Sivasspor v İstanbul Başakşehir betting guide: Not much separates the two teams

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu (27532 seats)

Sivasspor perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. İstanbul Başakşehir can look both up and down from their 14th position.

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!

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 are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Sivasspor form and stats

When playing at home in the Super Lig, Sivasspor have managed 6 wins, 8 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 18 games. Sivasspor has a nice streak going on as they have played 16 consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Alanyaspor defeat 97 days ago. The Sivasspor fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu and will expect new points from this game. Sivasspor has played 13 games in a row here without a defeat.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ali Sasal Vural not having conceded a league goal in 211 minutes.

A strong away win for Sivasspor against Gazişehir Gaziantep the last match, as Max Gradel were on target. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Yeni Malatyaspor in a game that was won 1-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Sivasspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sivasspor as a small favourite), we find seven games. Sivasspor has won four of these, drawn two and lost one.

There will be little rest for Sivasspor after this match as they are travelling to Fenerbahçe for a Super Lig game in only three days.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Sivasspor here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (17 from 18 games). Sivasspor have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats

The visitors are W6-D3-L9 on the road this term. That's in the Super Lig. Momentum is building for Başakşehir in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Danijel Aleksić and Junior Fernandes scored in İstanbul Başakşehir's previous match, the home game against Ankaragücü that ended 2-1. Ahead of that match was the victory versus BB Erzurumspor at their stadium, the result 2-1.

Junior Fernandes came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Ankaragücü last time out, making the manager A. Kocaman feel like a tactical genius.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by İstanbul Başakşehir in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Başakşehir, five draws and four defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Başakşehir are hosting Kayserispor in the Super Lig only three days away.

The visitors have scored 15 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Başakşehir's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

İstanbul Başakşehir - Sivasspor 1-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Sivasspor-İstanbul Başakşehir H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Sivasspor two wins, İstanbul Başakşehir one win, seven draws. one of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

SivassporM. Gradel
M. Gradel
10 goals
SivassporM. Yatabaré
M. Yatabaré
10 goals
İstanbul BaşakşehirF. Gulbrandsen
F. Gulbrandsen
7 goals

Sivasspor missing players

İstanbul Başakşehir missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sivasspor İstanbul Başakşehir
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
14 6 3 Won W 1 6 11
16 8 1 Drew D 0 3 10
7 4 2 Lost L 5 9 16
50 17 6 Scored S 5 15 41
41 14 5 Conceded C 15 27 55
84% 72% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 89%
70% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 76%
41% 28% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 49%
30% 17% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 11% 22%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 11% 16%
57% 39% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 39% 54%
30% 44% 33% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 22%
30% 44% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2 1.9
4 1 1 Red cards R C 3 5 7
 
9.5 10 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 11.4 12.2
4.2 4.2 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.7 4.1
32% 22% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 22% 27%

