Both Trabzonspor and Red Star Belgrade will be looking to bounce back from their opening night defeats in Group H of the Europa League when they face off at the Medical Park Arena on Thursday.
Trabzonspor suffered a 3-2 defeat at Ferencvaros last week, while Red Star fell to a 1-0 home defeat to Monaco. The two now sit at the bottom of the table with zero points and will both be desperate to bounce back on Thursday as they seek maximum points.
The two had contrasting results though on the weekend in their respective domestic league campaigns with Trabzonspor suffering a 3-2 defeat at Adana in Turkish Super Lig, while Red Star Belgrade claimed a 2-1 win at Novi Pazar in the Serbian SuperLiga.
Therefore, we their confidence a bit higher than their hosts Red Star will fancy their chances, but Trabzonspor are a tough side to beat at home, having gone unbeaten in their last 26 home games, and thus we expect a hard-fought encounter here.
Trabzonspor vs Red Star Belgrade head to head
This will be the first encounter between the two sides. Take a look at their previous results;
Home
- Adana 3-2 Trabzonspor
- Ferencvaros 3-2 Trabzonspor
- Umraniyespor 0-1 Trabzonspor
- Trabzonspor 0-0 Galatasaray
- Trabzonspor 0-0 Copenhagen
Away
- Novi Pazar 1-2 Red Star Belgrade
- Red Star Belgrade 0-1 Monaco
- Red Star Belgrade 1-1 TSC Backa Topola
- Partizan 1-1 Red Star Belgrade
- Red Star Belgrade 4-1 Javor
Trabzonspor team news
Trabzonspor will be without Edin Visca, Bruno Peres, Anders Trondsen, Huseyin Turkmen, Serkan Asan and Yusuf Yazici due to injuries.
Red Star Belgrade team news
Red Star will be without Nenad Krsticic due to injury, while Mirko Ivanic is a doubt.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance (2, X)
- Goals over 1.5
- Both sides to score
