Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir v Braga background
Ä°stanbul BaÅŸakÅŸehir contingency finish a bad method of new home formula in Europe if they are to validate from Group C alongside visitors Braga, who reliable their participation in a turn of 32 final time out.
• The Turkish bar need a win total with a improved for Ludogorets during separated Hoffenheim in a other organisation tie to make it through, while Braga will bind initial place with a win or if Ludogorets destroy to explain all 3 points in Germany.
Previous meetings
• Braga prevailed in a teams’ initial European confront – and BaÅŸakÅŸehir’s lass assembly with Portuguese opponents – when they won 2-1 during home on matchday two, a late Fransérgio leader determining a outcome after first-half goals from Ahmed Hassan and a visitors’ Emre BelözoÄŸlu. The maestro Turkish general became a UEFA Europa League’s fifth oldest goalscorer aged 37 years and 21 days.
• Braga have had a improved of their 11 prior duels with Turkish clubs: W7 D1 L3. Having won their initial 3 games in Turkey, they have returned winless from a nation in any of a past dual UEFA Europa League campaigns, however, losing 1-0 to Fenerbahçe in 2015/16 and sketch 1-1 during Konyaspor final term.
Form guide
• İstanbul Başakşehir are nonetheless to win during home in 5 UEFA Europa League matches, subordinate enclosed (D3 L2). They have won usually dual of their 15 European fixtures (D6 L7).
• Braga have left 21 European games though a purify piece though are undefeated in their final 6 divided fixtures in UEFA foe (W2 D4).
• Last term’s Turkish joining and crater runners-up were beaten 4-3 on total by Sevilla in a UEFA Champions League play-offs and are creation their UEFA organisation theatre entrance this season.
• Fifth in Portugal final term, and runners-up in a 2010/11 UEFA Europa League, Braga are competing in this organisation theatre for a third true season. Last year’s disaster to make a turn of 32 finished a ideal record of subordinate from UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League organisation stages, their initial 5 forays carrying all valid successful.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Braga to Istanbul is around 3,100km.
• BaÅŸakÅŸehir’s Mossoró was a Braga actor from 2008 to 2013 and featured in their 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final improved by Porto.
• BaÅŸakÅŸehir’s other Brazilian player, Júnior Caiçara, also played in Portugal for Gil Vicente (2010–12).
• Braga’s Bruno Viana and BaÅŸakÅŸehir’s one-time Portuguese girl general Manuel da Costa won a Greek Super League together with Olympiacos in 2016/17.
• Braga’s Fransérgio has scored 4 goals in a organisation stage, carrying never formerly found a net in European competition.
• Braga’s Ricardo Ferreira and Marcelo Goiano are dangling on matchday six.
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Júnior Caiçara, Mevlüt Erdinç, Gökhan Inler (İstanbul Başakşehir); Raúl Silva, Ricardo Esgaio (Braga).
The coaches
• Abdullah Avcı led Turkey to success in a 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship before holding a Başakşehir reins for a initial time from 2006–11. He returned to a bar in 2014 following an catastrophic army as Turkey boss.
• At a helm given Apr 2017, Abel Ferreira was formerly Braga’s B group coach. A right-back, he graduated from home-town side Penafiel to Vitória Guimarães, Braga and Sporting CP, where he won dual Portuguese Cups before timid in 2011.