Super Lig prediction and pre-match guide: İstanbul Başakşehir modest favourite to outplay Rizespor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 26.September
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu (17319 seats)

This match features two squads dwelling in the basement of the Super Lig, İstanbul Başakşehir at 18th position and Rizespor sitting at 20th. A nice opportunity for one of the participants to better their position.

Insights:
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Super Lig

The hosts İstanbul Başakşehir saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Super Lig. That game was an away game at Gazişehir Gaziantep, so at least Başakşehir are thankful to return home in this one. 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

Three Super Lig home games done for İstanbul Başakşehir, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.

The fans are hoping that İstanbul Başakşehir will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Super Lig game against Gazişehir Gaziantep (placed 10th). Tolga Ciğerci (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Ciğerci hit one key pass and had 81 successful passes (of 87 total).

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against Fenerbahce.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Başakşehir handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, three draws and three defeats.

Başakşehir aren't scoring a lot here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu in the league, with only 2 goals from 3 games. From these home matches, Başakşehir have conceded only 2 goals.

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Rizespor form and stats

No Super Lig points yet away for Rizespor, from their first 3 matches. It's looking increasingly bleak for Rizespor who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Fatih Karagumruk was the last time a defeat was avoided.

Rizespor's previous game was their home loss versus Altay (1-2). Bryan Dabo got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Dabo hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 77 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Adana Demirspor wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Rizespor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and nine defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The visiting Rizespor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 3 goals from 3 games. Rizespor can't defend away. 9 goals have been scored by the opposition in 3 matches, an average of more than three per game. You might want to look at the total goal statistics, which can be found on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the last ten meetings): İstanbul Başakşehir won six games, three matches ended with a draw and Rizespor managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

RizesporD. Đoković
D. Đoković
2 goals
BaşakşehirY. Ndayishimiye
Y. Ndayishimiye
1 goals
İstanbul BaşakşehirD. Türüç
D. Türüç
1 goals

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Rizespor missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir Rizespor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
5 2 0 Lost L 1 3 5
4 2 0 Scored S 2 3 4
7 2 0 Conceded C 3 9 13
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 83%
50% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 83%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 33% 17%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
17% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 50%
 
7.7 6.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 1 6 4.7
2.8 2.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 7 5.3 4.8
1.2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 1.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.5 11.3 0 Shots (avg) S ( 11 6.7 7.7
4.2 3.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 2.7 2.3
16% 20% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 29%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Rizespor's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Rizespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Rizespor have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Rizespor have the most conceded goals (9) away in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-6) away in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Super Lig
  • Rizespor have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have the most dropped points from leading position (6) in Super Lig
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • İstanbul Başakşehir haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Besiktas 6 4 2 0 13 5 4 3 1 0 10 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 8 14
2 Hatayspor 6 4 1 1 13 4 3 2 1 0 8 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 9 13
3 Trabzonspor 5 4 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 3 0 0 7 1 7 13
4 Altay 6 4 0 2 12 8 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 7 5 4 12
5 Fatih Karagumruk 6 3 2 1 11 6 3 2 1 0 7 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 5 11
6 Konyaspor 5 3 2 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 5 2 3 1 2 0 2 1 4 11
7 Fenerbahce 5 3 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 1 3 2 3 10
8 Kayserispor 6 3 1 2 8 6 3 2 1 0 6 1 3 1 0 2 2 5 2 10
9 Alanyaspor 5 3 0 2 4 9 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 2 5 -5 9
10 Gazişehir Gaziantep 6 2 2 2 6 6 3 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 1 2 3 6 0 8
11 Galatasaray 6 2 2 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 6 7 -1 8
12 Sivasspor 6 1 3 2 6 7 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 3 3 -1 6
13 Adana Demirspor 6 1 3 2 8 11 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 4 8 -3 6
14 Yeni Malatyaspor 6 2 0 4 7 13 4 1 0 3 6 10 2 1 0 1 1 3 -6 6
15 Kasimpasa 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 -1 5
16 Göztepe 6 1 2 3 6 9 3 1 0 2 2 4 3 0 2 1 4 5 -3 5
17 Antalyaspor 6 1 2 3 6 10 3 1 1 1 6 6 3 0 1 2 0 4 -4 5
18 İstanbul Başakşehir 6 1 0 5 4 7 3 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 0 3 2 5 -3 3
19 Giresunspor 5 0 1 4 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 3 -6 1
20 Rizespor 6 0 1 5 4 13 3 0 1 2 1 4 3 0 0 3 3 9 -9 1

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.