İstanbul Başakşehir supporters put their faith in manager Sözer to deliver victory against Galatasaray

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu (17319 seats)

The standings reveals that 13 points separate the two opponents in this Super Lig match. İstanbul Başakşehir hold both the points- and home advantage.

Insights:
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

This is a match between teams from the same area, a local derby. The community is buzzing.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

İstanbul Başakşehir have performed here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu this season with 11 wins from 17 Super Lig matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 5. Başakşehir has recorded two wins in a row here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

Happy days for İstanbul Başakşehir in their previous game, a fixture away at Kasımpaşa (placed 12th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. Midfield player Trezeguet got a match rating of 7.8 in that game, the max score being 10. Trezeguet scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 18 successful passes (of 21 total).

Before that, İstanbul Başakşehir had a home game versus Hatayspor which ended with a victory 3-0.

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 İstanbul Başakşehir have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn two and lost three.

A decent goal production from Başakşehir in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 17 league matches. From these home matches, İstanbul Başakşehir have conceded only 14 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Galatasaray form and stats

There's been little loot from Galatasaray's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 17 away games in the Super Lig. Galatasaray only have 4 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.

Home advantage was not enough for Galatasaray in their previous game as they lost hosting Sivasspor, 2-3. Attacker Gomis got a player rating of 8.1 in the game. "Man of the match" Gomis scored two goals.

Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Altay.

The visiting Galatasaray have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 19 goals from 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Galatasaray's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other before this match year: Galatasaray - İstanbul Başakşehir 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): İstanbul Başakşehir three wins, three draws and Galatasaray four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BaşakşehirS. Okaka Chuka
S. Okaka Chuka
10 goals
GalatasarayM. Aktürkoğlu
M. Aktürkoğlu
9 goals
GalatasarayB. Gomis
B. Gomis
7 goals

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Galatasaray missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir Galatasaray
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 6 Played P 5 17 35
18 11 4 Won W 0 4 13
6 1 0 Drew D 2 5 8
11 5 2 Lost L 3 8 14
52 27 10 Scored S 4 19 47
34 14 6 Conceded C 9 29 50
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
74% 71% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 83%
54% 59% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 47% 49%
17% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 35% 29%
6% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 14%
54% 47% 67% BTTS BTTS 60% 53% 57%
31% 35% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 23%
20% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 40% 35% 23%
 
5.1 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 5.3 6.3
3.7 3.2 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.2 4.5
2 1.5 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.6 2.5 2.4
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 3
 
12.2 13.9 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.6 11.8 13.3
5.3 6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 4.5 5
28% 26% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 25% 27%
 
9.5 9 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.4 10.6 9.9
3.7 3.6 3.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.8 4.6 4.4
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Trabzonspor 35 22 11 2 65 31 18 11 7 0 33 16 17 11 4 2 32 15 34 77
2 Fenerbahce 35 20 8 7 67 37 18 11 4 3 33 17 17 9 4 4 34 20 30 68
3 Konyaspor 35 19 7 9 60 40 18 12 4 2 33 14 17 7 3 7 27 26 20 64
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 35 18 6 11 52 34 17 11 1 5 27 14 18 7 5 6 25 20 18 60
5 Alanyaspor 35 16 7 12 61 57 18 8 4 6 36 31 17 8 3 6 25 26 4 55
6 Besiktas 35 14 12 9 52 46 17 10 4 3 30 21 18 4 8 6 22 25 6 54
7 Fatih Karagümrük 35 15 8 12 44 50 17 9 5 3 26 16 18 6 3 9 18 34 -6 53
8 Adana Demirspor 35 14 10 11 50 42 17 8 5 4 27 15 18 6 5 7 23 27 8 52
9 Antalyaspor 35 14 10 11 46 42 17 9 5 3 30 16 18 5 5 8 16 26 4 52
10 Hatayspor 35 14 7 14 50 55 17 9 4 4 31 19 18 5 3 10 19 36 -5 49
11 Sivasspor 35 12 12 11 47 45 17 6 8 3 25 17 18 6 4 8 22 28 2 48
12 Kasımpaşa 35 13 8 14 58 50 18 8 4 6 34 25 17 5 4 8 24 25 8 47
13 Galatasaray 35 13 8 14 47 50 18 9 3 6 28 21 17 4 5 8 19 29 -3 47
14 Giresunspor 35 12 7 16 38 41 18 7 4 7 22 20 17 5 3 9 16 21 -3 43
15 Kayserispor 35 11 10 14 49 58 18 9 4 5 29 22 17 2 6 9 20 36 -9 43
16 Gaziantep F.K. 35 11 9 15 45 52 17 10 6 1 32 16 18 1 3 14 13 36 -7 42
17 Altay 35 9 6 20 35 50 17 5 3 9 17 22 18 4 3 11 18 28 -15 33
18 Rizespor 35 9 6 20 40 66 18 8 2 8 23 29 17 1 4 12 17 37 -26 33
19 Göztepe 35 7 7 21 39 65 18 4 2 12 18 32 17 3 5 9 21 33 -26 28
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 35 5 5 25 26 60 17 3 3 11 19 35 18 2 2 14 7 25 -34 20

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.