Yannick Noah’s St Gallen face appointment with history away in Turkey

• Yannick Noah is contention for a start this evening when St Gallen face Trabzonspor
• This is just the second official clash between the sides in history
• Trabzonspor have played a Swiss team on five occasions in the past, winning just once: a 1-0 victory over FC Basel in the first-leg of their Europa Conference League knockout playoffs

Trabzonspor host Yannick Noah’s St. Gallen at the Papara Park this Thursday for the second leg of their clash in the 2024-25 UEFA Europa Conference League playoffs.

The tie is finely poised after the sides played out a goalless stalemate in Switzerland last week.

The first-leg had upto 11 shots on target in the match, five for St. Gallen and six for Trabzonspor, but none could find the back of the net. With the score still 0-0 on aggregate, the fixture is anyone’s to lose at this point.

Having reached the knockout round playoffs of the Conference League last season, preceded by their group stage campaign in the Europa League, Trabzonspor are looking for another run in a major competition while St Gallen hope to reach the group stage of the competition for the first time in history.

The Turkish side reached this stage after losing out in the Europa League third qualifying round to Rapid Wien, who beat them 3-0 on aggregate. They must win at home now to reach the Conference League finals, but can expect a tough challenge from St. Gallen.

The Swiss outfit are looking to end an 11-year wait for their first appearance in a major European club tournament since reaching the 2013-14 Europa League group stages.

In what’s their first qualifier campaign in four years, the Espen have mounted a good run, beating FC Tobol in the second qualifying round before narrowly ousting Slask Wroclaw in the next.

Yannick Noah has made three appearances in all competitions this season for St Gallen which he joined less than two months ago.

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