İstanbul Başakşehir vs Konyaspor Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 1-3 Super Lig success against Kasimpasa.

In that match, İstanbul Başakşehir managed 56% possession and 19 shots on goal with 11 of them on target. For İstanbul Başakşehir, goals were scored by Danijel Aleksić (48'), Deniz Türüç (98') and Patryk Szysz (100'). At the other end, Kasimpasa got 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Yasin Özcan (16') scored for Kasimpasa.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where İstanbul Başakşehir have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that İstanbul Başakşehir have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 5 goals in the process.

Leading up to this clash, İstanbul Başakşehir:

• have not been beaten in the league by Konyaspor in their previous 2 games.
• are undefeated in their last 2 league matches at home.

Konyaspor

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against MKE Ankaragücü in Super Lig competition, Konyaspor will be aiming to make amends here.

In that match, Konyaspor managed 55% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 7 on target. On the other side, Ankaragücü had 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Ghayas Zahid (51') scored for MKE Ankaragücü.

The stats tell the story, and Konyaspor have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 11 goals in total. In defence, Konyaspor have clearly had some problems. That kind of pattern won’t necessarily be continued into this game, of course.

Coming into this contest, Konyaspor are undefeated in their last 5 away league matches.

↔️ Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels dating back to 13/07/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with İstanbul Başakşehir winning 2 of those games, Konyaspor 2 and 2 being drawn after 90 minutes of play.

In all, 18 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 for Belediye and 9 for Konyaspor. That is an average goals per game value of 3.

The last league contest between the two was Super Lig match day 2 on 15/08/2022 which finished with the scoreline of Konyaspor 0-0 İstanbul Başakşehir.

On that day, Konyaspor managed 40% possession and 8 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

İstanbul Başakşehir had 9 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The match was refereed by Sarper Barış Saka.

ℹ️ Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

The İstanbul Başakşehir manager Emre Belözoğlu does not have any fitness concerns at all coming into this match owing to a completely healthy squad available to choose from.

ℹ️ Team News: Konyaspor

Konyaspor boss İlhan Palut has not got a full squad to pick from. Cebrail Karayel (Unknown Injury), Amir Hadziahmetovic (Unknown Injury) and Muhammet Demir (Unknown Injury) miss out here. Ahmet Oguz cannot play in this game through suspension.

🧠 Prediction

Our feeling is that Konyaspor should have enough to put a goal past this İstanbul Başakşehir outfit, however that is unlikely to prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

Our tip is for a 2-1 win for İstanbul Başakşehir by the conclusion of the game. Expecting it to be very competitive.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 01:41 25/01/2023