İstanbul Başakşehir vs Konyaspor Live Stream, Predictions

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İstanbul Başakşehir

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İstanbul Başakşehir prepare for this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Super Lig drawn match vs Alanyaspor.

In that match, İstanbul Başakşehir had 47% possession and 12 shots at goal with 3 on target. The only player to score for İstanbul Başakşehir was Júnior Caiçara (45'). Alanyaspor had 13 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Khouma Babacar (13') scored for Alanyaspor.

Their more recent scorelines shine a light on the fact that there has been much resilience in the İstanbul Başakşehir rearguard. İstanbul Başakşehir have given the opposition little, resulting in the total number of goals that have gone past their goalkeeper over the course of their last 6 clashes standing at 4. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be sustained in this game.

A look at their previous results shows us that İstanbul Başakşehir:

• have not beaten Konyaspor in their last 2 league matches.
• are undefeated in their last 8 league matches at home. Visiting teams have certainly not had an easy time of it here.

Konyaspor

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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Sivasspor in Super Lig action, Konyaspor and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Konyaspor had 62% possession and 15 shots on goal with 4 on target. Sivasspor got 11 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Leke James (66') scored for Sivasspor.

A sequence of dependable displays from the Konyaspor defensive players has seen the number of goals they’ve conceded standing at 3 from their previous 6 outings overall. During the same period, the number of goals that they have scored themselves amounts to 9.

Leading up to this clash, Konyaspor:

• have not been beaten by İstanbul Başakşehir in away games against them for the last 2 league games.
• are unbeaten in their previous 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head duels stretching back to 07/04/2019, both clubs have shared the honours with İstanbul Başakşehir winning 2 of those games, Konyaspor 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined sum of 19 goals were produced between them in this period, with 10 of them from Belediye and 9 coming from Konyaspor. The average number of goals per game works out to 3.17.

The last league game between these sides was Super Lig match day 2 on 22/08/2021 when it finished Konyaspor 2-1 İstanbul Başakşehir.

On that occasion, Konyaspor managed 44% possession and 15 shots at goal with 6 on target. Goals were scored by Endri Çekiçi (51') and Sokol Cikalleshi (87').

İstanbul Başakşehir had 13 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Youssouf Ndayishimiye (45') scored.

The referee was Halis Özkahya.

📋 Team News: İstanbul Başakşehir

The İstanbul Başakşehir boss Emre Belözoğlu has a full complement, with no fitness concerns at all ahead of this clash thanks to a completely healthy group to pick from.

📰 Team News: Konyaspor

Konyaspor boss İlhan Palut has not got a full squad to pick from. Erten Ersu (Pneumonia), Artem Kravets (Unknown Injury) and Paul-José Mpoku (Unknown Injury) can’t be considered.

💭 Prediction

For this match, we think that Konyaspor will likely be able to score a goal against this İstanbul Başakşehir team, however that is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re predicting a close game with a 2-1 winning score for İstanbul Başakşehir at full-time. We’ll have to see what happens.

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

Renata Leite, 01:01 11/01/2022