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Victor Dias - February 20, 2023
FC Basel vs Trabzonspor Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in Europa Conference League on Thursday, 23 February 2023
Goalkeeper Marwin Hitz saved his team from a major embarrassment as he stopped nine shots on target in the first leg. The job is still not complete as Heiko Vogel and his men will welcome Trabzonspor for the second leg at St. Jakob-Park. Basel supporters will give their opponents a tough time however, the visitors are looking prepared.
On the other hand, Trabzonspor silenced all critics as they defeated this team by 1-0 in the first leg. Jens Larsen scored the only goal in the 65th minute of the game.
This is going to be the fifth time both teams will go head-to-head. Back in 2019, Basel won by 2-0 in the Europa League fixture against this opposition.
It is important to understand that the hosts have won only a single game at home this year. We can expect Trabzonspor to advance to the next round as they showed tremendous quality in the first leg. It is unlikely that goalkeeper Marwin Hitz will save his team again this time. Looking at their league form, the hosts are winless in four of their previous five outings.
The visitors have consistently scored in their last three matches. At the same time, Basel scored seven goals combined in their last three wins at St. Jakob-Park. Therefore, it will be a good option to back on over 2.5 goals tip for the second leg.
The visitors have turned their full attention towards this game in the last few weeks. The only reason they scored one goal last time was because of Marwin Hitz’s brilliant performance. This time we can expect an attacking game plan from manager Abdullah Avcı. You can back the following, as our first tip for this game is that Trabzonspor will win this match– at 3.00 odd.
Moving on, a good second tip is that over 2.5 goals will be scored– the odd for this tip will be at 1.90. At St. Jakob-Park, the hosts are in good goal-scoring form. However, it does not change the fact that they have a poor winning record. Nevertheless, the visitors have scored consistently in their last three away trips.
