National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kasımpaşa or Kestelspor that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Kasımpaşa form and stats
Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the 8th finals.The story so far in the Super Lig for Kasımpaşa at their home stadium (Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Kasımpaşa, facing Adana Demirspor in a game that ended 0-0. Defender Sakıb Aytaç got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Aytaç hit one key pass and won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Fatih Karagumruk with the scoreline 1-3.The match schedule is unforgiving for Kasımpaşa as they have a new game in only three days, a Super Lig match thankfully also at home. Besiktas are visiting.
The Kasımpaşa fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 7 matches. 10 goals have been conceded.
Kestelspor form and stats
They also participated in Turkish Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round.Impressive finishing from S. Bulut (2) secured the home win 2-1 against 68 Aksaray Belediyespor in their previous game.
Prior to that match, the Kestelspor manager F. Sayhan faced defeat when travelling to Kusadasispor and losing 1-2.Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  B. Kurt 6 goals |   U. Bozok 5 goals | A. Tuncay 4 goals |
Kasımpaşa missing players
Kestelspor missing players
| Kasımpaşa | Kestelspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 31 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 32 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Conceded | C | 13 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 4.3 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.4 | 10.6 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | ||
| 27% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 26% | ||
| 10.6 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 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 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Konyaspor | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 24 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Fatih Karagumruk | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 21 |
| 9 | Besiktas | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 10 | Adana Demirspor | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Altay | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 17 |
| 12 | Kayserispor | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | Antalyaspor | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 14 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -5 | 15 |
| 15 | Sivasspor | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 13 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -11 | 12 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 10 |
| 19 | Kasımpaşa | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 19 | -16 | 7 |