Gent vs Basaksehir Prediction & Tips
Looking to impose its home advantage to take the lead in the series, this Thursday the Belgian team of Gent prepares to take the field at the Ghelamco Arena in Gent, where in the first leg of the round of 16 in the Europa Conference League they will receive the visit of the Turkish team of Istanbul Başakşehir.
Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s men are coming from a good home win over Anderlecht (1-0), a result that allows them to recover from their loss to Club Brugge (2-0). In doing so, Gent recorded their third win in their last four official matches.
The buffaloes are in fifth place in the Belgian Pro League, but only one point below the Champions League playoffs, but now it is time to focus on the Europa Conference League, a competition to which they arrive after their elimination in the Europa League playoffs at the hands of Omonia Nicosia (4-0 aggregate).
In the Europa Conference League they finished second in their group, which led them to play in the playoffs with Qarabag from Azerbaijan, a series they won on penalties, after both teams won at home (1-0).
Now Gent seeks to impose its home advantage to overcome what it did in the last edition of this competition where it was eliminated in this same instance by PAOK of Greece, losing both matches of the series (overall 3-1), and at home the Buffaloes have three consecutive official victories, and in this competition they have three wins in their four matches.
For their part, Emre Belözoğlu’s men are coming off another setback with a 1-0 away loss to Alanyaspor, their second consecutive league defeat.
These results place Başakşehir in fifth place in the league standings, three points below European positions, but with a game in hand.
The Turkish team reaches this instance in a direct way, after their first place in their group where they only recorded one defeat in their six group stage matches (4 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss), although away from home they did not record victories in their last two matches.
It is Instabul’s second participation in this Europa Conference League and in the previous edition they were eliminated in the playoffs.
Gent – Basaksehir FREE TIPS
Gent – Win @ 2.25
