On paper it looks like advantage Kasımpaşa in this match vs İstanbulspor, but the away side will fight to the finish. Here's our match preview!
- Kasımpaşa have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Super Lig
- İstanbulspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
These teams are so close in distance that this match is special, a derby with local pride the main prize.
It's no vacation for neither Kasımpaşa nor İstanbulspor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Kasımpaşa form and stats
The story so far in the Super Lig for Kasımpaşa at their home stadium (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats.
It's back home for Kasımpaşa, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Sivasspor away with the result 2-1. Ouanes and Fall found the net in that victory. Finally, a league victory after four games without. Midfield player Eysseric got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Eysseric served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Kasımpaşa played out a draw 0-0 when visiting Ankaragucu.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 Kasımpaşa have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 4.
The Kasımpaşa fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 26 goals in 16 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 28 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
İstanbulspor form and stats
Playing away, İstanbulspor have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 9 defeats in the Super Lig this season.
İstanbulspor failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Galatasaray (placed 1st) that ended with defeat 0-2. That loss was their first after four consecutive league fixtures winning points. Sarıkaya got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Sarıkaya hit the woodwork once, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).
Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Giresunspor.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by İstanbulspor in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for İstanbulspor, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
The visiting İstanbulspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 16 games. As for defending, İstanbulspor rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 31 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
İstanbulspor - Kasımpaşa 2-1 was the output when these sides previously did battle, also in this season. Head to head totals (for the last nine meetings): Kasımpaşa won four games, three matches ended with a draw and İstanbulspor got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / three.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Ethemi 12 goals |   M. Fall 7 goals | M. Ben Ouannes 4 goals |
Kasımpaşa missing players
İstanbulspor missing players
| Kasımpaşa | İstanbulspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 6 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 7 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 36 | 26 | 12 | Scored | S | 4 | 17 | 37 |
| 52 | 28 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 31 | 60 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 81% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 80% | 77% |
| 55% | 62% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 60% | 58% |
| 35% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 40% | 35% |
| 23% | 31% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 55% | 69% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 53% | 52% |
| 23% | 19% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 20% | 19% |
| 32% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 27% | 29% |
| 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
| 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.6 | 7.7 | 6.4 |
| 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.8 | 12.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9.9 | 8.8 |
| 4.2 | 5.4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | 3.5 |
| 27% | 30% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 29% | 34% |
| 13.7 | 12.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.4 | 15.1 | 14.4 |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
- Kasımpaşa have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Kasımpaşa have the fewest points from losing position (4) in Super Lig
- Kasımpaşa have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Super Lig
- Kasımpaşa haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- İstanbulspor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- İstanbulspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- 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 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 71 | 26 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 11 | 45 | 76 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 31 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 76 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 38 | 68 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 32 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 63 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 33 | 68 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 66 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 23 | 31 | 60 |
| 5 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 31 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 51 |
| 6 | Konyaspor | 33 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 45 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Kayserispor | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 54 | 53 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 36 | 1 | 49 |
| 8 | Trabzonspor | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 49 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 33 | 5 | 48 |
| 9 | Fatih Karagumruk | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 66 | 55 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 11 | 44 |
| 10 | Alanyaspor | 33 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 48 | 62 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 38 | -14 | 38 |
| 11 | Sivasspor | 33 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 31 | -7 | 37 |
| 12 | Kasımpaşa | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -13 | 37 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -8 | 36 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 31 | 10 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 45 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 24 | -8 | 35 |
| 15 | İstanbulspor | 32 | 10 | 5 | 17 | 40 | 60 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 29 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 31 | -20 | 35 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 56 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 31 | -25 | 28 |
| 17 | Umraniyespor | 31 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 42 | 56 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -14 | 26 |
| 18 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 31 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 57 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -26 | 25 |
| 19 | Hatayspor | 31 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 68 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 40 | -49 | 23 |
