Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Celje
Match Time & Date:
24/10/2024
18:45
Prediction: 1-1
Basaksehir
Thursday’s Conference League game at Stadio Z’dezele pits together Celje and Istanbul Basaksehir, the two teams that were beaten by Vitoria Guimaraes and SK Rapid respectively in their openers. Celje head into the match following a thrilling 4-3 win over Mura and they are likely to adopt yet another attack-oriented approach. The opposition back-line should have winger Aljosa Matko at bay as the 24-year-old has found his goal-scoring touch of late. Important defender Zan Karnicnik remains in the recovery room.
The Turks, meanwhile, suffered a 1-0 loss to Trabzonspor in their last league match and given their three-game winless run in all competitions, away win should not be considered. Taking everything into account, we predict that Basaksehir and Celje are going to share the spoils in Slovenia. Serdar Guler is a major doubt after limping off with injury against Trabzon, with Brazil forward Davidson being ready to step up.
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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