Vitória SC v Konyaspor background
Vitória SC perform Konyaspor in Guimaraes with both clubs meaningful that they mount usually an outward possibility of subordinate from Group I.
• The dual teams face a same scenario: to strech a turn of 32 they contingency win and wish that Marseille concurrently remove their final tie during home to organisation winners Salzburg. A pull ensures mutual elimination.
Previous meetings
• The sides came face to face for a initial time in Turkey on matchday two, Konyaspor claiming their really initial European feat with a 2-1 success pleasantness of goals from Musa Araz and Deni Milošević; Paolo Hurtado struck a satisfaction for a visitors.
• Vitória SC have now mislaid all 4 of their games opposite Turkish opposition, their one divided tie finale in a 3-0 better by Fenerbahçe in a initial turn of a 1990/91 UEFA Cup.
• In their usually other matches opposite Portuguese opponents, Konyaspor took on Braga in final season’s organisation stage, sketch 1-1 during home and losing 3-1 in Portugal.
Form guide
• Vitória SC have won only one of their final 12 European games (D3 L8), 1-0 during home to Marseille on matchday four. Prior to their 3-0 detriment during Salzburg on matchday five, they had scored one idea in any of their 4 Group we matches.
• Konyaspor have unsuccessful to win any of their 5 divided fixtures in UEFA foe (D1 L4), scoring only one idea on their travels and surrender ten.
• Fourth in a Liga and runners-up in a Portuguese Cup final season, Vitória SC are participating in their third UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League organisation stage. They unsuccessful to make it by in both 2005/06 and 2013/14.
• 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.
Links and trivia
• The tour from Konya to Guimaraes is around 3,500km.
• Vitória SC’s Uruguayan brazen David Texeira played bar football in Turkey with Sivasspor (2016).
• This is Vitória SC’s 64th UEFA diversion – and Konyaspor’s 12th.
• Suspended for subsequent compare if booked: Jubal (Vitória SC); Ali Turan, Jens Jønsson, Wilfried Moke (Konyaspor).
The coaches
• Vitória SC manager given summer 2016, Pedro Martins formerly managed MarÃtimo (2012/13) and Rio Ave (2014/15) in this competition’s organisation stage. A former Guimarães midfielder, he was capped once during his time during Sporting CP (1995–98).
• 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).