İstanbul Başakşehir vs KAA Gent Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir will be looking for an improved result here after the 0-2 Super Lig losing effort in their last game against Beşiktaş.

In that game, İstanbul Başakşehir managed 49% possession and 13 shots on goal with 2 on target. Beşiktaş got 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Vincent Aboubakar (15') and Arthur Masuaku (55') scored for Beşiktaş.

Fewer than three goals per match were seen in 5 of the last 6 fixtures where İstanbul Başakşehir have been involved. With regard to the goal split from this period, their opponents scored an aggregate of 6 and İstanbul Başakşehir got themselves 6. Having said that, we will just have to wait and see if that trend might be sustained in this game or not.

KAA Gent

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KAA Gent will go into the meeting following on from a 2-6 First Division A win with the downing of SV Zulte Waregem in their previous match.

In that game, KAA Gent managed 61% possession and 11 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For KAA Gent, the scorers were Julien De Sart (37'), Alessio Castro-Montes (41') and Gift Orban (53', 68', 75', 83'). For their opponents, Zulte Waregem had 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. Timothy Derijck (52') and Jelle Vossen (65') scored for SV Zulte Waregem.

Over the course of 5 of the past 6 clashes featuring KAA Gent, a comparatively low number of goals have gone in between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game during that period works out to a mere 2.67, with the average goals for De Buffalo's being 1.83.

📋 Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

The İstanbul Başakşehir boss Emre Belözoğlu has a full complement, with no fitness worries whatsoever before this game owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

It seems likely that Belediye could kick off with a 4-3-3 system this time, handing starts to Volkan Babacan, Omer Ali Sahiner, Leo Duarte, Ahmed Touba, de Lima, Lucas Biglia, Berkay Ozcan, Mahmut Tekdemir, Deniz Turuc, Stefano Okaka Chuka and Serdar Gurler.

📋 Team News: KAA Gent

From our viewpoint, De Buffalo's seem likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup with a starting lineup of Davy Roef, A. Castro-Montes, Kamil Piatkowski, M. Ngadeu-Ngadjui, Jordan Torunarigha, Malick Fofana, Sven Kums, Julien De Sart, Hyun-Seok Hong, Hugo Cuypers and Gift Orban.

💡 Prediction

In our view, KAA Gent should get enough chances to score a goal against this İstanbul Başakşehir team, however that probably won’t be as many as the goals that they could concede.

We think that it’s going to be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 advantage for İstanbul Başakşehir by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.

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

Renata Leite, 01:41 11/03/2023