📏 Form Guide

İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir will be looking for an improved result here after a 2-1 Super Lig defeat last time out to MKE Ankaragücü.

In that match, İstanbul Başakşehir had 61% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. The scorer for İstanbul Başakşehir was Figueiredo (80'). Ankaragucu had 11 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Tolga Ciğerci (57') and Ali Sowe (67') scored for MKE Ankaragücü.

Çağdaş Atan's İstanbul Başakşehir have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 7 times over their past half-dozen outings. The tally of goals that they have conceded in those games amounts to 7.

Analysis of their past results shows that İstanbul Başakşehir:

• have not emerged victorious against Beşiktaş in their last 2 league matches.
• are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches at home.

Beşiktaş

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After a losing effort in their last game against Antalyaspor in Super Lig action, Beşiktaş will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Beşiktaş had 51% possession and 18 attempts at goal with 8 on target. The only player to score for Beşiktaş was Ernest Muçi (46'). For their opponents, Antalyaspor had 11 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Bünyamin Balcı (5') and Adam Buksa (38') scored for Antalyaspor.

The trend of at least one team not scoring a goal in games involving Beşiktaş has become noticeable of late. A glance at their last 6 outings reveals that this has happened 5 times. In those clashes, opposing sides have hit a goal aggregate of 5 while Beşiktaş have scored 5.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings going back to 12/03/2021 tells us that İstanbul Başakşehir have won 2 of these and Beşiktaş 3, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

18 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 8 for Belediye and 10 netted by Kara Kartallar. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was Super Lig match day 12 on 12/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Beşiktaş 1-0 İstanbul Başakşehir.

That day, Beşiktaş had 49% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Jackson Muleka (56').

İstanbul Başakşehir got 7 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

The match was refereed by Arda Kardeşler.

🗞️ Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

The İstanbul Başakşehir boss Çağdaş Atan has zero fitness concerns at all before this game with a fully injury-free squad ready to go.

It looks as if Belediye may well make use of the 4-3-3 system for this one, handing starts to Muhammed Sengezer, Omer Ali Sahiner, Jerome Opoku, Leo Duarte, Leo Dubois, Souza, Olivier Kemen, Berkay Ozcan, Serdar Gurler, Krzysztof Piatek and Davidson.

📰 Team News: Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş manager Fernando Santos has a number of players out of action. Ante Rebic (Pelvic contusion), Arthur Masuaku (Cartilage damage), Onur Bulut (Internal ligament strain), Tayfur Bingöl (Torn thigh muscle), Salih Uçan (unknown injury) and Amir Hadziahmetovic (Cruciate ligament injury) are those who can’t be considered. The suspended players who are serving a ban for this game are Amir Hadziahmetovic, Berkay Vardar and Gökhan Inler.

We are inclined to think that Kara Kartallar seem most likely to play in a 4-1-4-1 formation by sending out Mert Gunok, Jonas Svensson, Necip Uysal, Omar Colley, Baktiyor Zaynutdinov, Gedson Fernandes, Rachid Ghezzal, Ernest Muci, Milot Rashica, Semih Kilicsoy and Vincent Aboubakar.

🧠 Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Beşiktaş and İstanbul Başakşehir could both well score here although it’s hard to see a clear-cut winner.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw. We therefore see a very close game with a 1-1 score at the end of this game.

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

Andre Moura, 17:14 04/04/2024