On Thursday Sep 15th, Trabzonspor will host Crvena Zvezda at Medical Park Stadyumu in a meeting of these two Europa League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 17 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Trabzonspor is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Ferencváros. Tokmac Chol Nguen struck first for Ferencváros in the 5th minute on a feed from Bálint Vécsei, then Adama Traoré l added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Tokmac Chol Nguen. Trabzonspor is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while crvena Zvezda is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Monaco. Breel Embolo struck first for Monaco in the 74th minute from the penalty spot, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Crvena Zvezda couldn’t muster any offence and Monaco ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 9 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Both Mirko Ivanić and Aleksandar Pešić have been the hottest scorers for Crvena Zvezda in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Trabzonspor’s most prolific scorer has been Enis Bardhi. The midfielder has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.