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

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Date: Sun 21.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu (17319 seats)

İstanbul Başakşehir perform at a high level so far being 1st in the table. Rizespor can look both up and down from their 8th position.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Rizespor when visiting İstanbul Başakşehir as the cities are 1100 kilometers apart.

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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 (15) in Super Lig, have scored 23 goals to get 30 points from 13 games. The overall stats are 9-3-1 (wins-draws-losses). Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for İstanbul Başakşehir, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

In their previous game, the manager A. Avcı led his İstanbul Başakşehir to a defeat in the Super Lig match away at Besiktas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu. Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Konyaspor.

İstanbul Başakşehir are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found ten matches and the win/draw/lost stats: W8-D2-L0.

İstanbul Başakşehir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu with 23 goals in 13 matches. Defensively İstanbul Başakşehir have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game (6 in 13 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rizespor form and stats

Playing away, Rizespor have won 4 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats so far this season.

Rizespor are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Super Lig against Göztepe. A 2-7 loss hosting Besiktas before that.

You'll want to know how Rizespor managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 43 similar matches resulting in 16 away wins, 11 draws and 16 home wins.

Rizespor are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games. In the opposite end, Rizespor have conceded 22 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Rizespor - İstanbul Başakşehir 1-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): İstanbul Başakşehir 6 wins, 1 draw and Rizespor 3 victories.

Top Goalscorers

V. Muriqi
12 goals / 7 assists
E. Višća
11 goals / 13 assists
Samu
5 goals / 4 assists

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Rizespor missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir Rizespor
Total Home Statistic Away Total
28 13 Played 14 28
44 23 Scored 17 40
15 6 Conceded 22 40
93% 100% Over 0.5 100% 96%
68% 77% Over 1.5 79% 82%
32% 31% Over 2.5 43% 46%
11% 15% Over 3.5 36% 29%
4% 0% Over 4.5 21% 18%
39% 38% Both teams to score 57% 61%
57% 54% Clean Sheet 29% 32%
11% 8% Failed To Score 14% 11%
 
5 5.8 Corners For (avg) 4 4.3
4 3.1 Corners Against (avg) 8.6 6.6
2.1 2.2 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.4 2.1
0 0 Red Cards (total) 6 7
Key stats this season:
  • İstanbul Başakşehir hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 İstanbul Başakşehir 28 18 7 3 44 15 13 9 3 1 23 6 15 9 4 2 21 9 29 61
2 Galatasaray 28 16 8 4 59 28 14 10 4 0 40 10 14 6 4 4 19 18 31 56
3 Beşiktaş 28 15 8 5 60 37 14 9 3 2 28 17 14 6 5 3 32 20 23 53
4 Trabzonspor 28 14 7 7 50 37 14 9 2 3 31 16 14 5 5 4 19 21 13 49
5 Yeni Malatyaspor 28 10 8 10 38 37 14 7 4 3 25 15 14 3 4 7 13 22 1 38
6 Alanyaspor 28 11 5 12 30 34 14 8 3 3 19 8 14 3 2 9 11 26 -4 38
7 Antalyaspor 28 11 5 12 31 45 14 5 4 5 18 20 14 6 1 7 13 25 -14 38
8 Rizespor 28 9 10 9 40 40 14 5 6 3 23 18 14 4 4 6 17 22 0 37
9 Kasımpaşa 28 11 4 13 46 50 14 7 1 6 27 22 14 4 3 7 19 28 -4 37
10 Konyaspor 28 8 12 8 33 33 14 5 5 4 18 15 14 3 7 4 15 18 0 36
11 Kayserispor 28 9 9 10 27 37 14 5 5 4 14 16 14 4 4 6 13 21 -10 36
12 Sivasspor 28 9 8 11 40 43 14 6 5 3 19 13 14 3 3 8 21 30 -3 35
13 Ankaragücü 28 10 5 13 30 42 14 5 3 6 15 19 14 5 2 7 15 23 -12 35
14 Fenerbahçe 28 7 12 9 34 39 14 6 6 2 24 19 14 1 6 7 10 20 -5 33
15 Bursaspor 28 5 13 10 24 33 15 4 6 5 14 16 13 1 7 5 10 17 -9 28
16 Göztepe 28 8 3 17 26 36 13 6 2 5 15 14 15 2 1 12 11 22 -10 27
17 BB Erzurumspor 28 5 10 13 29 38 15 5 3 7 16 19 13 0 7 6 13 19 -9 25
18 Akhisar Belediyespor 28 6 6 16 29 46 14 4 5 5 18 20 14 2 1 11 11 26 -17 24