İstanbul Başakşehir bring their bags for Sivasspor and Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu full of happy thoughts, but the home side is no weakling. More news on the game here!
These teams have little in common geographically as İstanbul Başakşehir have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both squads have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an enthusiastic match!
Sivasspor form and stats
Sivasspor have collected 23 points from their Super Lig home games so far after 5-8-2.
Sivasspor travelled for their previous game, a trip to Giresunspor that ended 2-2. The forward Gradel was named "man of the match" for Sivasspor with a rating of 8.04/10. Gradel scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Altay in a game that was won 2-1.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 four games. Sivasspor has won two of these, drawn one and lost one.
Sivasspor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu with 24 goals in 15 league matches.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
Playing away, İstanbul Başakşehir have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 6 defeats in the Super Lig this season.
İstanbul Başakşehir had fun at their own home (Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu) last time out, beating Yeni Malatyaspor 1-0. Aleksić scored. Epureanu was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.81. The defender Epureanu hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Metal Kharkiv.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by İstanbul Başakşehir in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Başakşehir, four draws and eight defeats.
İstanbul Başakşehir have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 19 goals have been scored. 17 goals have been conceded by İstanbul Başakşehir in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sivasspor and İstanbul Başakşehir have duelled previously this season: İstanbul Başakşehir - Sivasspor 2-1. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two sides are: two wins for Sivasspor, seven draws and one win for İstanbul Başakşehir. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: nine games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Okaka Chuka 10 goals |   M. Yatabaré 9 goals |  P. Konzen Medina da Silva 8 goals |
Sivasspor missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Sivasspor | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 15 | 31 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| 11 | 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 42 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 9 | 19 | 43 |
| 40 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 94% |
| 74% | 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 71% |
| 52% | 47% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 80% | 53% | 55% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 20% | 16% |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| 65% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 60% | 55% |
| 23% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 27% | 29% |
| 16% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | 10.5 | 9.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.8 | 9.5 | 11.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 34% | 36% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 29% | 27% |
| 9.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 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 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 32 | 71 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 31 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 58 |
| 3 | Fenerbahce | 31 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 35 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 56 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 31 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 52 |
| 5 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 31 | 15 | 5 | 11 | 43 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 50 |
| 6 | Adana Demirspor | 31 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 46 | 32 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
| 7 | Hatayspor | 31 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 48 | 46 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 48 |
| 8 | Besiktas | 31 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 45 | 40 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 5 | 47 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 37 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -1 | 44 |
| 10 | Fatih Karagumruk | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 36 | 45 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 32 | -9 | 43 |
| 11 | Kasimpasa | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 47 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 41 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 40 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 41 |
| 13 | Galatasaray | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -3 | 41 |
| 14 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 31 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 29 | -3 | 40 |
| 15 | Kayserispor | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 34 | -9 | 38 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -5 | 36 |
| 17 | Altay | 31 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 25 | -13 | 29 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 31 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 53 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -17 | 27 |
| 19 | Rizespor | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 57 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 35 | -27 | 26 |
| 20 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 31 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 52 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 31 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 21 | -29 | 20 |
