Match Previews

The Bosnian surprise package have shown little after their 2:1 away win over Belgian side Genk... Poor domestic form...Keeper Alaim(r) is a doubt... Sarajevo are surely one of the teams that wasn't expected to reach this stage before the European cups have begun, but their famous away win over Belgian side Genk has set them up for a third CL qualifying round against Ukrainian giants Dynamo Kiev, a fixture in which they've failed to make another upset and have fallen to a defeat in both games. Viewing the away win at Genk as a lucky day and seeing Sarajevo lose home games to both Genk and Dynamo, the Bosnian media isn't threating the match with the hype it has threated Kiev and Genk fixtures witch, but the fact is that teams of Basel's quality don't visit Bosnia very often, and a full house is expected. The home fans don't seem to have too many reasons to be optimistic about this fixture - important midfield man Muhamerovic(k) might have recovered from his injury in time to feature, but the fact is that, apart from the Genk win, Sarajevo have failed to show anything so far this season, and are even struggling in their poor domestic league, winning only one out of the five games they've played so far, and showing a big lack of creativity in the middle. Therefore, they will most likely take a counter attacking approach vs. Basel, and hope to be rewarded for their industrious approach, although they've been very prone to committing defensive mistakes in the European games they've played in so far. The only possible missing is keeper Alaim(r), who will require a late scan for his injury.