Lugano vs Besiktas Predictions

• Lugano have lost three of their five home matches in all competitions this season
• Besiktas have started the campaign with three consecutive victories
• The visitors won 2-0 when they met in the Europa League group stages last season

Black Eagles can soar to success in Switzerland

Lugano are playing their European home matches at FC Thun’s Stockhorn Arena and this lack of home advantage could see them fail to take a lead to Turkey when they face Besiktas in the first leg of their Europa League play-off.

The Bianconeri have been in indifferent form at the start of this campaign, losing four and winning five of their opening nine matches in all competitions and they were also beaten 6-4 on aggregate by Besiktas’s rivals Fenerbahce as they bowed out of Champions League qualifying in July.

The Black Eagles meanwhile have thoroughly enjoyed their start to the season with three wins from their opening three matches in all competitions, while they were also victorious when they last travelled to face Lugano – a 2-0 win in last season’s Europa League group stages.

Besiktas have recruited well this summer – with the acquisition of Lazio’s record goalscorer Ciro Immobile turning some heads – and they should prove too strong for the Swiss side on Thursday. Two of their three victories have come to nil and a repeat of this feat could be on the cards, with our prediction being a 3-0 victory.