Istanbul Basaksehir and Cherno More face each other in a match from the second preliminary round of the Conference League, sportal.bg reported.
The match at the “Basaksehir Fatih Terim” stadium starts at 20:45 Bulgarian time, and the main referee will be Viktor Kopiyevsky from Ukraine.
The hosts come out as favorites in today's match mostly thanks to the fact that they won the first match. A week ago in Razgrad, the Turkish team won 1:0 and took a fragile lead. In addition, the home team factor will also play a role for Istanbul Basaksehir today.
However, Cherno More still has its chances. Ilian Iliev's team will have to win by at least one goal if they want to take the match to extra time. If they win by two or more goals, however, the "Sailors" will qualify directly for the next round.
The Varna team showed a good game a week ago. They organized several dangerous attacks, and at the very end of the match the goalpost prevented them from scoring. However, Cherno More has not yet won in European tournaments since the 2009/2010 season.
Basaksehir. In it, the "Sailors" defeated Botev (Plovdiv) 2:1 and thus gained confidence for today's match. The Turkish team, on the other hand, has not played any matches, as the championship in our southern neighbor has not yet started.
The winner of today's match will advance to the Conference League and will meet the winner of the Viking (Norway) - Koper (Slovenia) pair. Most likely, this will be the Norwegian team, which won the first match 7:0.