Istanbul Basaksehir successfully passed through the qualifiers before the group stage. They eliminated three opponents, recording five wins and one draw, conceding only one goal in those six matches. Since the beginning of the season, they have played 12 matches in all competitions, suffering only one loss as an away team. At home, they are perfect so far with five wins out of five matches.
Rapid Vienna was knocked off the top in Austria over the weekend after a 1:1 draw at home against LASK. They were in the Europa League qualifiers, where they eliminated another Turkish team, Trabzonspor, with a 1:0 win away and a 2:0 win at home. However, they were then eliminated by Braga after a draw at home and a 1:2 loss away. They have only one more loss since the beginning of the season, also as an away team, but in the league.
Prediction: 1X double chance and under 3.5 goalsThe odds are not very high for a double chance for the hosts, but I don't think they will lose. They perform strongly at home and I don't believe Rapid will leave Turkey with another victory. In combination with the double chance, I don't expect too many goals in the match and I would try 1X with under 3.5 goals in the game.
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