A key match in Super Lig as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Trabzonspor in 1st position and İstanbul Başakşehir placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Trabzonspor and İstanbul Başakşehir.
İstanbul Başakşehir have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Trabzonspor form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Medical Park Stadyumu as Trabzonspor, who have the most scored goals (58) in Super Lig, have scored 36 goals to get 29 points from 13 games. The overall stats in the Super Lig are 9-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). Trabzonspor haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Denizlispor, 89 days ago. Ever since the Denizlispor game Trabzonspor has been unbeatable here at Medical Park Stadyumu producing five straight wins.
Happy days for Trabzonspor in their previous game, a Super Lig match away at Yeni Malatyaspor (placed 13th) that ended with a 3-1 victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Gazisehir Gaziantep that finished 1-1.
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 Trabzonspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.
Trabzonspor are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at Medical Park Stadyumu in their league games, having scored an impressive 36 goals in 13 matches. Trabzonspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
İstanbul Başakşehir form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 6 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats. The fact that İstanbul Başakşehir have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. It could be a hat trick of victories away for İstanbul Başakşehir, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Impressive finishing from Edin Višća secured the home win 1-0 against København in their previous game. Preceding that game was the away Super Lig victory against Göztepe with the score of 3-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by İstanbul Başakşehir in our archives, and the results are: two wins for İstanbul Başakşehir, three draws and one defeat.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the İstanbul Başakşehir manager O. Buruk as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against København.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far İstanbul Başakşehir have scored 17 goals in 12 league games away. 12 goals have been conceded by İstanbul Başakşehir in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result İstanbul Başakşehir - Trabzonspor 2-2 entered in the official records. Trabzonspor-İstanbul Başakşehir H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Trabzonspor one win, İstanbul Başakşehir five wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Sørloth 18 goals |  A. Nwakaeme 11 goals |  E. Crivelli 10 goals |
Trabzonspor missing players
İstanbul Başakşehir missing players
| Trabzonspor | İstanbul Başakşehir | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 15 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 58 | 36 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 49 |
| 27 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 92% | 96% |
| 88% | 85% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 83% | 88% |
| 68% | 77% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 40% | 46% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 28% |
| 20% | 38% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 76% | 77% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 58% | 68% |
| 20% | 15% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 25% | 24% |
| 4% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 12% |
| 5.4 | 5.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 334 | 196 | 43 | Total Shots | T S | 25 | 157 | 321 |
| 140 | 83 | 16 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 55 | 129 |
| 41% | 43% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 31% | 38% |
- Trabzonspor has the fewest matches under the total-line (8)
- Trabzonspor has the most dropped points from leading position (18)
- Trabzonspor has the most scored goals (36) at home
- Trabzonspor has the most scored goals (58)
- Trabzonspor has the most scored goals in the first half (28)
- Trabzonspor has the most scored goals in the second half (30)
- Trabzonspor has the the best goal difference (+21) at home
- Trabzonspor has the the best goal difference (+31)
- Trabzonspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Trabzonspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Trabzonspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as İstanbul Başakşehir have scored away.
- Trabzonspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- İstanbul Başakşehir have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 52 |
| 2 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 25 | 52 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 49 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 25 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 49 |
| 5 | Besiktas | 25 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 43 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 40 |
| 7 | Fenerbahce | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 40 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 34 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -4 | 32 |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -9 | 28 |
| 11 | Genclerbirligi | 25 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 28 |
| 12 | Antalyaspor | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -15 | 27 |
| 13 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Rizespor | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 25 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -13 | 23 |
| 16 | Kasımpaşa | 25 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -14 | 23 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 25 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -23 | 20 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 25 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -35 | 19 |