It hasn't been easy for İstanbulspor so far, and that also applies to Giresunspor. These students from the school of hard knocks hope for some important points here.
- İstanbulspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super Lig
- Giresunspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
İstanbulspor form and stats
When playing at home in the Super Lig, İstanbulspor have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 14 games.
İstanbulspor shared the glory with Fenerbahçe in their last match, an away game that ended all square 3-3. Late drama in the game against Fenerbahçe as İstanbulspor were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Eze popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. The forward Eze was named "man of the match" for İstanbulspor with a rating of 7.33/10. Eze scored one goal.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Antalyaspor that ended 3-3.This is expected to be a close game, with İstanbulspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with İstanbulspor as a small favourite), we find 9 games. İstanbulspor has won 4 of these, drawn 1 and lost 4.
İstanbulspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the İstanbulspor defense is not exactly impregnable. 27 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Giresunspor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Giresunspor so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-7 (win-draw-lose). Giresunspor seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Istanbul Basaksehir with 2-4 on the scoreboard. As you can tell from the result, the match against Istanbul Basaksehir was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Giresunspor had apparently made the football gods angry before the game against Istanbul Basaksehir, losing the match after hitting the woodwork three times. Midfield player Sainz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.42/10. Sainz scored two goals, hit the woodwork two (!) times, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 8 of 14 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Ankaragucu wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Giresunspor playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Giresunspor win, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Take note that 8 of this side's 10 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The attacking power of Giresunspor when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. When Giresunspor is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Gazisehir Gaziantep, Umraniyespor, Hatayspor, Kasimpasa, Antalyaspor and Giresunspor.
Head 2 Head
Giresunspor have put together a sequence of 4 consecutive games without losing (2-2-0) when playing İstanbulspor.The teams have played each other already this season, with the result Giresunspor - İstanbulspor 3-2 written in the official records.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Ethemi 12 goals |  R. Bajić 10 goals |  B. Sainz Eguskiza 8 goals |
İstanbulspor missing players
Giresunspor missing players
| İstanbulspor | Giresunspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 29 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 14 |
| 36 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 30 |
| 58 | 27 | 6 | Conceded | C | 8 | 30 | 54 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 97% |
| 79% | 79% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 76% |
| 62% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 59% |
| 38% | 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 38% |
| 24% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 7% | 14% |
| 55% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 62% |
| 17% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 14% |
| 28% | 29% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 28% |
| 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 2.9 | 4.9 |
| 6.3 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 |
| 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 8.3 | 11.5 |
| 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 34% | 40% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| 13.6 | 11.9 | 11.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 15.1 | 13.2 |
| 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | 5.2 |
- Giresunspor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Giresunspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Giresunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Giresunspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- İstanbulspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- İstanbulspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Super Lig
- İstanbulspor 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 | Galatasaray | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 67 | 23 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 8 | 44 | 70 |
| 2 | Fenerbahçe | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 72 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 36 | 64 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 28 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 17 | 29 | 62 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 62 | 33 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 29 | 57 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 32 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 48 |
| 6 | Trabzonspor | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 46 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 45 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 49 | 51 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 24 | 34 | -2 | 45 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 30 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 42 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagümrük | 29 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 27 | 9 | 41 |
| 10 | Sivasspor | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 27 | -1 | 37 |
| 11 | Alanyaspor | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 45 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 34 | -10 | 35 |
| 12 | Ankaragucu | 29 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 34 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 29 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 40 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -7 | 33 |
| 14 | Kasimpasa | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 37 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -14 | 33 |
| 15 | İstanbulspor | 29 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 36 | 58 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 31 | -22 | 29 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 29 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 54 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 30 | -24 | 27 |
| 17 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 31 | 51 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 23 | -20 | 25 |
| 18 | Umraniyespor | 29 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 25 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 29 | -16 | 23 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 62 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 37 | -43 | 23 |
