The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League Knockout Round Play-offs, as the hometeam Trabzonspor will try to edge Basel in their own ballpark.
It's quite the trip for Basel when visiting Trabzonspor as the cities are 3300 kilometers apart.
Trabzonspor and Basel should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Trabzonspor form and stats
Trabzonspor was eliminated in the play-offs last season in the Europa Conference League. Roma was too strong.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Şenol Güneş Spor Kompleksi as Trabzonspor have scored 19 goals to get 27 points from 11 games. The overall stats in the Super Lig are 8-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Trabzonspor lost their last game at Galatasaray after a 1-2 scoreline. Trabzonspor's goalkeeper Çakır was extremely busy against Galatasaray, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning eight saves. Bakasetas (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Bakasetas hit two key passes.
Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Antalyaspor.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Trabzonspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.
A decent goal production from Trabzonspor in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. Trabzonspor have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}.
Basel form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Pyunik, Zalgiris, Brøndby, Slovan Bratislava, Crusaders and CSKA Sofia in order to reach knockout round play-offs of Europa Conference League. Basel was sent out of Europa Conference League in the 8th finals last season, when Olympique Marseille turned out to be too strong.There's been little loot from Basel's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 10 away games in the Super League. Basel only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Total Europa Conference League statistics for Basel: 6 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.
Impressive finishing from Zeqiri, Amdouni and Ramos secured the home win 3-1 against Sion in their previous game. Midfielder Amdouni was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.14. Amdouni scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
It was a Super League defeat before that one as the away game against Grasshopper wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.We have checked recent matches where Basel have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 4 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
After this away game Basel return home for a Super League game against Servette. That game is only three sleeps after this.
12 goals have been conceded by Basel in these games.
Head 2 Head
Previous two meetings involving these teams: Trabzonspor won zero, Basel were winners in one and we saw one draw. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Hassan 7 goals |  A. Bakasetas 6 goals |   M. Amdouni 5 goals |
Trabzonspor missing players
Basel missing players
| Trabzonspor | Basel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 20 | 41 | ||
| 31 | 6 | Conceded | C | 17 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 84% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 57% | 64% | ||
| 64% | 43% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 43% | 52% | ||
| 40% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 44% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 71% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 32% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 14.3 | 16.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14 | ||
| 6.4 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 30% | ||
| 10.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.2 | 11 | ||
| 4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 48 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 35 | 45 |
| 2 | Servette | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 3 | St. Gallen | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Lugano | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 31 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Luzern | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 26 |
| 6 | Basel | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 25 |
| 7 | Grasshopper | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 32 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 8 | Sion | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 16 | -10 | 21 |
| 9 | Zurich | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -12 | 20 |
| 10 | Winterthur | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -21 | 20 |
