Marseille v Konyaspor background
Marseille flog off their UEFA Europa League Group we debate during home opposite Konyaspor, anticipating to extend a Turkish side’s wait for a initial European win.
Previous meetings
• The teams are assembly for a initial time and it is Konyaspor’s initial confront with French opponents.
• Marseille’s 6 games opposite Turkish clubs have finished W2 D2 L2 (W2 L1 in France).
Form guide
• Marseille have won both of their European home matches this deteriorate – opposite Oostende (4-2) and Domžale (3-0) – scoring 7 goals in a process.
• Konyaspor have nonetheless to equivocate better in a UEFA divided game, pang 2-0, 3-1 and 4-1 reversals.
• Fifth in France final term, Marseille final featured in a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre in 2015/16 when they done it to a turn of 32, eventually losing to Athletic Club.
• Winners of a 2016/17 Turkish Cup, Konyaspor done their European foe entrance in final year’s UEFA Europa League organisation stage, though unsuccessful to win in 6 matches (D1 L5).
Links and trivia
• The tour from Konya to Marseille is a small brief of 2,400km.
• Konyaspor defender Petar Filipovic turns 27 on a day of a Marseille game.
• The Turkish club’s midfielder Mehdi Bourabia was innate in Dijon, France, and played for Grenoble (2009–11) and LOSC Lille’s pot (2013–14) before streamer abroad.
• Konyaspor’s Ivorian midfielder Moryke Fofana also played in France with Lorient (2015–17).
• Marseille’s Adil Rami won a 2015/16 UEFA Europa League with Sevilla.
The coaches
• Marseille manager given 2016, Rudi Garcia started out as a midfielder during Lille, returning to lead a bar from 2008–13 – and masterminding their domestic double delight in 2010/11. He subsequently spent 3 seasons in assign during AS Roma.
• Konyaspor trainer Mustafa Reşit Akçay is behind in a organisation theatre for a third time, carrying coached Trabzonspor and Osmanlıspor in past editions. A girl specialist, he particularly went dominant in his initial 19 games in UEFA foe (W15 D4).