On Thursday, starting with 19:30, the FC Basel – TSKA Sofia match will be played, within the play-off for the qualification in the Europa League groups.
Despite the fact that FC Basel managed to win a single point in the previous 2 stages of the Super League (2-2 at home with Vaduz and 0-1 away with Servette Geneva), the “red-blues” are favorites to qualify in Europa League groups. The Swiss are from the “other league” compared to the band from the Bulgarian capital. The latter, reformed with players from all over the world in recent years, after serious financial problems, is not a stable team. In order to qualify for this phase of the competition, the Sofia team overtook the B36 Torshavn from the Faroe Islands. And the match was not easy, the Faroese managing to score once (1-3)! So, there is no doubt that the difference between FC Basel and TSKA Sofia is huge, football-wise.
-FC Basel eliminated Anorthosis Famagusta and Osijek in the previous rounds;
-TSKA Sofia comes after the championship defeat with Lokomotiv Plovdiv (1-2);
-TSKA Sofia have scored in the last 5 away games.
PREDICTION: Basel to win @ 1,55
