As the UEFA Europa Conference League prepares for its return, Turkish sides Istanbul Başakşehir and Sivasspor will search to realize the early higher hand over Gent and Fiorentina, respectively, once they hit the highway on Thursday for the spherical of 16 phases.
The 2019-20 Süper Lig season champions, Istanbul-based Başakşehir, might be seeking to silence Gent’s Ghelamco Arena in a later kickoff, 11 p.m. CEST.
Under coach Emre Belözoğlu, the Orange-Navy blue aspect might be decided to return to Istanbul from Belgium with a triumphant consequence that may safe their place within the subsequent spherical.
The return leg of the match might be performed subsequent Wednesday, March 15, at Başakşehir’s Fatih Terim Stadium.
Başakşehir have submitted their matchday squad to UEFA for his or her upcoming tie in opposition to Gent, and one of many omissions, Caner Erkin, is ready to overlook out on the primary leg of the encounter.
Medipol Başakşehir have been elevating eyebrows with their profitable marketing campaign on this 12 months’s UEFA European Conference League.
While they managed to select eight wins from 12 matches, they have been held to 3 deadlocks and misplaced solely as soon as.
Eliminating Israel’s Maccabi Netanya within the second qualifying spherical within the UEFA Conference League and Iceland’s Breidablik within the third qualifying spherical, Başakşehir superior to the group stage by overtaking the Belgian consultant Antwerp within the playoff spherical.
They additionally had an automated qualification into the spherical of 16 after ending first of their group with Scotland’s Hearts, Latvia’s RFS and Italy’s Fiorentina.
Throughout the marketing campaign, Medipol Başakşehir have been unstoppable in entrance of aim, discovering the again of the online a exceptional 26 occasions whereas solely conceding seven targets.
On the flip aspect, Gent, featured within the UEFA Europa League playoffs this season, continued their journey within the UEFA European Conference League however sadly succumbed to a 2-0 defeat in each matches in opposition to Greek Cypriots, Omonoia.
They achieved a runner-up end in Group F, which included Norway’s Molde, Ireland’s Shamrock and Sweden’s Djurgarden. They have been pitted in opposition to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh within the final 16 playoffs.
Both groups emerged victorious on their residence turf within the pairing, scoring 1-0 every.
Gent then sealed their opponent’s destiny with a penalty shootout and superior to the final 16 rounds to face Medipol Başakşehir.
Sivasspor’s possibilities
Sivasspor are poised to tackle Serie A’s Fiorentina of their twenty ninth outing on the European stage.
Thus far, their document within the earlier 28 matches has seen 10 wins, 4 attracts and 14 losses, with the Red-White aspect managing to notch 33 targets but additionally conceding 50 within the course of.
The Braves, beneath coach Rıza Çalımbay, might be with out their three gamers, Mustapha Yatabare, Robin Yalçın and Caner Osmanpaşa, who’ve been sidelined resulting from harm.
Just like Başakşehir, Sivasspor might be weighing their possibilities to make it to the UEFA Europa Conference League quarterfinals, supplied they declare an early benefit in Italy on Thursday.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
