İstanbul Başakşehir vs Galatasaray Live Stream, Predictions

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İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir are hoping to win again after their last result, the 0-2 Super Lig triumph versus Istanbulspor.

In that match, İstanbul Başakşehir managed 58% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 on target. For İstanbul Başakşehir, the goals were scored by Dimitris Pelkas (52') and Figueiredo (90'). Istanbulspor got 7 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.

It’s been all too rare in recent times where İstanbul Başakşehir have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that İstanbul Başakşehir have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 8 goals on the way.

Analysis of their past results shows that İstanbul Başakşehir:

• are winless against Galatasaray in their last 7 league matches.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Galatasaray

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In their previous fixture, Galatasaray drew 2-2 in the Champions League tie with FC Copenhagen.

In that game, Galatasaray had 64% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Galatasaray, goals were scored by Sacha Boey (86') and Tetê (88'). At the other end, FC Copenhagen had 7 shots on goal with 3 on target. Mohamed Elyounoussi (35') and Diogo Gonçalves (58') scored for FC Copenhagen.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games involving Galatasaray, a minimum of three goals have been struck. The average goals scored per game in that time is 3.83, with the number of goals averaged by Galatasaray equalling 2.67. That sort of pattern might not be continued into this match, of course.

Taking a look at their past results, Galatasaray:

• have not lost to İstanbul Başakşehir when they have played them away from home in the previous 5 matches in the league. A very good record, indeed.
• are undefeated in their previous 5 away league matches.

👥 Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results stretching back to 20/09/2020 shows that these fixtures have not been kind to İstanbul Başakşehir. They have not been able to come away with any victories at all whereas Galatasaray have simply been better than them, running out winners in 67% of those matches.

A sum of 15 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 1 for Belediye and 14 being from Cimbom. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was Super Lig match day 33 on 08/05/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Galatasaray 1-0 İstanbul Başakşehir.

That time, Galatasaray managed 60% possession and 20 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorer was Mauro Icardi (45').

For their opponents, İstanbul Başakşehir had 6 shots at goal with 4 on target.

The match was refereed by Halil Umut Meler.

📰 Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

The İstanbul Başakşehir boss Emre Belözoğlu will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever coming into this match thanks to a completely injury-free group available for selection.

We think that Belediye look set to make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Volkan Babacan, Léo Dubois, Ousseynou Ba, Léo Duarte, Lucas Lima, Eden Karzev, Berkay Özcan, Deniz Türüc, Dimitrios Pelkas, Serdar Gurler and Krzysztof Piatek.

ℹ️ Team News: Galatasaray

Owing to a completely healthy group available to choose from, the Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk does not have any fitness concerns to report before this match. Gökdeniz Gürpüz will not be able to play in this game through being suspended.

From our viewpoint, Cimbom seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 formation using N. Fernando Muslera, Sacha Boey, Victor Nelsson, Abdlkerim Bardakci, Kazimcan Karatas, Kerem Demirbay, Lucas Torreira, Tetê, Hakim Ziyech, Wilfried Zaha and Mauro Icardi.

🔮 Prediction

We feel that İstanbul Başakşehir could well find it tough to score against this Galatasaray lineup who we think should emerge victorious.

Therefore, we predict a highly competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Galatasaray at the end of this game.

Let’s see how this one goes.

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

Renata Leite, 01:02 19/09/2023