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Istanbul Basaksehir v Universitatea Craiova : Europa Conference match betting preview, prediction and odds

Thu 21st Aug, 18:45 BST, Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul

Istanbul Basaksehir are in Europa Conference action on Thursday evening, as Çagdas Atan looks to get one over on Mirel Matei Radoi and his Universitatea Craiova side at the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium. We want you to make a smart bet on this match, so we've delved into our 20+ year database and found the statistics that will help you do exactly that. Head to head (H2H) and recent form are included, and it all goes into our algorithmic predictions. Odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers are there to make sure you get the best return.

Best Tip: Istanbul to win

As the Istanbul players prepare themselves for this clash, the bookies have predicted a victory for them. The odds and our pre-match statistics below suggest the same, as does the historical head-to-head (H2H) information we factor into our predictive algorithms. The Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium has not been a successful away day for Universitatea Craiova in the past, and we expect more of the same come Thursday evening. A win / draw / win home win is the bet.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Istanbul are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 61% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.62.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Istanbul 61%	-	1.60
Draw 21%	-	4.00
Universitatea Craiova 19%	-	5.50
Istanbul 2-1 10%	-	8.00
Draw 1-1 10%	-	7.50
Istanbul 2-0 9%	-	7.50
Istanbul 1-0 9%	-	6.50
Istanbul 3-1 7%	-	12.00
Istanbul 3-0 6%	-	11.00
Draw 2-2 5%	-	15.00
Universitatea Craiova 2-1 5%	-	15.00
Universitatea Craiova 1-0 5%	-	12.00
Draw 0-0 4%	-	10.00
Istanbul 3-2 4%	-	21.00
Istanbul 4-1 4%	-	21.00
Istanbul 4-0 3%	-	19.00
Universitatea Craiova 2-0 2%	-	23.00
Istanbul 4-2 2%	-	34.00
Over 2.5 Goals 61%	-	1.83
Under 2.5 Goals 39%	-	1.91
Home 1st Goal 56%	-	1.48
Away 1st Goal 42%	-	3.00
No 1st Goal 3%	-	9.50
BTTS - Yes 58%	-	1.91
BTTS - No 42%	-	1.80
BTTS - Home Win 31%	-	3.40
BTTS - Draw 16%	-	5.25
BTTS - Away Win 11%	-	9.00
Home/draw 81%	-	1.14
Away/draw 39%	-	2.30
Home/away 79%	-	1.22
Over 1.5 Goals 82%	-	1.29
Under 1.5 Goals 18%	-	3.40
Over 3.5 Goals 39%	-	3.10
Under 3.5 Goals 61%	-	1.33
Over 4.5 Goals 21%	-	5.75
Under 4.5 Goals 79%	-	1.12
Over 5.5 Goals 10%	-	11.00
Under 5.5 Goals 90%	-	1.03
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	-	1.04
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	-	9.50
Home DNB 75%	-	1.22
Away DNB 33%	-	3.90
Istanbul win to nil 30%	-	-
Universitatea Craiova win to nil 8%	-	-
Istanbul / Istanbul 32%	-	2.40
Istanbul / Universitatea Craiova 2%	-	34.00
Istanbul / Draw 6%	-	13.00
Draw / Istanbul 19%	-	4.20
Draw / Universitatea Craiova 8%	-	10.00
Draw / Draw 14%	-	5.50
Universitatea Craiova / Istanbul 4%	-	19.00
Universitatea Craiova / Universitatea Craiova 10%	-	8.00
Universitatea Craiova / Draw 5%	-	15.00

Win / draw / win Europa Conference table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Istanbul Universitatea Craiova
Results by League Table

	TEAM	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Cherno More	w 4-0F	w 0-1F	-	-
2	Viking	d 1-1A	w 1-3A	-	-
3	Universitatea Craiova	Aug 21	Aug 28	-	-
4	Sarajevo	-	-	w 4-0F	l 2-1A
5	Spartak Trnava	-	-	w 3-0F	l 4-3F
6	Istanbul	-	-	Aug 28	Aug 21

