Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Tallaght Stadium will host Thursday’s Conference League qualifier between St. Paticks and Basaksehir. The Saints showcased their worth in back-to-back wins over Sabah Baku, but they do not want to stop now. The Irish are eager to claim a major scalp in the Conference League playoffs and they are likely to fight tooth and nail against the Turks. There are no injury worries in the home team ahead of the first leg.
The visitors, on the other hand, faced no difficulties in the Conference League double-header with Iberia and they are seen as favourites to win the Tallaght Stadium clash as well. Basaksehir are more of a team than St. Patricks and we predict that the visitors are going to seal the victory in the first leg. A man to watch in the away team will be Joao Vitor, who has already netted two goals in the new Turkish Super Lig campaign.
Highlighted Team (Basaksehir):
Istanbul Basaksehir are one of the youngest clubs in Turkey. Founded in 1990, Istanbul Basaksehir play their home games at Fatih Terim Stadium, the venue that was opened in 2014. The Turkish club club have yet to win the national championship, but they did well to finish the 2016/2017 Super Lig campaign in second place in the standings.
As a result, Istanbul Basaksehir booked their place in the Champions League qualifiers and thanks to a win over Club Brugge in the two-legged tie the capital club set up a meeting with La Liga side Sevilla in the play-offs. Despite producing fine performances in the double-header against the star-studded Spanish side Istanbul Basaksehir eventually failed to make it to the Champions League group stages.
Nonetheless, the club will represent Turkey in the group stages of the Europa League in the 2017/2018 season. It has to be noted that the likes of Emmanuel Adebayor, Eljero Elia, Emre Belozoglu and Gael Clichy played for Istanbul Basaksehir in the 2017/2018 Champions League qualifiers.