Evenly matched teams: Gazişehir Gaziantep vs İstanbul Başakşehir match preview

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Thu 08.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gaziantep Stadyumu (35558 seats)

The league table in Super Lig tells a story about these teams so far, with Gazişehir Gaziantep leading İstanbul Başakşehir by 14 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Gazişehir Gaziantep have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gazişehir Gaziantep have scored at least twice as many goals at home as İstanbul Başakşehir have scored away.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Super Lig game only four days ago.

İstanbul Başakşehir have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Gazişehir Gaziantep form and stats

Gazişehir Gaziantep are steadily winning Super Lig games and points here at Gaziantep Stadyumu. 9 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 15 games. Gazişehir has recorded two wins in a row here at Gaziantep Stadyumu, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Gazişehir manager R. Andrade Silva Sá Pinto and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Yeni Malatyaspor (placed 16th) in the Super Lig. Before that, Gazişehir Gaziantep had a home game versus Denizlispor which ended with a victory 2-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Gazişehir Gaziantep perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gazişehir Gaziantep as a small favourite), we find eight games. Gazişehir Gaziantep has won three of these, drawn four and lost one.

There will be little rest for Gazişehir after this match as they are travelling to Fenerbahce for a Super Lig game in only four days.

The Gazişehir fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 15 league matches. Gazişehir have only conceded 13 from their league home games. 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.

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İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

There's been little loot from İstanbul Başakşehir's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 15 away games in the Super Lig. İstanbul Başakşehir only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 3 draws.

The supporters enjoyed İstanbul Başakşehir's previous game versus Yeni Malatyaspor (placed 16th), a Super Lig 3-1 win played at home. Before that, İstanbul Başakşehir travelled to Denizlispor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with İstanbul Başakşehir playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three İstanbul Başakşehir wins, five draws and four defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Başakşehir as they have only managed to score 12 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as İstanbul Başakşehir have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; İstanbul Başakşehir - Gazişehir 1-2. Last nine meetings between the teams: Gazişehir won two, İstanbul Başakşehir won six and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Gazişehir GaziantepA. Maxim
A. Maxim
11 goals
Gazişehir GaziantepM. Demir
M. Demir
8 goals
İstanbul BaşakşehirF. Gulbrandsen
F. Gulbrandsen
6 goals

Gazişehir Gaziantep missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Gazişehir Gaziantep İstanbul Başakşehir
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 6 15 31
12 9 4 Won W 1 4 8
11 5 1 Drew D 0 3 9
7 1 0 Lost L 5 8 14
44 27 10 Scored S 5 12 35
34 13 4 Conceded C 15 24 49
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
83% 87% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 77%
53% 53% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 47% 48%
30% 33% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 13% 26%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 13% 19%
63% 67% 60% BTTS BTTS 33% 40% 55%
27% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 27% 19%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 47% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.5 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.1 1.8
5 2 2 Red cards R C 3 4 5
 
8.7 9.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.5 12.7
3.8 4.1 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.3
39% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 26%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Gazişehir Gaziantep have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gazişehir Gaziantep have scored at least twice as many goals at home as İstanbul Başakşehir have scored away.

  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 30 20 4 6 63 31 15 11 2 2 33 9 15 9 2 4 30 22 32 64
2 Galatasaray 31 19 4 8 61 30 15 9 4 2 36 13 16 10 0 6 25 17 31 61
3 Fenerbahce 30 18 5 7 54 31 15 7 2 6 23 19 15 11 3 1 31 12 23 59
4 Trabzonspor 31 16 8 7 39 30 15 8 1 6 22 20 16 8 7 1 17 10 9 56
5 Alanyaspor 31 14 7 10 49 31 16 10 3 3 34 14 15 4 4 7 15 17 18 49
6 Hatayspor 30 14 7 9 51 36 15 7 4 4 26 16 15 7 3 5 25 20 15 49
7 Gazişehir Gaziantep 30 12 11 7 44 34 15 9 5 1 27 13 15 3 6 6 17 21 10 47
8 Fatih Karagumruk 31 12 9 10 46 38 15 9 2 4 28 15 16 3 7 6 18 23 8 45
9 Sivasspor 30 9 14 7 37 35 15 4 7 4 13 13 15 5 7 3 24 22 2 41
10 Goztepe 31 10 10 11 44 42 15 7 4 4 30 20 16 3 6 7 14 22 2 40
11 Konyaspor 30 10 9 11 37 36 15 6 5 4 20 16 15 4 4 7 17 20 1 39
12 Antalyaspor 31 8 15 8 29 37 15 6 6 3 18 17 16 2 9 5 11 20 -8 39
13 Rizespor 30 8 11 11 36 47 15 6 6 3 20 18 15 2 5 8 16 29 -11 35
14 Kasimpasa 31 9 7 15 34 47 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 2 4 9 14 24 -13 34
15 İstanbul Başakşehir 31 8 9 14 35 49 16 4 6 6 23 25 15 4 3 8 12 24 -14 33
16 Yeni Malatyaspor 30 7 11 12 38 44 15 5 5 5 20 18 15 2 6 7 18 26 -6 32
17 Ankaragücü 30 9 5 16 36 49 15 7 2 6 22 19 15 2 3 10 14 30 -13 32
18 Kayserispor 30 8 8 14 23 39 15 4 5 6 11 17 15 4 3 8 12 22 -16 32
19 Gençlerbirliği 30 8 6 16 28 52 15 4 4 7 17 25 15 4 2 9 11 27 -24 30
20 BB Erzurumspor 31 6 9 16 29 51 16 1 8 7 14 23 15 5 1 9 15 28 -22 27
21 Denizlispor 29 6 7 16 26 50 15 4 4 7 12 17 14 2 3 9 14 33 -24 25

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.