Manchester United and İstanbul Başakşehir get a break from their league challenge to fight for a possible trophy in this Champions League Group Stage fixture.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3300 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Manchester United form and stats
Last season, Manchester United's Champions League journey ended in the quarter-finals against Barcelona.1 victory, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Manchester United have to build on here at Old Trafford in the Premier League. 2W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Champions League for Manchester United.
A nice win for Manchester last time playing, versus West Bromwich Albion. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Bruno Fernandes scoring for the victors. Before that match, a Premier League win away at Everton.
Manchester are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won eight, drew zero and lost four.
Manchester United have scored 3 league goals here from 5 matches, not a lot. Manchester are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (10 from 5 played).
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
They also participated in Champions League last season. This ended in the 3rd qualifying round.As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, İstanbul Başakşehir have produced an overall stat of 2-0-3 so far. Total Champions League statistics for İstanbul Başakşehir: 1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses.
Başakşehir play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Besiktas. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Manchester United.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Başakşehir played away with similar odds. This revealed one game. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected zero times.
A new game in only four days for Başakşehir, the Super Lig home match versus Denizlispor. Busy days.
İstanbul Başakşehir have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. As for defending, Başakşehir rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 8 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the İstanbul Başakşehir - Manchester 2-1 played earlier this season.Manchester United missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Manchester United | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 10 | ||
| 50 | 20 | Scored | S | 24 | 40 | ||
| 29 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 323 | 157 | Total Shots | T S | 145 | 302 | ||
| 141 | 66 | Shots on Target | S O | 51 | 97 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 3 | Paris Saint Germain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Chelsea | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Leicester City | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Southampton | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Aston Villa | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 15 |
| 7 | Everton | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 8 | Crystal Palace | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 9 | Manchester United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 13 |
| 10 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Manchester City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 | Arsenal | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | West Ham United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | Newcastle United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 10 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 17 | Fulham | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -12 | 3 |
| 19 | Burnley | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 2 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -10 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenerbahce | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 2 | Alanyaspor | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 17 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Fatih Karagumruk | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Kasimpasa | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Rizespor | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 11 | Hatayspor | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 15 | Goztepe | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | BB Erzurumspor | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 17 | Trabzonspor | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -5 | 6 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Genclerbirligi | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Ankaragucu | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 2 |
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