Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 8th, where Alanyaspor and İstanbul Başakşehir will play a match in Alanya in a clash of these two closely matched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 15 degrees, which is great football weather. 8th placed Alanyaspor is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Fatih Karagümrük. Efkan Bekiroglu scored the first goal for Alanyaspor in the 57th minute, then Aleksandar Pešić tied it up for Fatih Karagümrük in the 70th minute on a feed from Jure Balkovec earning Fatih Karagümrük a comeback draw. Alanyaspor is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while i̇stanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Trabzonspor. Neither Trabzonspor nor İstanbul Başakşehir could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 11 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. İstanbul Başakşehir looks to continue their winning ways, having 7 wins in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Alanyaspor was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Cristian Borja struck first for Alanyaspor in the 12th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, İstanbul Başakşehir couldn’t muster any offence and Alanyaspor ran away with the shutout win.
Both Danijel Aleksić and Stefano Okaka have been the hottest scorers for İstanbul Başakşehir in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Alanyaspor’s top weapon lately has been Famara Diédhiou, who has three goals in the last five matches.