Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when İstanbul Başakşehir welcomes Göztepe

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

This stadium uses grass, unlike Göztepe's home stadium. The visitors last 35 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses.

İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu as İstanbul Başakşehir, who have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Super Lig, have scored 24 goals to get 31 points from 14 games. The overall stats are 9-4-1 (wins-draws-losses).

The points were shared in İstanbul Başakşehir's previous game, also at home. Visiting Rizespor travelled back with a point after a 1-1 scoreline. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Besiktas.

İstanbul Başakşehir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu with 24 goals in 14 matches. Defensively İstanbul Başakşehir have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (7 in 14 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Göztepe form and stats

Göztepe have only collected 7 points from their away games after 2-1-12 (15 played). It's looking increasingly bleak for Göztepe who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Kasmpasa was the last time a defeat was avoided. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Göztepe have lost on their last two travels.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super Lig home defeat versus BB Erzurumspor with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Prior to that match, the Göztepe manager T. Tuna faced defeat when travelling to Rizespor and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Göztepe's match history for similar games we find one match. The home team won 1 of these as expected, 1 of them by at least two goals. Göztepe managed 0 draws and 0 surprise wins.

The visitors have scored 11 goals from 15 away games, an average of less than one per game. Göztepe have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Göztepe - İstanbul Başakşehir 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): İstanbul Başakşehir 5 wins, 0 draws and Göztepe 0 victories.

Top Goalscorers

E. Višća 12 goals / 13 assists

Y. Öztekin 8 goals / 2 assists

İ. Kahveci 4 goals / 5 assists

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Göztepe missing players