Here's all we know about the Altay - İstanbul Başakşehir game:

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 16.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Match preview: 24 points split the contenders ahead of this match, İstanbul Başakşehir the sharpest side. Can Altay pull off a surprise?

Insights:
  • Altay have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Super Lig

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Altay form and stats

5-2-8 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Altay so far this season. Altay has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Kaloglu and the players.

The fans are hoping that Altay will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the game against Adana Demirspor (placed 5th). Altay's goalkeeper Lis was extremely busy against Adana Demirspor, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves.

Ahead of that match, Altay lost 1-2 at home to Antalyaspor.

Altay are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 15 games. 20 goals have been conceded.

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İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

6-4-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for İstanbul Başakşehir in their Super Lig matches away.

İstanbul Başakşehir have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Volkan Babacan. It's been 190 minutes since they last conceded in Super Lig.

İstanbul Başakşehir play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Sivasspor (placed 12th). Goalkeeper Babacan was absolutely vital in the Başakşehir victory against Sivasspor, making seven saves. Babacan was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.62. The agile goalkeeper Babacan topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, İstanbul Başakşehir secured a home win against Yeni Malatyaspor with the score 1-0.

İstanbul Başakşehir have scored 21 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Başakşehir in these games.

Head 2 Head

This was the final score when the teams met previously this campaign; İstanbul Başakşehir - Altay 0-0. Last five meetings between these teams: Altay won four, İstanbul Başakşehir were winners in zero and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. The games between these sides have sometimes been aggressive, having seen 4 red cards from the last five duels.

Top Goalscorers

İstanbul BaşakşehirS. Okaka Chuka
S. Okaka Chuka
10 goals
AltayD. Bamba
D. Bamba
7 goals
İstanbul BaşakşehirD. Aleksić
D. Aleksić
6 goals

Altay missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Altay İstanbul Başakşehir
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 15 5 Played P 5 16 32
8 5 0 Won W 2 6 16
5 2 0 Drew D 1 4 5
19 8 5 Lost L 2 6 11
33 16 2 Scored S 7 21 45
48 20 10 Conceded C 5 17 31
91% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
72% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 72%
56% 53% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 50% 53%
25% 13% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 19% 16%
9% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
56% 53% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 53%
19% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 31% 31%
34% 33% 60% Failed to Score F T 20% 19% 22%
 
4.4 4.8 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.6 4.9 5.1
5.2 4 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 4.4 4.1 3.7
2.4 2.4 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.6 2.1
4 1 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
9.6 11.3 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 9.8 11.7
3.7 4.5 4.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.3 5.1
28% 24% 8% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 30% 28%
 
12.2 10.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 10.1 9.7
5.6 4.9 5.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.7
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Altay have the fewest scored goals (16) at home in Super Lig

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Trabzonspor 32 21 9 2 59 27 16 11 5 0 30 13 16 10 4 2 29 14 32 72
2 Fenerbahçe 32 17 8 7 56 35 16 9 4 3 28 15 16 8 4 4 28 20 21 59
3 Konyaspor 32 17 7 8 52 35 16 11 4 1 28 11 16 6 3 7 24 24 17 58
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 32 16 5 11 45 31 16 10 1 5 24 14 16 6 4 6 21 17 14 53
5 Adana Demirspor 32 14 10 8 49 33 16 8 5 3 26 12 16 6 5 5 23 21 16 52
6 Alanyaspor 32 15 7 10 58 52 16 7 4 5 33 27 16 8 3 5 25 25 6 52
7 Besiktas 32 13 11 8 49 41 16 10 4 2 30 18 16 3 7 6 19 23 8 50
8 Hatayspor 31 14 6 11 48 46 15 9 3 3 30 17 16 5 3 8 18 29 2 48
9 Fatih Karagumruk 32 13 7 12 39 47 16 8 5 3 24 15 16 5 2 9 15 32 -8 46
10 Antalyaspor 31 12 8 11 36 37 15 8 4 3 25 14 16 4 4 8 11 23 -1 44
11 Kasimpasa 32 11 8 13 49 47 16 7 4 5 28 22 16 4 4 8 21 25 2 41
12 Sivasspor 32 10 11 11 42 42 16 5 8 3 24 17 16 5 3 8 18 25 0 41
13 Gazisehir Gaziantep 32 11 8 13 41 44 16 10 5 1 31 15 16 1 3 12 10 29 -3 41
14 Galatasaray 32 11 8 13 42 47 16 8 3 5 24 18 16 3 5 8 18 29 -5 41
15 Kayserispor 32 11 8 13 45 53 16 9 3 4 26 18 16 2 5 9 19 35 -8 41
16 Giresunspor 32 11 6 15 35 39 16 6 3 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 15 19 -4 39
17 Altay 32 8 5 19 33 48 15 5 2 8 16 20 17 3 3 11 17 28 -15 29
18 Rizespor 32 8 5 19 32 58 17 8 2 7 23 23 15 0 3 12 9 35 -26 29
19 Göztepe 32 7 6 19 37 55 17 4 2 11 17 25 15 3 4 8 20 30 -18 27
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 32 5 5 22 23 53 16 3 3 10 17 32 16 2 2 12 6 21 -30 20

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Trabzonspor 32 21 9 2 59 27 16 11 5 0 30 13 16 10 4 2 29 14 32 72
2 Fenerbahçe 32 17 8 7 56 35 16 9 4 3 28 15 16 8 4 4 28 20 21 59
3 Konyaspor 32 17 7 8 52 35 16 11 4 1 28 11 16 6 3 7 24 24 17 58
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 32 16 5 11 45 31 16 10 1 5 24 14 16 6 4 6 21 17 14 53
5 Adana Demirspor 32 14 10 8 49 33 16 8 5 3 26 12 16 6 5 5 23 21 16 52
6 Alanyaspor 32 15 7 10 58 52 16 7 4 5 33 27 16 8 3 5 25 25 6 52
7 Besiktas 32 13 11 8 49 41 16 10 4 2 30 18 16 3 7 6 19 23 8 50
8 Hatayspor 31 14 6 11 48 46 15 9 3 3 30 17 16 5 3 8 18 29 2 48
9 Fatih Karagumruk 32 13 7 12 39 47 16 8 5 3 24 15 16 5 2 9 15 32 -8 46
10 Antalyaspor 31 12 8 11 36 37 15 8 4 3 25 14 16 4 4 8 11 23 -1 44
11 Kasimpasa 32 11 8 13 49 47 16 7 4 5 28 22 16 4 4 8 21 25 2 41
12 Sivasspor 32 10 11 11 42 42 16 5 8 3 24 17 16 5 3 8 18 25 0 41
13 Gazisehir Gaziantep 32 11 8 13 41 44 16 10 5 1 31 15 16 1 3 12 10 29 -3 41
14 Galatasaray 32 11 8 13 42 47 16 8 3 5 24 18 16 3 5 8 18 29 -5 41
15 Kayserispor 32 11 8 13 45 53 16 9 3 4 26 18 16 2 5 9 19 35 -8 41
16 Giresunspor 32 11 6 15 35 39 16 6 3 7 20 20 16 5 3 8 15 19 -4 39
17 Altay 32 8 5 19 33 48 15 5 2 8 16 20 17 3 3 11 17 28 -15 29
18 Rizespor 32 8 5 19 32 58 17 8 2 7 23 23 15 0 3 12 9 35 -26 29
19 Göztepe 32 7 6 19 37 55 17 4 2 11 17 25 15 3 4 8 20 30 -18 27
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 32 5 5 22 23 53 16 3 3 10 17 32 16 2 2 12 6 21 -30 20

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