It's game one of two in the Europa League as Sporting CP host İstanbul Başakşehir. This is a 16th Finals fixture played over two legs and nothing will be decided tonight.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
These teams have little in common geographically as İstanbul Başakşehir have to travel 4000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Sporting CP form and stats
Sporting CP participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the 16th finals and lost against Villarreal.6 victories, 0 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Sporting CP have to build on here at Estádio José Alvalade in the Primeira Liga. On the other hand, in the Europa League, Sporting CP has performed like this (both home and away): 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. Sporting CP has recorded two wins in a row here at Estádio José Alvalade, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Sporting CP shared the glory with Rio Ave in their last match, an away game that ended all square 1-1. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Portimonense.
The hometeam coach E. Ferro dos Santos made a successful contribution in the game against Rio Ave, bringing on Jovane Cabral who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Sporting CP have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sporting CP as they have a new game in only three days, a Primeira Liga match thankfully also at home. Boavista are visiting.
Sporting CP have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Estádio José Alvalade with 15 goals in 10 league matches. 12 goals have been conceded.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
İstanbul Başakşehir was sent out of Europa League in the 3rd qualifying round last season, when Burnley turned out to be too strong.Playing away, İstanbul Başakşehir have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the Super Lig this season. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Europa League stats, they have 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
İstanbul Başakşehir won their last game, 1-0 versus Besiktas played at home. A 1-1 draw at Sivasspor's stadium before that.
İstanbul Başakşehir goalie Mert Günok was high and low in the Besiktas game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.
İstanbul Başakşehir are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, zero draws and two defeats. From a total of two matches.
The schedule is very tough for İstanbul Başakşehir now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Super Lig game at Rizespor is waiting in only four days.
İstanbul Başakşehir have scored 12 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by İstanbul Başakşehir in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Crivelli 9 goals |  D. Ba 7 goals |  E. Višća 7 goals |
Sporting CP missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Sporting CP | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 15 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Scored | S | 13 | 42 | ||
| 26 | 9 | Conceded | C | 6 | 22 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 73% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 30% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 10% | 24% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 10% | 12% | ||
| 44% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 20% | ||
| 5.6 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 3 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 7 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 376 | 192 | Total Shots | T S | 114 | 300 | ||
| 127 | 58 | Shots on Target | S O | 38 | 108 | ||
| 31% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 36% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 21 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 37 | 54 |
| 2 | Porto | 20 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 30 | 50 |
| 3 | Sporting Braga | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Rio Ave | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Famalicao | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 36 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 32 |
| 7 | Santa Clara | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | -4 | 29 |
| 8 | Boavista | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Vitoria Guimaraes | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 28 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 11 | Vitória FC | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 26 |
| 12 | Tondela | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -7 | 24 |
| 13 | Moreirense | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 23 |
| 14 | Maritimo | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -9 | 21 |
| 15 | Belenenses | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | -21 | 18 |
| 16 | Pacos de Ferreira | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -15 | 16 |
| 17 | Portimonense | 21 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 20 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 25 | -18 | 12 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 43 |
| 2 | Sivasspor | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 42 |
| 3 | Trabzonspor | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 25 | 41 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 21 | 39 |
| 5 | Galatasaray | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 39 |
| 6 | Fenerbahce | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 38 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 6 | 36 |
| 8 | Goztepe | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 33 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 24 |
| 11 | Denizlispor | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -9 | 24 |
| 12 | Rizespor | 20 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Genclerbirligi | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 24 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -13 | 20 |
| 15 | Ankaragucu | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -18 | 20 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 38 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -18 | 19 |
| 17 | Kasimpasa | 21 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | -18 | 16 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | -32 | 15 |