Istanbul Basaksehir vs Inter Turku - prediction, team news, lineups

Inter Turku volition caput to Turkey connected Wednesday to instrumentality connected Istanbul Basaksehir successful the archetypal limb of their UEFA Conference League second-round qualifying tie.

The hosts participate the moving for Europe's tertiary contention astatine this stage, portion their visitors had to navigate done a first-round contention with Sarajevo.

Match preview

Istanbul Basaksehir volition footwear disconnected their European run connected Wednesday with the hopes of gaining an vantage successful their Conference League qualifying necktie and moving person to the 3rd qualifying round.

The Turuncu Lacivertliler earned introduction astatine this signifier with a fifth-placed decorativeness successful the Turkish Super Lig successful 2025-26, having earned 57 points from their 34 games and pipped Goztepe to that spot with back-to-back victories to extremity the word successful May.

That saw them instrumentality to Conference League qualifying for the 3rd consecutive year, having reached the league signifier successful 2024-25 and fallen astatine the last hurdle past clip around, seeing disconnected Cherno More and Viking successful the 2nd and 3rd rounds lone to autumn to Universitatea Craiova successful a 5-2 aggregate decision successful the playoff round.

While they are backmost successful competitory enactment for the archetypal clip since May, Nuri Sahin's broadside person been engaged successful friendlies, taking connected Cracovia, SV Ried, RB Salzburg and Puskas Academy, having won 2-1 and 2-0 successful the past 2 respectively arsenic they cogwheel up for qualifying and the opening of their home run successful mid-August.

Istanbul Basaksehir volition present bid to instrumentality their archetypal measurement towards a instrumentality to the league signifier and marque the astir of location vantage connected Wednesday to summation a foothold successful their second-round tie.

Their visitors, meanwhile, travel into the necktie hoping to proceed their tally and execute European qualification for a main tourney for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Inter Turku earned a spot successful the archetypal circular of Conference League qualifying with a second-placed decorativeness successful the Veikkausliiga successful 2025, marking a instrumentality to qualifying for the archetypal clip since 2022, erstwhile they mislaid successful the archetypal circular against Drita.

The Sinimustat ended their hold for a archetypal continental aggregate triumph since 2005 this time, though, gathering Sarajevo and winning 3-2 having drawn 1-1 distant from location and won 2-1 connected Finnish ungraded acknowledgment to second-half goals from Alie Conteh and Clinton Jephta, who scored the decisive extremity 3 minutes from time.

A instrumentality to league enactment past followed connected Sunday, erstwhile Vesa Vasara's broadside visited Jaro and had to settee for a constituent successful a goalless stalemate, leaving them 2nd aft 16 top-flight outings connected 31 points and successful the midst of a 16-match unbeaten streak successful each competitions dating backmost to aboriginal May.

Inter Turku volition present acceptable retired to propulsion disconnected a large upset successful their second-round necktie and support their dreams alive, starting with a affirmative effect successful Wednesday's distant limb successful Istanbul.

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Team News

Istanbul Basaksehir's squad whitethorn look a batch antithetic to the 1 that finished the 2025-26 season, with Nuri Sahin having already bolstered his ranks with defenders Emin Bayram, Saba Kharebashvili and Michal Karbownik.

Notably, experienced winger Edin Visca has besides returned to the nine aft 4 years distant with Trabzonspor having made 398 appearances for the Istanbul nine earlier leaving successful 2022, signaling 110 goals and 118 assists.

The nine besides completed the imperishable seizure of Eldor Shomurodov implicit the summer, with the Uzbekistan international, who started each 3 group-stage games astatine the World Cup, having notched 22 Turkish Super Lig goals past clip around.

Inter Turku volition tract a akin starting XI to the ones that featured successful their 2 legs against Sarajevo successful the erstwhile circular aft making respective changes for the weekend's league game.

Alie Conteh scored successful some legs of their first-round necktie and has netted 8 goals successful 21 appearances this word and helium is bound to pb the onslaught again.

Goalkeeper Eetu Huuhtanen was not progressive astatine the weekend, having been a regular beforehand, and Eero Vuorjoki whitethorn proceed successful the sticks if helium is ruled out, portion Ilari Kangasniemi and Luka Kuittinen volition proceed their centre-back partnership.

Istanbul Basaksehir imaginable starting lineup:

Sengezer; Bulut, Opoku, Ba, Karbownik; Kemen, Gunes; Visca, Fayzullaev; Shomurodov, Selke

Inter Turku imaginable starting lineup:

Vuorjoki; Saarinen, Kuittinen, Kangasniemi, Niska; Tuominen, Ahiabu, Laine; Essomba, Conteh, Jephta

We say: Istanbul Basaksehir 3-1 Inter Turku

Inter Turku showed signs of improving connected the European signifier with an aggregate triumph successful the past round, but their upcoming necktie represents a large measurement up and we bash not spot them having the prime to lucifer Istanbul Basakehir, peculiarly distant from home.

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