  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 37 25 6 6 85 38 19 14 3 2 48 12 18 11 3 4 37 26 47 81
2 Fenerbahçe 37 23 7 7 67 37 19 11 2 6 33 23 18 12 5 1 34 14 30 76
3 Galatasaray 37 23 6 8 70 33 18 10 6 2 39 15 19 13 0 6 31 18 37 75
4 Trabzonspor 37 17 13 7 45 34 18 9 3 6 26 22 19 8 10 1 19 12 11 64
5 Sivasspor 37 14 16 7 50 41 18 6 8 4 17 14 19 8 8 3 33 27 9 58
6 Alanyaspor 38 16 9 13 55 42 19 12 4 3 40 18 19 4 5 10 15 24 13 57
7 Hatayspor 37 16 9 12 60 51 18 9 4 5 34 22 19 7 5 7 26 29 9 57
8 Gazişehir Gaziantep 37 14 12 11 54 46 19 10 6 3 33 19 18 4 6 8 21 27 8 54
9 Goztepe 37 13 12 12 55 51 18 8 5 5 34 24 19 5 7 7 21 27 4 51
10 Fatih Karagumruk 37 13 12 12 52 49 18 10 4 4 32 18 19 3 8 8 20 31 3 51
11 Konyaspor 37 11 12 14 47 47 19 7 8 4 26 18 18 4 4 10 21 29 0 45
12 Rizespor 37 11 12 14 48 59 18 7 7 4 27 24 19 4 5 10 21 35 -11 45
13 Antalyaspor 38 9 16 13 40 53 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 3 10 6 16 25 -13 43
14 İstanbul Başakşehir 37 11 10 16 41 55 19 5 7 7 26 28 18 6 3 9 15 27 -14 43
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 37 9 14 14 43 49 19 7 7 5 25 21 18 2 7 9 18 28 -6 41
16 Kasımpaşa 37 10 10 17 42 54 19 8 4 7 23 24 18 2 6 10 19 30 -12 40
17 Kayserispor 37 9 12 16 34 50 18 5 6 7 19 23 19 4 6 9 15 27 -16 39
18 Ankaragücü 37 10 8 19 44 59 18 8 3 7 25 22 19 2 5 12 19 37 -15 38
19 BB Erzurumspor 38 9 10 19 41 65 19 2 8 9 18 29 19 7 2 10 23 36 -24 37
20 Genclerbirligi 37 9 8 20 37 66 19 5 5 9 22 32 18 4 3 11 15 34 -29 35
21 Denizlispor 37 6 10 21 36 67 19 4 6 9 16 23 18 2 4 12 20 44 -31 28

Table
  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 37 25 6 6 85 38 19 14 3 2 48 12 18 11 3 4 37 26 47 81
2 Fenerbahçe 37 23 7 7 67 37 19 11 2 6 33 23 18 12 5 1 34 14 30 76
3 Galatasaray 37 23 6 8 70 33 18 10 6 2 39 15 19 13 0 6 31 18 37 75
4 Trabzonspor 37 17 13 7 45 34 18 9 3 6 26 22 19 8 10 1 19 12 11 64
5 Sivasspor 37 14 16 7 50 41 18 6 8 4 17 14 19 8 8 3 33 27 9 58
6 Alanyaspor 38 16 9 13 55 42 19 12 4 3 40 18 19 4 5 10 15 24 13 57
7 Hatayspor 37 16 9 12 60 51 18 9 4 5 34 22 19 7 5 7 26 29 9 57
8 Gazişehir Gaziantep 37 14 12 11 54 46 19 10 6 3 33 19 18 4 6 8 21 27 8 54
9 Goztepe 37 13 12 12 55 51 18 8 5 5 34 24 19 5 7 7 21 27 4 51
10 Fatih Karagumruk 37 13 12 12 52 49 18 10 4 4 32 18 19 3 8 8 20 31 3 51
11 Konyaspor 37 11 12 14 47 47 19 7 8 4 26 18 18 4 4 10 21 29 0 45
12 Rizespor 37 11 12 14 48 59 18 7 7 4 27 24 19 4 5 10 21 35 -11 45
13 Antalyaspor 38 9 16 13 40 53 19 6 6 7 24 28 19 3 10 6 16 25 -13 43
14 İstanbul Başakşehir 37 11 10 16 41 55 19 5 7 7 26 28 18 6 3 9 15 27 -14 43
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 37 9 14 14 43 49 19 7 7 5 25 21 18 2 7 9 18 28 -6 41
16 Kasımpaşa 37 10 10 17 42 54 19 8 4 7 23 24 18 2 6 10 19 30 -12 40
17 Kayserispor 37 9 12 16 34 50 18 5 6 7 19 23 19 4 6 9 15 27 -16 39
18 Ankaragücü 37 10 8 19 44 59 18 8 3 7 25 22 19 2 5 12 19 37 -15 38
19 BB Erzurumspor 38 9 10 19 41 65 19 2 8 9 18 29 19 7 2 10 23 36 -24 37
20 Genclerbirligi 37 9 8 20 37 66 19 5 5 9 22 32 18 4 3 11 15 34 -29 35
21 Denizlispor 37 6 10 21 36 67 19 4 6 9 16 23 18 2 4 12 20 44 -31 28

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