İstanbul Başakşehir are flying at 3rd, while Giresunspor are dragging their feet 7 points behind in the standings. Will they trim the gap?
- Giresunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Super Lig
It's quite the trip for Giresunspor when visiting Başakşehir as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
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
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu as İstanbul Başakşehir have scored 14 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Super Lig are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Başakşehir manager Sözer and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Galatasaray (placed 10th) in the Super Lig. Defender Kaldırım got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Kaldırım served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Kasimpasa.İstanbul Başakşehir are traveling soon after this match as the Super Lig match at Trabzonspor awaits in four days.
The İstanbul Başakşehir fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Başakşehir have conceded only 7 goals.
Giresunspor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Giresunspor so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-4 (win-draw-lose).
Giresunspor had fun at their own home (Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu) last time out, beating Altay 3-1. Diabaté, Suleymanov and Baldé scored. Suleymanov got a match rating of 7.9 in that game, top player of the team. Suleymanov scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Adana Demirspor's place.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hatayspor in just four days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Giresunspor as they have only conceded 7 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: one - zero - one (İstanbul Başakşehir wins - draws - Giresunspor wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Okaka Chuka 9 goals |   F. Diabaté 6 goals |  E. Višća 3 goals |
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
Giresunspor missing players
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Giresunspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 26 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 18 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 88% |
| 76% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 59% |
| 65% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 25% | 29% |
| 18% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 18% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 25% | 35% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 35% |
| 24% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 41% |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11.5 | 12 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.6 |
| 5.2 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
| 30% | 29% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 12% | 20% | 25% |
| 10.1 | 11 | 15.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 9 | 8.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.2 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
- Giresunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Super Lig
- Giresunspor have the most matches under the total-line (10) 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Hatayspor | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Adana Demirspor | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Sivasspor | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 9 | Besiktas | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 24 |
| 10 | Galatasaray | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 11 | Giresunspor | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 12 | Fatih Karagumruk | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -4 | 21 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Kayserispor | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | Altay | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Goztepe | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 18 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -15 | 14 |
| 19 | Rizespor | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | -17 | 13 |
| 20 | Kasimpasa | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 11 |