for Nayir. Yalcin hurt himself in an earlier bump with Saiss.
23'
Jonny trips Lens not far from his own penalty area an is lucky to escape without a card. Besiktas have a free-kick in and Erkin takes, although his in-swinging delivery lacks pace and is pretty straightforward for the defence to deal with.
20'
Neto is found in space on the left and has men to aim at in the box, but can't clear Elneny and the Arsenal loanee heads clear.
18'
An isolated Yalcin shoots well over from range. He's now headed to the touchline for some treatment.
18'
Good support.
17'
Lens runs at a couple of defenders and makes room for Ljajic, but his cross is then aimless.
16'
This looks like a game between two out-of-form teams thus far. Besiktas have had a lot of the ball, but it's unclear what they want to do with it.
12'
Gibbs-White looks to get past Erkin but can't as his stepovers don't fool the late call-up. Erkin played left-back in Besiktas' last league match.
10'
Moutinho attempts to slip Neto in behind the Besiktas defence, causing Karius to come off his line quickly to snuff out the danger.
8'
Besiktas win a free-kick out wide but Ljajic puts too much on it, allowing Patricio to claim.
6'
It looks like Nuno has set his team up to sit deep and try to frustrate the hosts. One attacking foray from Doherty, who soon lost the ball, is maybe the only time they have enter the opposition half.
3'
There are loud whistles whenever Wolves have the ball, which has been rare in the early minutes.
1'
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And we're off.
17:53
There's also one change to the Besiktas team to tell you about. An injured N'Koudou has dropped out, so Caner Erkin starts.
17:52
It's a very spacious tunnel at Vodaphone Park. The Wolves players are there, in black shirts and gold shorts, while the home team are wearing white shirts with black shorts.