Soccer betting preview: İstanbul Başakşehir welcomes Sivasspor in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 20.November
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu (17319 seats)

Bring on İstanbul Başakşehir - Sivasspor! Even considering the recent results, this fixture should be awesome!

Insights:
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Sivasspor have scored in all their away matches so far.

This should be an interesting fixture with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well revitalized since they last played a game. Get ready!

Sivasspor have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

12 points is a decent return from 6 Super Lig games here at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu for İstanbul Başakşehir. The data says 4 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Başakşehir has won their last four matches.

İstanbul Başakşehir are returning here after visiting Yeni Malatyaspor in a Super Lig game and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Tolga Ciğerci, Stefano Okaka and Edin Višća scored the goal(s). Edin Višća (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.43/10. Višća scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Adana Demirspor.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Başakşehir have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn two and lost three.

A decent goal production from İstanbul Başakşehir in their home games so far, with 10 goals from 6 league matches. Başakşehir have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Sivasspor form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Sivasspor playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Sharing is caring, but Sivasspor are perhaps overdoing it with their four draws in a row.

Sivasspor played 0-0 against Giresunspor in their previous match. Ali Şaşal Vural (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.94. Vural stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Altay.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sivasspor playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three Sivasspor wins, four draws and zero defeats.

The visiting Sivasspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, Sivasspor have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the previous ten meetings): İstanbul Başakşehir won one game, seven matches ended in a draw and Sivasspor managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / ten

Top Goalscorers

İstanbul BaşakşehirS. Okaka Chuka
S. Okaka Chuka
7 goals
SivassporD. Goutas
D. Goutas
4 goals
İstanbul BaşakşehirE. Višća
E. Višća
2 goals

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Sivasspor missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir Sivasspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 1 Played P 2 5 12
6 4 1 Won W 0 1 2
0 0 0 Drew D 2 2 7
6 2 0 Lost L 0 2 3
18 10 3 Scored S 2 5 15
15 5 0 Conceded C 2 6 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
75% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 75%
67% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 42%
25% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
8% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
58% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 80% 67%
17% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 17%
 
5.9 4.8 1 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 3.8 4
3.8 4 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 4.2
1.2 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 3
 
11.8 12.3 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.4 8.6
5.2 5.7 8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.8 3.3
29% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 26% 38%
 
10.4 11.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 10.6 9.8
4.3 4.8 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Sivasspor have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Sivasspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • İstanbul Başakşehir have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • 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 Trabzonspor 12 9 3 0 24 11 5 3 2 0 10 6 7 6 1 0 14 5 13 30
2 Hatayspor 12 7 2 3 20 9 6 4 1 1 12 5 6 3 1 2 8 4 11 23
3 Konyaspor 12 6 5 1 18 10 6 4 2 0 12 6 6 2 3 1 6 4 8 23
4 Galatasaray 12 6 3 3 18 15 5 4 0 1 7 3 7 2 3 2 11 12 3 21
5 Alanyaspor 12 6 3 3 18 19 5 3 1 1 12 9 7 3 2 2 6 10 -1 21
6 Beşiktaş 12 6 2 4 21 15 7 5 1 1 15 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 6 20
7 Fenerbahce 12 6 2 4 17 15 6 3 2 1 10 7 6 3 0 3 7 8 2 20
8 Fatih Karagumruk 12 5 4 3 18 15 6 3 3 0 12 5 6 2 1 3 6 10 3 19
9 İstanbul Başakşehir 12 6 0 6 18 15 6 4 0 2 10 5 6 2 0 4 8 10 3 18
10 Adana Demirspor 12 4 4 4 17 17 6 3 1 2 9 5 6 1 3 2 8 12 0 16
11 Altay 12 5 1 6 17 18 6 3 1 2 8 6 6 2 0 4 9 12 -1 16
12 Gazisehir Gaziantep 12 4 3 5 14 16 6 4 2 0 10 2 6 0 1 5 4 14 -2 15
13 Kayserispor 12 4 3 5 17 20 5 3 1 1 9 4 7 1 2 4 8 16 -3 15
14 Antalyaspor 12 4 3 5 14 17 7 3 1 3 10 10 5 1 2 2 4 7 -3 15
15 Sivasspor 12 2 7 3 15 13 7 1 5 1 10 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 13
16 Yeni Malatyaspor 12 4 0 8 12 22 7 2 0 5 9 16 5 2 0 3 3 6 -10 12
17 Giresunspor 12 2 4 6 7 12 6 1 2 3 4 6 6 1 2 3 3 6 -5 10
18 Kasimpasa 12 2 3 7 12 18 6 2 2 2 9 7 6 0 1 5 3 11 -6 9
19 Goztepe 12 2 3 7 11 18 6 1 0 5 2 8 6 1 3 2 9 10 -7 9
20 Rizespor 12 2 1 9 11 24 6 2 1 3 7 8 6 0 0 6 4 16 -13 7

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.