Konyaspor vs Red Bull Salzburg Predictions, 19 Oct 2017

The Match Is Over. Score: 0-2

Konyaspor v Salzburg Predictions for Thursday's 6.00pm kick-off Europa League group fixture facing Turkish Super Lig hosts Konyaspor and Tipico Bundesliga side Salzburg at Konya Buyuksehir Belediye. These two sides have never met before in European competition and this is the first time Konyaspor will have played an Austrian team.

Match status: 2017-18 Europa League - Group I
Kick-off: Thursday 19 Oct 2017, 06:00pm GMT
Venue: "Konya Buyuksehir Belediye" in Konya, Turkey

Konyaspor v Salzburg Team News

Konyaspor have had a poor start to the domestic season, having lost 5 of their 8 games (W2, D1, L5) and with only 8 goals scored. They have scored the fewest goals of any team in the league.

Konyaspor have had better results in front of their home fans this season, as their 3 wins (all comp.) were all at home. The Turkish side has only ever played 8 matches in European competition, winning just the once in their last game (2-1 at home to Guimaraes).

RB Salzburg are currently in good form as they are unbeaten in their last 8 games (all comp.), including a win at home against Marseille (1-0) and a draw on the road against Guimaraes (1-1).

With Munas Dabbur, Salzburg have a striker who is enjoying a great run of form. Dabbur has scored in 9 of the last 13 games (twice in the last 2 games) and the important goal in the 1-0 victory against Marseille.

All of Konyaspor’s domestic games and both of their Europa League fixtures to date have had exactly 2 or 3 goals in total.

Both teams seem to lose concentration in the 2nd half of their games, as both concede more goals in the 2nd period (Konyaspor 73% - Salzburg 78%).