Get ready for the return leg of the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs between Basel and Trabzonspor. This should be an interesting match and this preview contains everything you need to know. Read on!
Trabzonspor have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 3300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Basel have less rest than Trabzonspor in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. This match was also played here at St. Jakob-Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Trabzonspor have had more rest.
Basel form and stats
Basel have reached this Europa Conference League stage through battling and winning against Pyunik, Zalgiris, Brøndby, Slovan Bratislava, Crusaders and CSKA Sofia. Basel participated in Europa Conference League the last season, where they reached the 8th finals and lost against Olympique Marseille.Basel have played 11 Super League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-5-2 (wins-draws-losses). 6W-3D-4L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for Basel.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Basel, who played 2-2 against Servette. That match was also played at this venue (St. Jakob-Park). Amdouni (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.41/10. Amdouni scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 7 of 10 times and had 28 successful passes (of 32 total).
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Trabzonspor in the Europa Conference League.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Basel as they are travelling to their away game against Lugano in the Super League. That match is three days after this one.
The Basel fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Basel have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Trabzonspor form and stats
Last season their Europa Conference League adventure ended in the play-offs against Roma.There's been little loot from Trabzonspor's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Super Lig. Trabzonspor only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws.
The followers enjoyed Trabzonspor's previous match versus Basel, a Europa Conference League win (1-0) played at home. Midfielder Bakasetas was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.85. Bakasetas hit two key passes and had 66 successful passes (of 77 total).
Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Galatasaray's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Trabzonspor playing away and similar expectations, we found 7 relevant matches. Results were 3 Trabzonspor wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.
The visiting Trabzonspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 11 games. Trabzonspor have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The most recent recorded history between these sides is the Trabzonspor - Basel 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the former three meetings): Basel won one game, one match ended with a draw and Trabzonspor got one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / two.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Hassan 7 goals |   M. Amdouni 6 goals |  A. Zeqiri 6 goals |
Basel missing players
Trabzonspor missing players
| Basel | Trabzonspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 16 | 42 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 25 | 29 | ||
| 84% | 73% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 91% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 8% | ||
| 6.5 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 2.4 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14.3 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 14.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 28% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 26% | ||
| 11.2 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Young Boys | 21 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 35 | 46 |
| 2 | Servette | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 27 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 33 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 29 |
| 4 | Lugano | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 29 |
| 5 | Luzern | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 6 | Basel | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 24 |
| 8 | Zurich | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | -11 | 23 |
| 9 | Sion | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 17 | -10 | 22 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -22 | 21 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Galatasaray | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 30 | 54 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | 28 | 45 |
| 3 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 40 |
| 4 | Besiktas | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Adana Demirspor | 21 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 38 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 5 | 38 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 32 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 27 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 3 | 26 |
| 10 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | -8 | 25 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 18 | -5 | 24 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 24 |
| 14 | Hatayspor | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -19 | 23 |
| 15 | Ankaragucu | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 24 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -9 | 22 |
| 16 | Kasimpasa | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -14 | 22 |
| 17 | Giresunspor | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -18 | 21 |
| 18 | Istanbulspor | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 21 |
| 19 | Umraniyespor | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 26 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -14 | 14 |
