İstanbul Başakşehir host the first leg in this deciding Europa Conference League Play-offs game. Antwerp will try their very best to bring a solid result back to Bosuilstadion before the return leg in 7 days.
These teams have little in common geographically as Antwerp have to travel 2600 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It's no vacation for neither İstanbul Başakşehir nor Antwerp as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
Başakşehir have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Maccabi Netanya and Breidablik.When playing at home in the Super Lig, İstanbul Başakşehir have managed 1 win, 0 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 1 games. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa Conference League for İstanbul Başakşehir.
The İstanbul Başakşehir goalkeeper Volkan Babacan is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super Lig.
İstanbul Başakşehir drew their last game, 0-0 away at Konyaspor. The goalie Babacan was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.44 out of ten. Babacan topped it up with a clean sheet.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Başakşehir matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat (from 5 games).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for İstanbul Başakşehir, as the Super Lig home game vs Kayserispor is only three days away.
Early season league goal statistics from İstanbul Başakşehir's 1 home game: 4 goals, 0 conceded.
Antwerp form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Drita and Lillestrøm in order to reach play-offs of Europa Conference League.Antwerp are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Pro League. When we have look at the Europa Conference League statistics, we find 3W-1D-0L. This is both home and away.
It's the second away game in a row for Antwerp, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus AS Eupen last time out. Goalkeeper Butez got the top player rating of the team with 8.02/10. Butez topped it up with a clean sheet.
It's early days yet, but Antwerp has scored 3 and conceded 0 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Balikwisha 3 goals |  M. Frey 3 goals |   D. Aleksić 1 goals |
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
Antwerp missing players
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Antwerp | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 11 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 16% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.3 | 15.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.2 | ||
| 32% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 30% | ||
| 8.7 | 6.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.5 | 10.1 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Adana Demirspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Besiktas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Giresunspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Galatasaray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Kayserispor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Umraniyespor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Sivasspor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 16 | Hatayspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Fatih Karagumruk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Istanbulspor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Kasimpasa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -10 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Antwerp | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Genk | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | Anderlecht | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Gent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | Club Brugge | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Union Saint-Gilloise | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 7 |
| 7 | Westerlo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Sporting Charleroi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | KV Oostende | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | OH Leuven | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 11 | Mechelen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Standard Liege | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Zulte-Waregem | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Kortrijk | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Cercle Brugge | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Sint-Truiden | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | AS Eupen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | RFC Seraing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
