Struggling Kayserispor will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying İstanbul Başakşehir in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 2nd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
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.
Kayserispor form and stats
Overall Super Lig stats at home this season for Kayserispor are 2-2-3 (wins-draw-losses).
Kayserispor's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-4 versus İstanbul Başakşehir (placed 2nd). 3-3 away at Manisa BBSK before that.
Kayserispor's goalkeeper Silviu Lung Jr. was extremely busy against İstanbul Başakşehir, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 7 saves.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of points are very slim. When Kayserispor have been in this position before, they have won 0, drawn 0 and lost 1 from one game. 1 defeat by at least two goals.
Kayserispor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 7 games. 10 goals have been conceded.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat. Things are running smoothly for İstanbul Başakşehir who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 14 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Fenerbahçe. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Yeni Malatyaspor game have they lost an away game, meaning İstanbul Başakşehir has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Two travels in a row for İstanbul Başakşehir, whose manager O. Buruk could celebrate last time after the Super Lig win against Kayserispor. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Duzyurtspor in the Turkish Cup.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with İstanbul Başakşehir given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with 1 win as expected, 0 draws and 0 surprise home wins. The favourites won 1 of these games by at least two goals.
İstanbul Başakşehir are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 7 goals have been conceded by İstanbul Başakşehir in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Kayserispor - İstanbul Başakşehir 1-4. Kayserispor-İstanbul Başakşehir H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Kayserispor 0 wins, İstanbul Başakşehir 7 wins, 3 draws. 3 of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  E. Crivelli 7 goals |   Pedro Henrique 4 goals |  E. Višća 4 goals |
Kayserispor missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Kayserispor | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 27 |
| 36 | 14 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 81% | 62% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 62% | 38% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 56% |
| 44% | 38% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 19% |
| 25% | 38% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 62% | 62% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 69% |
| 12% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 25% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 6.2 | 7 | 7.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 154 | 99 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 21 | 115 | 227 |
| 66 | 42 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 43 | 87 |
| 21% | 19% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 26% | 31% |
- Kayserispor has the most conceded goals in the second half (22)
- Kayserispor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Kayserispor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- İstanbul Başakşehir has the fewest conceded goals (7) 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 | Sivasspor | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Beşiktaş | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 27 |
| 4 | Trabzonspor | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 26 |
| 5 | Fenerbahçe | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 25 |
| 6 | Galatasaray | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 7 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 8 | Alanyaspor | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | Goztepe | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 11 | Denizlispor | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Rizespor | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -9 | 20 |
| 13 | Gençlerbirliği | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 17 |
| 14 | Kasimpasa | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | -4 | 15 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -7 | 15 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -19 | 11 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 22 | -19 | 10 |