Our prediction for this Europa Conference League match:
Viking
Match Time & Date:
7 August 2025
18:00
Prediction: 2-1
Basaksehir
High-flying Viking will be aiming to extend their winning run in all competitions to four games when they face Basaksehir in the Conference League third qualifying round, first leg. Viking have been scoring goals for fun of late and we predict that they will stick to their attacking style of play in Thursday’s encounter. Austbo, D’Agostino, and Stensness are still injured, while Sander Svendsen will be the main threat for the opposition after scoring a hat-trick in the 5-3 win over Koper.
The Turks, on the other hand, rolled over Cherno More 5-0 on aggregate to set up a meeting with Viking in the third qualifying round. Viking, though, look unstoppable at the moment and with the Eliteserien being in a full swing, we predict that Cagdas Atan’s men are going to return to Istanbul empty-handed. There are no fresh injury worries in 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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