📊 Form Guide

İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir are hoping to win again following the 2-3 Super Lig triumph over Kasimpasa.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that İstanbul Başakşehir have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. It will be a concern for them that İstanbul Başakşehir have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 13 goals along the way. We will have to see whether or not that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Going into this encounter, İstanbul Başakşehir haven't been beaten in the league by Adana Demirspor in their last 5 matches.

Adana Demirspor

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Following on from being beaten in their last game against Hatayspor in Super Lig competition, Adana Demirspor will be aiming to make amends here.

In that game, Adana Demirspor managed 40% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. For their opponents, Hatayspor had 16 attempts on goal with 8 on target. Bilal Boutobba (10', 61'), Jonathan Okoronkwo (27', 38') and Joelson Fernandes (56') scored for Hatayspor.

The attacking players from Adana Demirspor have been starved of goals over their previous six encounters, contributing the disappointing return of just 3. In those fixtures, Mavi Şimşekler have also seen the overall goal tally of opposing teams equal 21.

Going into this encounter, Adana Demirspor are without a win away from home in their last 9 matches in the league. Very poor, indeed.

↔️ Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes going back to 19/03/2022 tells us that İstanbul Başakşehir have won 4 of these & Adana Demirspor 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A total of 20 goals were shared by the two clubs in these games, with 13 of them for Belediye and 7 for Mavi Şimşekler. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.33.

The previous league clash between these clubs was Super Lig match day 18 on 04/01/2025 when it ended Adana Demirspor 0-1 İstanbul Başakşehir.

That day, Adana Demirspor managed 40% possession and 10 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

At the other end, İstanbul Başakşehir got 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Davidson (32') was the scorer.

The referee was Erkan Özdamar.

📋 Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

It looks as if Belediye will possibly kick off with a 3-5-2 formation for this one, utilising Deniz Dilmen, Ousseynou Ba, Léo Duarte, Jerome Opoku, Yusuf Sari, Miguel Crespo, Umut Günes, Olivier Kemen, Christopher Operi, Philippe Keny and Krzysztof Piatek.

📰 Team News: Adana Demirspor

Adana Demirspor boss Mustafa Avcı has multiple availability issues to deal with. Ali Yavuz Kol (Head injury), Tolga Kalender (unknown injury), Salih Kavrazlı (unknown injury), İzzet Çelik (unknown injury) and Andreaw Gravillon (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that Mavi Şimşekler could decide to utilise a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Deniz Eren Donmezer, Arda Kurtulan, Burhan Ersoy, Abdulsamet Burak, Osman Kaynak, Bünyamin Balat, Izzet Celik, A. Simão Muanza, Nabil Alioui, Yusuf Barasi and Ozan Demirbag.

✨ Prediction

We’re of the view that İstanbul Başakşehir should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the same time, Adana Demirspor may well find it hard to score themselves although we do reckon that they could well end up hitting back at some stage.

We’re therefore expecting to see a decent 3-1 winning margin for İstanbul Başakşehir at full-time.

Peter Guest, 15:02 25/05/2025