Salzburg v Konyaspor background
With 7 points from a probable 9 in UEFA Europa League Group I, Salzburg are good on a approach to reaching a turn of 32 for a fifth time in 7 organisation theatre attempts. They confirmed their movement with a 2-0 win during Konyaspor final time out.
Previous meetings
• Konyaspor’s initial confront with Austrian opponents resulted in their heaviest European home better as Salzburg took a matchday 3 honours interjection to an early idea from Norwegian striker Fredrik Gulbrandsen and a late second from in-form Israeli import Munas Dabbur.
• Salzburg’s record in 5 games opposite Turkish teams is W2 D1 L2, both of those defeats carrying come in Turkey.
Form guide
• Salzburg are dominant in 8 UEFA Europa League matches (W6 D2), surrender usually 3 goals during that run.
• Konyaspor cumulative their initial European win during a eighth try when they kick Vitória SC 2-1 during home on matchday two. They have mislaid all 4 of their divided fixtures in UEFA competition, scoring one idea and shipping ten.
• Austrian joining and crater double winners for a past 4 seasons, and 1994 UEFA Cup runners-up, Salzburg missed a cut in final year’s UEFA Europa League organisation stage, after subsequent in their prior 3 attempts.
• Winners of a 2016/17 Turkish Cup, Konyaspor done their European foe crawl in final year’s UEFA Europa League organisation stage. They collected usually one indicate from their 6 matches.
Trivia and links
• The tour from Konya to Salzburg is usually over 1,900km.
• Salzburg won final season’s UEFA Youth League, violence Benfica in a final underneath Marco Rose – now in assign of a comparison side.
• Along with FCSB, Salzburg are in a record seventh UEFA Europa League organisation stage, that creates this their record-equalling 40th organisation game.
• This is also Salzburg’s 50th UEFA Europa League match, organisation theatre to final; they are a fifth bar to strech that landmark figure, emulating PSV Eindhoven, Villarreal, Athletic Club and Anderlecht.
• Salzburg are a usually bar to have achieved a limit 18 points in a UEFA Europa League organisation theatre on dual occasions (2009/10 and 2013/14).
• Konyaspor defender Petar Filipovic has played in Austria with Ried (2015–16) and Austria Wien (2016–17).
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Ali Turan (Konyaspor).
The coaches
• Previously active as youth-team boss, Rose stepped adult to a comparison Salzburg helm after prototype Óscar GarcÃa left in June. A defender with home-town bar Leipzig, Hannover and Mainz, he has been on Salzburg’s staff given 2013.
• Having worked for several Super League clubs, manager Mehmet Özdilek insincere duties during Konyaspor on 26 October. The 51-year-old enjoyed his many successful times during Antalyaspor during a five-season stay (2008–13). In his final season, Antalyaspor available a famous 3-1 win opposite Fenerbahçe, finale a Istanbul side’s 47-match dominant home run.