Super Lig preview: Can Beşiktaş edge out victory against İstanbul Başakşehir?

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Mon 12.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vodafone Arena (8323 seats)

This might well be quite the entertaining battle at Vodafone Arena in the Super Lig. Beşiktaş is in 1st place and welcome İstanbul Başakşehir in 4th position. Read all about the match here!

Insights:
  • Beşiktaş is in the best form (4-1-0) in Super Lig

This is a battle between neighbours, usually meaning added tension and significance.

The visiting İstanbul Başakşehir played their last game only four days ago, a Europa Conference League match. That game was also an away game, at Hearts. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Beşiktaş form and stats

Perfect Super Lig season at home so far for Beşiktaş 3 wins from 3 appearances. Beşiktaş are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

It's back home for Beşiktaş, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Ankaragucu away with the result 3-2. N'Koudou, Alli and Muleka found the net in that victory. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Muleka, having scored in three consecutive games. N'Koudou (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.62/10. N'Koudou scored one goal and hit four key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Sivasspor in a game that was won 3-1.

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 Beşiktaş have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 3.

Goals are plentiful at Vodafone Arena in the league this season as Beşiktaş has scored 8 goals here in 3 home games. Beşiktaş are not conceding a lot of goals here at Vodafone Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

0 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses. That’s the product of İstanbul Başakşehir playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season.

391 minutes! That's how long the İstanbul Başakşehir goalkeeper Volkan Babacan and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away games in a row for İstanbul Başakşehir, whose manager Belözoğlu could celebrate last time after the Europa Conference League win against Hearts. Midfield player Ndayishimiye was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.02/10. Ndayishimiye scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 83 successful passes (of 84 total).

Before that, Başakşehir secured a home win against Alanyaspor with the score 2-0.

After this away game İstanbul Başakşehir return home for a Europa Conference League game against Fiorentina. That game is only three sleeps after this.

İstanbul Başakşehir have the goal stats of 0-0 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Beşiktaş won five games, two matches ended in a draw and İstanbul Başakşehir managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four.

Top Goalscorers

BeşiktaşJ. Muleka
J. Muleka
4 goals
BeşiktaşG. N'Koudou Mbida
G. N'Koudou Mbida
3 goals
BeşiktaşR. Ghezzal
R. Ghezzal
2 goals

Beşiktaş missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Beşiktaş İstanbul Başakşehir
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 1 4
4 3 0 Won W 0 0 3
1 0 0 Drew D 1 1 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
14 8 0 Scored S 0 0 8
7 2 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 75%
80% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 75%
80% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
80% 67% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
60% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
80% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 100%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 25%
 
4.4 6.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 4.5
5 3.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
2.6 2.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.8
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.2 19 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9 10.2
7.2 8.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 5.5
39% 31% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 36%
 
7.2 5.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 5 5 6.8
2.6 1.7 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 2.2
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Beşiktaş have the most matches over the total-line (4) in Super Lig
  • Beşiktaş have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Super Lig
  • Beşiktaş is in the best form (4-1-0) in Super Lig
Beşiktaş Last season İstanbul Başakşehir
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   0 6
15 10   Won W   0 4
14 6   Drew D   0 1
9 3   Lost L   0 1
56 32   Scored S   0 10
48 23   Conceded C   0 2
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   0% 83%
76% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   0% 50%
53% 63%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   0% 50%
29% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 17%
18% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
61% 58%   BTTS BTTS   0% 17%
26% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 83%
21% 16%   Failed to Score F T   0% 17%
 
5.6 6.1   Corners for (avg) C F   0 6
3.9 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   0 2
2.8 3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
10 5   Red cards R C   0 0
 
13.4 13.5   Shots (avg) S (   0 10
5.9 6.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 4
25% 28%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 25%
 
8.6 6.6   Shots against (avg) S A   0 3
3.5 2.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 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 Beşiktaş 5 4 1 0 14 7 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 6 5 7 13
2 Konyaspor 5 3 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 5 0 6 11
3 Fenerbahce 5 3 1 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 9 5 2 1 0 1 6 1 9 10
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 4 3 1 0 8 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 10
5 Gazisehir Gaziantep 5 3 1 1 10 6 2 2 0 0 6 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 10
6 Adana Demirspor 5 3 1 1 10 7 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 6 7 3 10
7 Galatasaray 5 3 1 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 10
8 Trabzonspor 5 3 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 10
9 Alanyaspor 6 2 2 2 10 10 3 1 1 1 5 5 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 8
10 Kayserispor 5 2 0 3 4 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 -1 6
11 Antalyaspor 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 6
12 Giresunspor 5 2 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 -3 6
13 Kasimpasa 5 2 0 3 3 11 2 1 0 1 1 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -8 6
14 Fatih Karagumruk 4 1 1 2 7 9 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 -2 4
15 Sivasspor 5 0 3 2 3 8 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 3
16 İstanbulspor 4 1 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 -6 3
17 Hatayspor 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 -3 1
18 Umraniyespor 5 0 1 4 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
19 Ankaragucu 5 0 1 4 4 10 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 3 2 7 -6 1

Read more about Super Lig

The Süper Lig is the top league in Turkish football. It has 18 teams who play a season from August to May, meeting each other home and away. After all fixtures have been played the final league table is ready and the champion of Turkey celebrated. The three bottom teams are relegated.