Medipol Basaksehir take on the visitors Shakhtar Donetsk in the first leg of Europa League qualifying round. The game takes place at Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium on Thursday, August 18th.
Basaksehir finished fourth in Turkish Superlig, ahead one of the giants Galatasaray. New season in Turkey hasn’t started yet and Basaksehir played only in Europa League qualification this summer. Today’s hosts have eliminated humble Rijeka only due to away goal, 0-0, 2-2. Basaksehir show their best football at home. They are undefeated in their last matches at own stadium with four wins and two draws recorded.
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Shakhtar are still looking for balance under new manager Paulo Fonseca. Former Mircea Lucesku’s team took four win in four matches of new season in domestic league but didn’t show confident football. On top of that, they got eliminated from Champions League, losing matchup with Young Boys on penalties after exchanging 2-0 home wins with Swiss side. This bitter loss was suffered after total domination of Shakhtar in both legs.
Basaksehir and Shakhtar haven’t met before. Ukrainian side has much bigger potential and should learn their lesson after disappointing elimination from Champions League couple of weeks ago. We should expect the visitors to be closer to a victory in this game.
Prediction for the match: Shakhtar Donetsk to win with +0.0 Asian handicap.
