Nervous top table page-turner in Super Lig as Fenerbahçe have come the 0 miles required to duel with İstanbul Başakşehir at their Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu.
- İstanbul Başakşehir have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Super Lig
- Fenerbahçe have the most scored goals (67) in Super Lig
These teams are located so close to each other that their supporters eat in the same restaurants, hang out at the same night clubs and give birth at the same hospitals. This means added importance to the game and a vibrant atmosphere.
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.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
28 points is a decent return from 13 Super Lig games here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu for İstanbul Başakşehir. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.
In their previous game, the manager Belözoğlu led his İstanbul Başakşehir to a defeat away at İstanbulspor. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu. The first loss after going unbeaten through three league matches. Januzaj (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Januzaj hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times and had 17 successful passes (of 21 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Sivasspor that finished 1-1.Not much happening? Looking at this team's last 10 league games, 8 have produced two goals or less.
A decent goal production from Başakşehir in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches.
Fenerbahçe form and stats
Fenerbahçe's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Fenerbahçe collect 29 points from their 13 away matches in the Super Lig. 9 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 2 defeats). Having won their last three away games Fenerbahçe has no reason to fear anyone.
Fenerbahçe are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Ankaragucu (placed 14th). Crespo came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Ankaragucu last time out, making the manager de Jesus feel like a tactical genius. Midfielder Güler was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.83. Güler hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 8 times and had 36 successful passes (of 41 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Fatih Karagumruk with the score of 2-1.Observe that 12 of this side's 13 latest league games have ended with three goals or more.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Fenerbahçe are regular goalscorers on their travels. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Fenerbahçe - İstanbul Başakşehir 1-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - one - five (İstanbul Başakşehir wins - draws - Fenerbahçe wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Valencia Lastra 27 goals |  M. Batshuayi Tunga 10 goals |   D. Aleksić 6 goals |
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
Fenerbahçe missing players
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Fenerbahçe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | 20 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 28 | 67 |
| 28 | 13 | 10 | Conceded | C | 3 | 12 | 32 |
| 93% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 92% | 96% |
| 67% | 85% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 85% | 85% |
| 33% | 31% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 69% | 74% |
| 26% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 23% | 41% |
| 7% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 30% |
| 33% | 15% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 62% | 56% |
| 37% | 62% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 23% | 33% |
| 37% | 31% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 23% | 15% |
| 5.2 | 4.8 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 11.5 | 11.9 | 11.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 14.2 | 14.9 |
| 4.4 | 4.7 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 |
| 31% | 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 42% | 41% |
| 10.4 | 9.9 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.7 | 10.3 | 8.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.5 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
- Fenerbahçe have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Fenerbahçe have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super Lig
- Fenerbahçe have the most matches over the total-line (20) in Super Lig
- Fenerbahçe have the most points from losing position (20) in Super Lig
- Fenerbahçe have the most scored goals (67) in Super Lig
- Fenerbahçe have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Super Lig
- İstanbul Başakşehir have the fewest matches over the total-line (9) in Super Lig
- İstanbul Başakşehir have the most matches under the total-line (18) 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 | Galatasaray | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 60 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 7 | 41 | 66 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 67 | 32 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 39 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 35 | 60 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 27 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 55 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 55 | 29 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 51 |
| 5 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 36 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 45 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 44 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 28 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 44 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 36 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 53 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 4 | 34 |
| 10 | Antalyaspor | 27 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 41 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 34 | -10 | 32 |
| 12 | Kasımpaşa | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 32 |
| 13 | Sivasspor | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -4 | 31 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 27 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 42 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 22 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | İstanbulspor | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 52 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 28 | -22 | 27 |
| 16 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -14 | 25 |
| 17 | Giresunspor | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 47 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 27 | -21 | 24 |
| 18 | Umraniyespor | 27 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 36 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 25 | -12 | 23 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 53 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 34 | -34 | 23 |
