Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Basaksehir
Match Time & Date:
02/10/2024
16:30
Prediction: 2-1
Rapid Vienna
Istanbul Basaksehir will look to build on a 2-1 win over Sivasspor when they take on Rapid Wien in their Europa Conference League opener. Even though the Turks made a promising start to the new Super Lig campaign, Wednesday’s clash will be anything but a walk in the park for Cagdas Atan’s troops. Dimitrios Pelkas is back from the domestic ban, while the opposition back-line should have Joao Figueiredo at bay as the 28-year-old Brazilian scored a brace in the last league match.
The Austrians, meanwhile, are undefeated in the previous six games in all competitions. SK Rapid, though, suffered a 2-1 loss to Braga in their last away game in Europe, which is probably the main reason why we are going to bet on the home side. All Druijf, Dursun, Gale, Scholler, Seydi, and Zimmermann are out of contention with injuries for the visiting team.
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.
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