Read our prediction for Besiktas vs LASK Linz below. This preview was written by a sport journalist who is specialised in betting tips and predictions. Use our betting tips for the match between Besiktas vs LASK Linz and you can increase your winnings!
Besiktas vs LASK Linz Prediction & Betting tips
Besiktas Istanbul vs. LASK Linz is the name of the encounter we are dealing with in this article. While the Europa League qualification for the Turks is likely to pass rather than huge disappointment, hopes the Linzer fan base on the entry into the group stage. But you should also be aware that their team is considered a blatant outsider against the internationally experienced team of head coach Şenol Güneş. That the Turks are not taking the European Cup lightly, they showed already in the second round against the Faroese football club B36 Tórshavn, which was tapped with a total score of 8: 0 from the competition. The Austrians, who entered the competition in the second round of qualifying, also had no problems with their opponents. Against the Norwegian representative Lillestrøm SK it was at the end 6: 1 after two-leg play.
On Thursday (09.08.2018), LASK will first visit the Vodafone Park in Istanbul, Besiktas’ new home ground. Not only for the Austrian media it would be a miracle, if the Linzer would leave Turkey with one point. The bookmakers also favor the hosts clearly, so that simple three-way bets are hardly worth the effort. I myself expect a clear announcement from the Turks and recommend for the game Besiktas Istanbul against LASK Linz a tip on the home win (- 1). Bet-at-home offers betting odds of 1.84, which we consider appropriate with a bet of four units.
Besiktas:
In the last season Besiktas Istanbul made it to the knockout stage to the knockout round, where the Bayern Munich was then a significant number too big. Previously, however, the Black Eagles in a group with RB Leipzig, FC Porto and AS Monaco unbeaten and took the sovereign group victory. In the Süper Lig, the 15-time Turkish champions were not so optimistic, as a record of 21 wins, eight draws and five defeats, and a goal difference of 69:30 in the end were only enough for fourth place. The gap to the coveted Champions League place was in the final table, however, only a single point. Now the team of chief coach Şenol Güneş has to make do with the Europa League and will certainly want to play for the cup as well.
The performances of Besiktas shown in the preparation were at best mediocre. Thus, the Black Eagles against Schachtar Donetsk (0: 0) and Reading FC (2: 2) each only achieved a draw. In between, it put a crude 1: 4 package at CSKA Moscow. Only in the dress rehearsal before the Europa League start the Turks reached against FK Krasnodar the first victory. Here the Güneş-Elf also proved Moral and turns an early deficit in a 3-1 victory. On the way to the Europa League group stage Besiktas must miss a total of three rounds. The Turks easily survived the entry into the second round. In the first leg, the Turks made for a small preliminary decision with a 2-0 win at B36 Tórshavn. In the second leg Besiktas broke the Faroese football club downright in the ingredients and won with 6: 0.
LASK:
The LASK is a classic elevator team that regularly descends, only to rise again a short time later in the Tipico Bundesliga. Internationally, the Linzer were now 19 years disappeared from the scene and also returned to the Tipico Bundesliga, the Linzer after six years of abstinence only in the penultimate season back. Here, however, the team of head coach Oliver Glasner beat off surprisingly well, finishing fourth with a record of seventeen victories, six draws, thirteen defeats and a 49:41 goal difference. To classify this but with regard to the upcoming opponent, it should be mentioned here that the gap to the Austrian champion RB Salzburg was significant 26 points.
In preparation, the Linzer won only against Apollon Limassol (2: 1) and Gallneukirchen (6: 1). The more interesting games against Red Star Belgrade (1: 3) and 1 FC Heidenheim (0: 4) were lost significantly. The first competitive game of the new season completed LASK in the first round of the ÖFB Cup, where regional league WSC Wels was beaten sovereign with 3: 0, as hoped. Scarcely a week later, in the second round of the Europa League qualification, at home they went against Lillestrøm SK. Here, the Linzer delivered a Galaleistung and won easily with 4: 0. The second leg could therefore be relaxed for the Glasner team and nevertheless won 2-1. Between the qualifying matches LASK had in the opening match of the Tipico Bundesliga equal ran against the reigning champions and also lost in the height earned 3-1. Also on the last weekend the first victory of the season in the Austrian Oberhaus remained. Against SKN St. Pölten the Glasner-Elf played only 0: 0 and gave away a penalty.