Slovan Bratislava got a good result away to Basel last week, and now they will host the second and decisive leg of this tie finely poised at 2-2 at the Tehelne Pole on Thursday at 17:45 GMT.
Key Highlights
Slovan Bratislava will hope to improve on their home 0-1 defeat against MSK Zilina in the Slovak Super Liga play-off on Sunday. They will look to leverage their home advantage to drive forward and get a good early start that they need.
Basel, who were unbeaten in the Swiss Super League in four matches before hosting St. Gallen, will look to leverage this form into their clash with Slovan Bratislava on Thursday as they bid to make it into the quarterfinals of the Europa Conference League campaign.
Injury Report
Slovan Bratislava will be without Lukas Pauschek (hand fracture), Michal Sulla (cruciate ligament injury), and Jaromir Zmrhal (unknown injury); all are unavailable for the FC Basel clash on Thursday.
FC Basel will be without the services of Arnau Comas (unknown injury) and Taulant Xhaka (ill) for the clash away to Bratislava.
Prediction
Slovan Bratislava will look to dominate the ball and put pressure on Basel.
Basel will also seek to press and use the counterattack to attack spaces left behind by the attacking Bratislava.
Basel will win the match ad progress to the quarterfinals.
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