📊 Form Guide

Hatayspor

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Hatayspor will be looking to improve on their last outing here following the 1-0 Super Lig losing effort in their last game against Galatasaray.

In that match, Hatayspor managed 41% possession and 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Galatasaray had 19 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Mauro Icardi (12') was the scorer for Galatasaray.

Fewer than three goals per match were recorded in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Hatayspor have been involved. Regarding the goal split during this period, opposition teams scored a total of 7 while Hatayspor got themselves 5. Despite that, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall continue on in this next game.

Going into this one, Hatayspor are winless against Istanbulspor in their last 2 league games.

Istanbulspor

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Çaykur Rizespor in Super Lig competition, Istanbulspor and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Istanbulspor had 53% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. At the other end, Caykur Rizespor got 23 shots at goal with 10 of them on target. Ibrahim Olawoyin (4'), Martin Minchev (44', 64') and David Akintola (90') scored for Çaykur Rizespor.

It has become apparent that Istanbulspor have been starved of goals over their previous six clashes, recording the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those fixtures, Boğalar have also seen the collective goal aggregate of their opponents equal 12.

Heading into this contest, Istanbulspor haven’t won away from home in the past 5 league matches.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 22/02/2019 tells us that Hatayspor have won 3 of these games & Istanbulspor 2, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

An aggregate of 15 goals were shared by the two clubs during those clashes, with 8 of them from Hatayspor and 7 netted by Boğalar. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.5.

The last league encounter featuring the two was Super Lig match day 13 on 25/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Istanbulspor 2-1 Hatayspor.

In that match, Istanbulspor had 46% possession and 16 shots at goal with 11 of them on target. Goals were scored by Florian Loshaj (26') and Mendy Mamadou (78').

On the other side, Hatayspor had 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Renat Dadashov (48') scored.

The referee was Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu.

ℹ️ Team News: Hatayspor

It looks as if Hatayspor will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 system for this one with Erce Kardesler, Rigoberto Rivas, Guy-Marcelin Kilama, Nikola Maksimovic, Faouzi Ghoulam, Massanga Matondo, Fisayo Dele-Bashiru, Kerim Alici, Ömer Beyaz, Halil Dervisoglu and Carlos Strandberg.

📋 Team News: Istanbulspor

Istanbulspor manager Osman Korkmaz has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Emrehan Gedikli (unknown injury), Eslem Öztürk (unknown injury), Enver Sarıalioğlu (Cruciate ligament tear) and Okan Erdoğan (unknown injury) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that Boğalar will likely begin the game with a 3-4-3 formation, giving starts to Alp Arda, Özcan Sahan, Racine Coly, Simon Deli, Emir Kaan Gültekin, Mehmet Yesil, Florian Loshaj, Demeaco Duhaney, Mendy Mamadou, J. Kenio Santos and David Sambissa.

✨ Prediction

In this match, Hatayspor will most probably be able to score a couple when they come up against Istanbulspor, who will not find it easy scoring.

We reckon that it will be a comfortable 2-0 winning margin for Hatayspor when the full-time whistle blows.

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

Lucas Pereira, 12:06 14/04/2024