Maccabi Netanya vs İstanbul Başakşehir Match Analysis and Prediction

Israeli side Maccabi Netanya is set to host Istanbul Basaksehir from Turkey at Netanya Stadium in the second qualification round of the UEFA Conference league. Match day schedules for July 28 at 19:45 EAT.

The hosts started the season in positive style, before the European tie, they beat Maccabi Tel Aviv for the final of the Toto Cup and earned the right to compete in Europe after finishing fourth in Israel’s Ligat Ha’Al. Netanya are also impressive in home soil where they are unbeaten in their last nine games at the Netanya Stadium, winning six of those and keeping six clean sheets in the process.

Maccabi Netanya prepares for this fixture off the back of 1-1 Conference League Qualifiers stalemate with İstanbul Başakşehir in their most recent encounter. Patryk Szysz (81′) scored for İstanbul Başakşehir while Gil Itzhak (2’) scored for Maccabi.

Meanwhile, Basaksehir have been on a slight decline ever since they secured a long-awaited Turkish Championship title three seasons ago. Istanbul side however finished the season strong and managed to secure fourth place at the last round, earning a European qualification place. Away form they are they are also on an impressive form losing only once in their last eight matches.

Maccabi Netanya vs. İstanbul Başakşehir head to head

This will be the second head to head encounter between these two sides since the first leg of this fixture last week.

Home

• Basaksehir 1-1 Netanya
• Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-5 Netanya
• Maccabi Haifa 4-0 Netanya
• Netanya 0-0 Hapoel Tel Aviv
• Netanya 3-0 Bnei Sakhnin

Away

• Basaksehir 1-1 Netanya
• Basaksehir 3-1 Trabzonspor
• Giresunspor 1-1 Basaksehir
• Basaksehir 0-0 Galatasaray
• Kasimpasa 2-3 Basaksehir

Maccabi Netanya team news

The duo of Omri Gandelman and Roy Korine will be unavailalable for Raymond Atteveld’s selection through injuries while Plamen Galabov will miss out this game through suspension.

İstanbul Başakşehir team news

Boss Emre Belözoğlu has a fully fit squad ahead of this fixture.

Prediction and odds

We predict Instanbul Basaksehir to turn this game around; however a closely fought contest should be expected with the hosts proving a tough team to beat on their own patch domestically.

• Instanbul Basaksehir Win
• Draw
• Goals under 2.5