BATE take on the visitors Konyaspor in the first leg of quarterfinals of UEFA Conference League qualification. The match will be played on Thursday, July 21th at Konya Buyuksehir Belediye Stadium (Konya).
BATE рфму lost the title three times in a row. First, the “gold” of the Higher League, which already seemed like a “mandatory program”, was taken by Dynamo Brest. Then Shakhtar (Salihorsk) was twice the best. Only now there is a real opportunity to regain the status of No. 1 in Belarus. It turned out to start the season with a trophy - victory in the Super Cup. It turned out to lead the standings. Still, there were enough misfires in the championship, including in the summer. There are no successes in European competition after 2018, when the Belarusian giant reached the 1/16 finals of the Europa League. A year later, Astana did not allow BETE into the main round of the same tournament. And in the last two starts, BATE took off from the very first opponent. In 2020, it was CSKA Sofia - 0-2. And last summer, having won in Georgia, the favorite lost in his native Borisov to Dynamo (Batumi) with a devastating score of 1-4.
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Konyaspor returned to the positions lost in previous years. The previous peak was a few seasons ago. In 2016, the Eagles of Anatolia achieved their highest result in the Turkish Super League - 3rd place. A year later, the only serious success was taken in the form of a victory in the national cup. But in the following draws, only once was 8th place taken. In other cases, they finished outside the top ten. Against this background, the last championship turned into a real breakthrough. Konyaspor managed to score 68 points - only Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor had more. This allowed them to return to European competition. There, the representatives of Turkey have not yet been able to prove themselves. In 2016 and 2017, Konyaspor got the opportunity to play immediately in the group stage of the Europa League. For all the time, 12 matches, it turned out to take only 1 victory.
Konyaspor makes only the 3rd start in European competitions, and they have not crossed paths with the Belarusians before. "BATE" once played with "Fenerbahce", and lost to them on aggregate (draw and defeat). Bookmakers do not believe in BATE, which is not surprising, it is in decline. But for Konyaspor, this is only the beginning of a new season. We bet on "2.5 goals scored".
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 scored goals.