Win / draw / win form

Universitatea Craiova have lost 3 consecutive away european games

Istanbul have not lost in 8 consecutive european games

Universitatea Craiova have not won in 9 consecutive away european games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Istanbul	1 - 1	Viking
Istanbul	4 - 0	Cherno More
Istanbul	3 - 1	Heidenheim
Istanbul	1 - 1	Petrocub
Istanbul	1 - 2	Rapid Wien
Istanbul	2 - 0	St Patrick's
Istanbul	2 - 0	Saburtalo
Istanbul	6 - 1	SP La Fiorita
Istanbul	1 - 4	Gent
Istanbul	3 - 1	Hearts
Istanbul	3 - 0	Rigas Futbola Skola
Istanbul	3 - 0	Fiorentina
Istanbul	1 - 1	Antwerp
Istanbul	3 - 0	Breiðablik
Istanbul	1 - 1	Maccabi Netanya
Istanbul	3 - 4	RB Leipzig
Istanbul	2 - 1	Man Utd
Istanbul	0 - 2	PSG
Istanbul	1 - 0	Kobenhavn
Istanbul	4 - 1	S. Lisbon

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

19 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

1 / 20

Won

Draw

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Istanbul	1 - 1	Viking
A	Istanbul	3 - 1	Viking
H	Istanbul	4 - 0	Cherno More
A	Istanbul	1 - 0	Cherno More
A	Istanbul	1 - 1	Cercle B
H	Istanbul	3 - 1	Heidenheim
H	Istanbul	1 - 1	Petrocub
A	Istanbul	2 - 2	Kobenhavn
A	Istanbul	1 - 5	Celje
H	Istanbul	1 - 2	Rapid Wien
H	Istanbul	2 - 0	St Patrick's
A	Istanbul	0 - 0	St Patrick's
H	Istanbul	2 - 0	Saburtalo
A	Istanbul	1 - 0	Saburtalo
A	Istanbul	4 - 0	SP La Fiorita
H	Istanbul	6 - 1	SP La Fiorita
H	Istanbul	1 - 4	Gent
A	Istanbul	1 - 1	Gent
H	Istanbul	3 - 1	Hearts
A	Istanbul	1 - 2	Fiorentina

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

5 / 9

Conceded

9 / 9

Clean sheets

0 / 9

Failed to score

4 / 9

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Spartak Trnava	4 - 1	Universitatea Craiova
Sarajevo	2 - 1	Universitatea Craiova
Maribor	2 - 0	Universitatea Craiova
Beer Sheva	0 - 0	Universitatea Craiova
Luhansk	1 - 0	Universitatea Craiova
Vllaznia Shkoder	1 - 1	Universitatea Craiova
Laci	1 - 0	Universitatea Craiova
AEK	1 - 1	Universitatea Craiova
RB Leipzig	3 - 1	Universitatea Craiova

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

12 / 18

Conceded

13 / 18

Clean sheets

5 / 18

Failed to score

6 / 18

Won

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 4	Spartak Trnava
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Spartak Trnava
H	Universitatea Craiova	4 - 0	Sarajevo
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 2	Sarajevo
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 2	Maribor
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 2	Maribor
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 0	Beer Sheva
H	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Beer Sheva
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Luhansk
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 1	Luhansk
H	Universitatea Craiova	3 - 0	Vllaznia Shkoder
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	Vllaznia Shkoder
H	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 0	Laci
A	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 1	Laci
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	AEK
H	Universitatea Craiova	0 - 2	AEK
H	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 1	RB Leipzig
A	Universitatea Craiova	1 - 3	RB Leipzig

Goal Statistics

Istanbul Basaksehir's defensive record is very strong, Ç. Atan's men having conceded 1 or less in 7 consecutive Europa Conference games. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.1 for Universitatea Craiova makes sense in this context.

	Istanbul 26th	Universitatea Craiova st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	2.1 goals	1.1 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 12% 1 26% 2 27% 3 19% 4+ 16% There is a 62% probability that Istanbul will score 2 or more goals in this match	0 34% 1 37% 2 20% 3 4+ There is a 71% probability that Universitatea Craiova will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	+22 Istanbul have scored 22% more goals at home than predicted	=0 Universitatea Craiova’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	2.3 average goals scored	0.6 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.9 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa Conference - 2025/2025 season

16%

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Games scored	15		12
Failed to score	4		6
Scored first	8		8
Goals scored	30		23
Avg. goals scored	1.5		1.3
Avg. shots per game	8		11
Avg. shots per goal	6		9
Conversion rate for	18		12
Avg. XG for	1.5		2.1
KickOff rating		+16%

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11%

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Games conceded	13		12
Clean sheets	6		6
Conceded first	10		9
Goals conceded	28		21
Avg. goals conceded	1.4		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	7		9
Conversion rate against	14%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.6		1.8
KickOff rating		+11%

The line-ups for the Europa Conference match between Istanbul v Universitatea Craiova will show here when available.

