📊 Form Guide

Adana Demirspor

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Adana Demirspor, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Super Lig success vs Hatayspor.

In that match, Adana Demirspor had 48% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 3 on target. For Adana Demirspor, goals were scored by Semih Güler (61'), Ozan Demirbag (70') and Abat Aymbetov (75'). Hatayspor got 15 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Vincent Aboubakar (25') scored for Hatayspor.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Adana Demirspor have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The facts show that Adana Demirspor have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 12 goals in the process.

Coming into this contest, Adana Demirspor are winless against İstanbul Başakşehir in their last 4 league games.

İstanbul Başakşehir

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In their last game, İstanbul Başakşehir drew 2-2 in the Super Lig tie with Kasimpasa.

In that match, İstanbul Başakşehir managed 49% possession and 19 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for İstanbul Başakşehir was Krzysztof Piątek (9', 42'). On the other side, Kasimpasa got 13 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Nuno Joia Da Costa (3') and Gökhan Gül (68') scored for Kasimpasa.

Looking at their form, and İstanbul Başakşehir have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, conceding 8 goals in total. In defence, İstanbul Başakşehir could really do with shoring things up. We will just have to see if that trend will be sustained into this next match.

Pre-game facts show that İstanbul Başakşehir:

• remain undefeated by Adana Demirspor when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league games.
• have not won away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head to head clashes going back to 01/11/2021 tells us that Adana Demirspor have won 1 of them & İstanbul Başakşehir 4, with the number of draws being 1.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per match.

The last league meeting between these clubs was Super Lig match day 38 on 26/05/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Adana Demirspor 2-6 İstanbul Başakşehir.

That day, Adana Demirspor managed 49% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Tayfun Aydoğan (37') and Stiven Mendoza (88').

İstanbul Başakşehir got 12 attempts at goal with 7 on target. Krzysztof Piątek (5', 13', 68'), Berkay Özcan (40'), Davidson (44') and Figueiredo (91') scored.

The match was refereed by Burak Şeker.

📋 Team News: Adana Demirspor

Nabil Alioui (unknown injury), Breyton Fougeu (unknown injury) and Andreaw Gravillon (Cruciate ligament tear) will not be taking part for Adana Demirspor boss Mustafa Dalcı.

We think that Mavi Şimşekler may well make use of the 4-2-3-1 system, utilising Deniz Donmezer, Arda Kurtulan, Semih Guler, Tolga Kalender, Abdulsamet Burak, Izzet Celik, Maestro, Ozan Demirbag, Yusuf Barasi, Ali Kol and Abat Aimbetov.

🗞️ Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

It’s our belief that Belediye could decide to make use of a 4-1-4-1 system with a starting lineup of Muhammed Sengezer, Leo Duarte, Hamza Gureler, Jerome Opoku, Lucas Lima, Onur Ergun, Deniz Turuc, Olivier Kemen, Miguel Crespo, Davidson and Krzysztof Piatek.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Adana Demirspor are capable enough to score a goal against this İstanbul Başakşehir side, however a single goal might not prevent defeat.

We’re therefore tipping a very close game with a 1-2 winning score for İstanbul Başakşehir after 90 minutes. Let’s just see how this one goes.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 10:03 04/01/2025