Konyaspor v Marseille background
Defeated in any of their dual prior divided fixtures in UEFA Europa League Group I, Marseille know that a third unbroken detriment on a highway would capacitate hosts Konyaspor to pierce above them in a standings.
• The French bar can validate for a turn of 32 with a diversion to spare, but usually if they win and Vitória SC do not compare them divided to organisation leaders Salzburg. Konyaspor will be separated if they lose.
Previous meetings
• In a analogous tie on matchday one, Marseille done home advantage count, defeating Konyaspor 1-0 in a Stade Vélodrome with a idea early in a second half from defender Adil Rami.
• Marseille’s 7 games opposite Turkish clubs have yielded 3 wins, dual draws and dual defeats. They are nonetheless to win in Turkey (D2 L1).
Form guide
• Konyaspor have unsuccessful to measure in 7 of their 10 European games and have won usually one of their 5 home fixtures, losing 3 of them.
• Marseille are but a European divided win in 2017, 3 draws followed by 1-0 defeats during both Salzburg and Vitória SC in this organisation stage. However, they have not conceded some-more than once in any of those 5 games.
• Winners of a 2016/17 Turkish Cup, Konyaspor done their European foe crawl in final year’s UEFA Europa League organisation stage. They collected only one indicate from their 6 matches.
• 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. They were UEFA Cup runners-up in both 1998/99 and 2003/04.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Marseille to Konya is a small brief of 2,400km.
• 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, who turns 26 on a day of this match, also played in France with Lorient (2015–17).
• Marseille defender Rami won a 2015/16 UEFA Europa League with Sevilla, starting 7 matches including a final opposite Liverpool.
• Marseille’s Boubacar Kamara is dangling after being shown a red label in a matchday 4 confront during Vitória SC, that means he will not be personification on his 18th birthday.
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Ali Turan, Jens Jønsson (Konyaspor).
The coaches
• 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).
• Marseille manager given Oct 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.