Istanbul Europa Conference squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	2	1	2
M Şengezer	C Operi	C Operi	M Şengezer

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
M Şengezer GLK	4			2 -
O Bulut DEF	4			-
L Duarte DEF	4			-
O Ba DEF	4			2 -
C Operi DEF	4	2	1	-
B Özdemir MID	4			-
M Crespo MID	4	1	1	1 -
N Costa FWD	4	1	1	-
E Shomurodov FWD	4		1	-
D Türüc FWD	4	1		1 -
Y Sari FWD	4		1	-
U Güneş MID	3		1	-
Ömer Ali Sahiner MID	3	1	1	-
D Selke FWD	3	2		-
I Brnic FWD	3	1		-
H. Güreler DEF	2			-
O Kemen MID	2		1	-
Ömer Beyaz MID	2			1 -
F Ebosele DEF	1			-
O Ergün MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	2	1	2
C Operi	C Operi	C Operi	M Crespo

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
C Operi DEF	2	2	1	1
D Selke FWD	2	2
M Crespo MID	1	1	1	2
N Costa FWD	1	1	1
D Türüc FWD	1	1		1
Ömer Ali Sahiner MID	1		1
I Brnic FWD	1	2
B Özdemir MID		1		1
E Shomurodov FWD			1	1
Y Sari FWD		1	1	1
U Güneş MID			1
O Kemen MID			1	1
Ömer Beyaz MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
188	9	18
O Ba	O Bulut	O Ba

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
O Ba DEF	188	5	18
L Duarte DEF	150	4	17
B Özdemir MID	147	3	14
C Operi DEF	145	2	7
M Şengezer GLK	142		2
O Bulut DEF	107	9	12
M Crespo MID	89	7	15
D Türüc FWD	65	1	4
Ömer Ali Sahiner MID	62	4	7
I Brnic FWD	50	1	6
Y Sari FWD	46	1	10
E Shomurodov FWD	38		5
N Costa FWD	26	1	14
D Selke FWD	23		9
Ömer Beyaz MID	22		1
U Güneş MID	19
O Kemen MID	8	1	2
H. Güreler DEF	1	2	2
F Ebosele DEF	1

Universitatea Craiova Europa Conference squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
4	4	3	2
P Isenko	A Hamlawi	S. Pereira Nunes Silva	S. Pereira Nunes Silva

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
P Isenko GLK	4			1 -
O Romanchuk DEF	4	1		1 -
J. Badelj DEF	4			-
S. Pereira Nunes Silva MID	4		3	2 -
A Cretu MID	4		1	-
T Băluță MID	4	1	1	-
A Cicaldau MID	4	1		-
L Houri MID	4		1	2 -
S Baiaram MID	4	2		-
A Hamlawi FWD	4	4		-
C Mora FWD	4	1	2	-
N Bancu DEF	3			-
V Mogos DEF	3			-
A Mekvabishvili MID	3		1	-
V Screciu MID	3			1 -
F Ştefan DEF	2			-
N Stevanovic DEF	2			-
A Labe FWD	2	1		-
J Marković FWD	2			-
B Ndong DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	4	3	2
A Hamlawi	S Baiaram	S. Pereira Nunes Silva	T Băluță

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Hamlawi FWD	4	1		1
S Baiaram MID	2	4
O Romanchuk DEF	1
T Băluță MID	1	2	1	2
A Cicaldau MID	1	1
C Mora FWD	1	2	2
A Labe FWD	1	2
S. Pereira Nunes Silva MID			3	1
A Cretu MID		1	1
L Houri MID			1	1
A Mekvabishvili MID		1	1	2
F Ştefan DEF				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
104	7	16
V Screciu	C Mora	S Baiaram

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
V Screciu MID	104	4	13
J. Badelj DEF	97	4	7
T Băluță MID	95	3	9
O Romanchuk DEF	75	5	12
A Cicaldau MID	68		3
C Mora FWD	58	7	16
P Isenko GLK	58		4
S Baiaram MID	57	2	16
S. Pereira Nunes Silva MID	38	4	9
F Ştefan DEF	32	3	4
N Bancu DEF	27	2	2
A Hamlawi FWD	26		7
A Mekvabishvili MID	26	4	7
A Labe FWD	23	1	4
L Houri MID	20	2	5
N Stevanovic DEF	18	1	3
V Mogos DEF	15	1	3
A Cretu MID	8		3