Perhaps a welcome break from league football as İstanbulspor & Etimesgut Belediyespor face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Turkish Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
İstanbulspor's stadium, Necmi Kadıoğlu Stadyumu, has a grass surface. Etimesgut Belediyespor have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Etimesgut Belediyespor when playing on grass; 11 wins, 8 draws and 16 losses from 35 matches. They have scored {45 goals} in these games and conceded 53.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
İstanbulspor form and stats
Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the 4th round.İstanbulspor have collected 1 point from their Super Lig home games so far after 0-1-4.
No payout for İstanbulspor in their previous match, an away game at Giresunspor that ended in defeat 2-3. Topalli (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.64/10. Topalli scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.
Preceding that match was the home Super Lig game against Fenerbahce that was lost 2-5.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Hatayspor are coming to town in three days.
Early season league goal statistics from İstanbulspor's 5 home games: {5 goals}, 15 conceded.
Etimesgut Belediyespor form and stats
Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the 3rd round.The fans enjoyed Etimesgut Belediyespor's previous fixture versus Karacabey Birlikspor, a 2-1 win played at home.
Ahead of that match was the 2. Lig: Kirmizi away draw versus Diyarbekirspor that ended 2-2.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Etimesgut Belediyespor manager Bozbay as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Kırklarelispor.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Yılmaz 6 goals | M. İstemi 5 goals |  V. Ethemi 4 goals |
İstanbulspor missing players
Etimesgut Belediyespor missing players
| İstanbulspor | Etimesgut Belediyespor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 27 | 9 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 40 | 21 | Conceded | C | 13 | 29 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 28% | ||
| 3.2 | 2.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.1 | ||
| 6.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.3 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 9.3 | 7.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.1 | 8.2 | ||
| 4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 27% | 23% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 38% | ||
| 12.7 | 10.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fenerbahce | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 23 | 29 |
| 2 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 5 | Kayserispor | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 6 | Besiktas | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 22 |
| 7 | Trabzonspor | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 16 |
| 10 | Alanyaspor | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Kasimpasa | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -11 | 15 |
| 13 | Fatih Karagümrük | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 12 |
| 14 | Ankaragucu | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 15 | Giresunspor | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Hatayspor | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -11 | 11 |
| 17 | Sivasspor | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 10 |
| 18 | İstanbulspor | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 8 |
| 19 | Umraniyespor | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 6 |
