Fenerbahce will take a 1-0 lead to Zenit St. Petersburg in the Europa League last 32 after Islam Slimani scored the only goal of the first leg on Tuesday.

Slimani struck in the 21st minute after being set up by Victor Moses, who is on loan at the Istanbul club from Premier League side Chelsea.

Zenit squandered a chance to equalize before halftime when Robert Mak's penalty was saved by Harun Tekin.

Islam Slimani celebrates after putting Fenerbahce ahead against Zenit St Petersburg

Slimani is congratulated by team-mate Eljif Elmas after putting Fenerbahce in the lead

Victor Moses, who is on loan from Chelsea, provided the assist for Slimani's goal

MATCH FACTS Fenerbahce: Tekin; Isla, Skrtel, Ciftpinar, Kaldirim; Jailson, Topal, Elmas (Ayew 72); Moses (Potuk 84), Slimani, Valbuena Subs not used: Demirel, Koybasi, Ozbayrakli, Neustadter, Frey Booked: Isla, Ciftpinar Goal: Slimani 21 Zenit St Petersburg: Lunev; Anyukov, Ivanovic, Rakitskiy, Nabiullin (Smolnikov 61); Mak (Marchisio 85), Barrios, Kranevitter, Hernani; Driussi (Azmoun 74) ;Dzyuba Subs not used: Neto, Ozdoev, Zabolotnyi, Kerzhakov Booked: Rakitskiy, Anyukov, Mak Advertisement

Zenit's Robert Mak saw his penalty saved by Fenerbahce's Harun Tekin just before the break

Tekin is praised by his Fenerbahce team-mates after managing to save the spot-kick

Zenit's Hernani attempts to win the ball as he challenges with Moses

The other round-of-32 games are on Thursday.

Fenerbahce's game was played early for security reasons to avoid it clashing with Istanbul rival Galatasaray hosting Benfica.

Moses is involved in a tussle with his former Chelsea team-mate Branislav Ivanovic

Slimani is involved in an aerial duel with Zenit's Yaroslav Rakitskiy