Başakşehir ready to take down Club Brugge

Turkey's Medipol Başakşehir will take on Belgium's Club Brugge on Wednesday evening at home in the second leg of UEFA Champions League third qualifying round.

Medipol have the advantage going into tonight's clash with Brugge having drawn 3-3 in the first leg match played in Belgium last Wednesday, thanks to two goals from Brazilian midfielder Marcio Mossoro and another from new signing Dutch left winger Eljero Elia.

Champions League first-timers İstanbul club, which sold wonder kid Cengiz Under to Italian giant, Roma, for a fee of €13,40 million ($15.7 million) last month, has filled its squad with talent.

In summer signings so far, the club has added Eljero Elia from Feyenoord, Aurelien Chedjou from Galatasaray, Mevlut Erdinc from Hannover, Gael Clichy from Manchester City, Tunay Torun from Kasımpaşa, and Gokhan Inler from Beşiktaş.

They have also recently signed Kerim Frei from Birmingham City and Manuel da Costa from Olympiakos.

The match at 3rd Istanbul Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium will start at 8.45 p.m. local time (1745GMT).