National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's İstanbul Başakşehir or Trabzonspor that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Trabzonspor, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
When playing at home in the Super Lig, İstanbul Başakşehir have managed 3 wins, 5 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 10 games. Başakşehir have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.
Başakşehir drew their last game, also a home match. Rizespor was the opponent, 1-1 the score. Prior to that, an away loss at Kayserispor in the Super Lig.
The match schedule is unforgiving for İstanbul Başakşehir as they have a new game in only three days, a Super Lig match thankfully also at home. Hatayspor are visiting.
İstanbul Başakşehir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Başakşehir's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Trabzonspor form and stats
4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Trabzonspor playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Trabzonspor are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
It's the second away game in a row for Trabzonspor, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Genclerbirligi in the Super Lig last time out. That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Konyaspor in the Super Lig.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Trabzonspor manager A. Avcı as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Besiktas.
Trabzonspor have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Trabzonspor as they have only conceded 8 goals from these away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Başakşehir won five, Trabzonspor won zero and five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  F. Gulbrandsen 6 goals |   C. Ekuban 6 goals |  E. Višća 5 goals |
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
Trabzonspor missing players
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Trabzonspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 46 | 29 | Scored | S | 16 | 35 | ||
| 48 | 21 | Conceded | C | 15 | 32 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 44% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 28% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 8% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13.8 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.3 | ||
| 38% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Besiktas | 19 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 23 | 41 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 39 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 36 |
| 4 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 31 |
| 7 | Hatayspor | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 31 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 27 |
| 10 | Goztepe | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 25 |
| 12 | Rizespor | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | -8 | 25 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 11 | -2 | 24 |
| 14 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 16 | Kasimpasa | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 22 |
| 17 | Kayserispor | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 19 |
| 18 | Genclerbirligi | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 22 | -20 | 19 |
| 19 | Ankaragucu | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | -8 | 18 |
| 20 | BB Erzurumspor | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 17 |
| 21 | Denizlispor | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 25 | -18 | 14 |