St. Johnstone vs Galatasaray: St. Johnstone once again go toe-to-toe against Galatasaray in the 2nd leg of their Europa League Qualifiers on Thursday.
LIVE LINK to watch St. Johnstone vs Galatasaray:
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Match Details:
Teams: St. Johnstone vs Galatasaray
Date: Thursday, 12th August, 2021
Time: 11:30 PM IST
Venue: McDiarmid Park, Perth, UK
📸 Today’s training session ✅ pic.twitter.com/LTHldp4Gx9
— Galatasaray EN (@Galatasaray) August 10, 2021
MATCH PREVIEW:
St. Johnstone picked up an important and impressive 1-1 draw against Galatasaray in the 1st leg of the UEL Qualifiers and would be gunning to secure qualification.
The Premiership side went ahead in the second half through Kerr’s penalty but conceded within 2 minutes as Boey scored the equalizer.
They followed this draw with another stalemate, but this time in the Premiership against Motherwall.
MATCH REPORT 📝⚽| Saints 1-1 Motherwell
Saints have to settle for a point as The Steelmen get a late equaliser https://t.co/lD2vSrO9bO #SJFC pic.twitter.com/kTjyRK2KWC
— St. Johnstone FC (@StJohnstone) August 8, 2021
They have not drawn 3 successive matches across competitions and will look to get back to winning ways if want to stay alive in Europe.
With the away goals rule removed, an outright win is the only manner to secure qualification.
Galatasaray has the experience of playing in Europe and should maximize the same but in recent times, due to poor form have failed to reach the European finals.
A 7-2 loss to PSV in the UCL Qualifiers saw them miss out on Europe’s elite competition and make do with the Europa league.
The Super Lig runners-up will want to continue their progress and get back to positive results; as they eye another European berth.
They begin their 2021-22 domestic campaign next week when they face Giresunspor.
Line-ups:
St. Johnstone:
Clark, Kerr, Gordon, McCart, Rooney, Devine, Davidson, McCann, Wotherspoon, O’Halloran and Kane
🦁 Moments from today’s training 📸 pic.twitter.com/94NEEYzv81
— Galatasaray EN (@Galatasaray) August 8, 2021
Galatasaray:
Ozturk, Boey, Luyindama, Marcao, van Aanholt, Karam Antalyali, Kilinc, Akturkoglu, Sekidika and Mohamed
Prediction: St. Johnstone 1-2 Galatasaray
We expect Galatasaray to edge this one on the basis of their experience in this competition. St. Johnstone’s impressive draw was a step up in their pursuit of good football.
But we do not see them being able to hold onto a chance of securing a UEL berth, due to lack of winning games in recent weeks.
Galatasaray should win this one.
