Antalyaspor vs İstanbul Başakşehir Prediction & Betting Tips

Antalyaspor face off with visiting rivals İstanbul Başakşehir at Antalya Stadyumu in the Süper Lig clash on Saturday.

Our full set of predictions, statistics and match poll for Antalyaspor v İstanbul Başakşehir can be seen below including the latest game odds.

📏 Form Guide

Antalyaspor DDWWWD 📈

Antalyaspor go into this fixture coming off the back of a 1-1 Süper Lig draw versus Gaziantep.

The only name on the scoresheet from Antalyaspor was Adis Jahović (88'). Olarenwaju Kayode (58') scored for Gaziantep.

Antalyaspor have been on a persistent run of goalscoring form, finding the back of the net every time they’ve gone out to play in their last 6 matches.

They’ve claimed a sum of 10 during that time while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 6. Still, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend shall be replicated in this game or not.

Their previous form shows that Antalyaspor:

• haven't beaten İstanbul Başakşehir in their previous 8 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 5 home league matches.

İstanbul Başakşehir WWDWWD 📈

In their previous fixture, İstanbul Başakşehir drew 1-1 in the Süper Lig match with Galatasaray.

The only name on the scoresheet from İstanbul Başakşehir was Danijel Aleksić (51'). Emre Akbaba (67') scored for Galatasaray.

In their previous 6 clashes, İstanbul Başakşehir have helped themselves to a total of 10 goals. Belediye have additionally got on the scoresheet on each one of those occasions. During that period, their defenders have seen 3 goals go into their own net.

Looking at the pre-match facts, İstanbul Başakşehir:

• remain unbeaten by Antalyaspor when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. A very decent away record against them.
• are unbeaten in their previous 5 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A review of past results between these clubs stretching back to 05/05/2017 tells us that these encounters have not been happy ones for Antalyaspor. They have not been able to register any wins whatsoever whereas İstanbul Başakşehir have maintained the edge over them, running out winners in 100% of those ties.

An aggregate of 15 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 1 for Akrepler and 14 coming from Belediye. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league fixture between the two was Süper Lig match day 13 on 01/12/2019 which finished with the scoreline of İstanbul Başakşehir 2-0 Antalyaspor.

The referee was Serkan Tokat.

ℹ️ Team News: Antalyaspor

Lukas Podolski (Unknown Injury), Sinan Gümüs (Unknown Injury) and Bahadir Öztürk (Thigh muscle rupture) aren’t available for Antalyaspor gaffer Tamer Tuna. Hakan Özmert will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

It looks as if Akrepler could opt for a 4-4-2 system for the game featuring Ruud Boffin, Fedor Kudryashov, Veysel Sari, Ersan Adem Gülüm, Bunyamin Balci, Amilton Minervino da Silva, Fredy Ribeiro, Luis Francisco Grando Chico, Sinan Gumus, Adis Jahovic and Lukas Podolski.

ℹ️ Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

Thanks to a completely injury-free squad available to choose from, İstanbul Başakşehir boss Okan Buruk has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this game.

We reckon that Belediye could decide to make use of a 4-1-4-1 formation, going with Mert Günok, Junior Caicara, Martin Skrtel, Alexandru Epureanu, Gael Clichy, Mehmet Topal, Fredrik Gulbrandsen, Berkay Özcan, Irfan Can Kahveci, Enzo Crivelli and Muhammet Arslantas.

🔮 Prediction

In our opinion, İstanbul Başakşehir should create a decent amount of chances and shots on target.

However, Antalyaspor will not find it easy getting on the scoresheet but we do fancy them pulling one back during this clash, too.

We’re therefore expecting to see a fairly comfortable 1-3 winning margin for İstanbul Başakşehir when all’s said and done.

Renata Leite, 23:13 29/06/2020