Basaksehir at Copenhagen 8/5/2020 - Europa League Picks & Predictions

Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir did a great job in their domestic league and managed to capture the title. They will now look to do an equally good job in the Europa League round of 16, where they will face Copenhagen for the second leg. Copenhagen lost the first match by a slim 0-1 on the road and will look to overturn the deficit.

Copenhagen played a really balanced match in the first leg in Turkey but conceded the only goal of the match at the 88th minute from the penalty spot. This is only their second presence in the round of 16 of the Europa League, having lost the other tie. Copenhagen are a team that really likes Under matches, having scored over one goal in just one of their last 11 European home matches. They have a 3-1-3 record at home this season, while they have a 9-10-7 record at home in all their Europa League matches.

Basaksehir have been really improving in recent years and this is actually their fifth consecutive European campaign. They managed to top their group that also featured Roma, Gladbach and Wolfsberger (3-2-1). Basaksehir managed to beat both Gladbach and Wolfsberger on the road this season but they have won just three of their last 14 European matches on the road (3-8-3). Recently they finished their domestic duties after capturing the Turkish title, so they will come here with an extra motivation to keep up the good work.