Copenhagen will face Istanbul Basaksehir in the second leg of Europa League last-16 tie.
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Copenhagen and Istanbul Basaksehir will lock horns in Europa League. The winner of this game will face Manchester United in a most certain way. United sets their last-16 tie with LASK on Wednesday. Both sides had met back in March this year. Basaksehir had an advantage on their Wednesday rival courtesy of a late penalty from Edin Visca. Okan Buruk's side recently won their first-ever Turkish league title to earn the place in the Champions League for next season. Meanwhile, Copenhagen are heading into this game after losing the title to FC Midtjylland by a 14-point margin. Stale Solbakken’s men reduced the margin with getting victories in the final two outings.
Team News & Lineups
Copenhagen
Martin Skrtel could be unavailable and sit as the substitute for this fixture.
Lineup: Johnsson; Varela, Papagiannopoulos, Nelsson, Bengtsson; Zeca, Thomsen; Stage, Wind, Daramy; Kaufmann
Copenhagen form (all competitions): L L D L W W
Istanbul Basaksehir
Solbakken is likely to go ahead with the same formation, they had against Nordsjaelland on July 26. Gael Clichy will make his name into the final sheet after contributing two assists in the last fixture as the replacement.
Lineup: Babacan; Caicara, Topal, Ponck, Clichy; Epureanu, Kahveci; Visca, Aleksic, Crivelli; Ba
Istanbul Basaksehir form (all competitions): D W W L W L
Key Players
Copenhagen
Jens Stage: 1 goal, 1 assist
Michael Santos: 1 goal, 1 assist
Dame N’Doye: 2 goals
Istanbul Basaksehir
Enzo Crivelli: 3 goals, 1 assist
Danijel Aleksic: 1 goal
Edin Visca: 3 goals, 1 assist
