Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, İstanbul Başakşehir in 12th and Sivasspor in 11th place.
- İstanbul Başakşehir have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sivasspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
İstanbul Başakşehir have played 8 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).
A good away victory last time out for İstanbul Başakşehir, who won 5-1 against Tuzlaspor. A strong away win before that one, visiting Ankaragucu and winning 2-1.
As mentioned above, Başakşehir "killed" Tuzlaspor in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
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 Başakşehir have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.
There will be little rest for Başakşehir after this match as they are travelling to Kayserispor for a Super Lig game in only three days.
Başakşehir have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu with 14 goals in 8 league matches. Başakşehir's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sivasspor form and stats
3-4-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Sivasspor in their Super Lig matches away.
Sivasspor are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Turkish Cup against Adana Demirspor (after extra-time). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Gazişehir Gaziantep in the Super Lig.
M. Yatabaré came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Adana Demirspor (after extra-time) last time out, making the manager R. Çalımbay feel like a tactical genius.
Sivasspor 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, one draw and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
Sivasspor have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. 10 goals have been conceded by Sivasspor in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Başakşehir won one game, seven matches ended with a draw and Sivasspor has two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eightTop Goalscorers
  F. Gulbrandsen 6 goals |  E. Višća 5 goals |   M. Gradel 5 goals |
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
Sivasspor missing players
| İstanbul Başakşehir | Sivasspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 | 14 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 11 | 19 |
| 28 | 11 | 3 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 94% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 88% | 76% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 47% |
| 29% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 24% |
| 24% | 25% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 75% | 59% |
| 18% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 18% |
| 29% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 12% | 35% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.5 | 16.6 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.8 | 9 |
| 5 | 5.6 | 7.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 31% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | 29% |
- Sivasspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sivasspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | Besiktas | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 35 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 35 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 33 |
| 4 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 31 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 30 |
| 6 | Hatayspor | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 7 | Trabzonspor | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Fatih Karagumruk | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 24 |
| 10 | Konyaspor | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | -2 | 22 |
| 12 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Kasimpasa | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -2 | 21 |
| 15 | Rizespor | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -8 | 21 |
| 16 | Göztepe | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 17 | Genclerbirligi | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -13 | 19 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | -10 | 16 |
| 19 | Ankaragucu | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -11 | 14 |
| 21 | BB Erzurumspor | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 19 | -17 | 13 |