In a weekend match on Saturday Jan 15th, in week 21, İstanbul Başakşehir and Konyaspor will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. İstanbul Başakşehir sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Alanyaspor. Khouma Babacar struck first for Alanyaspor in the 14th minute on a feed from Efecan Karaca, but Junior Caiçara got the equalizer for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 45th minute earning İstanbul Başakşehir at least a draw. İstanbul Başakşehir is on a hot streak lately, with 6 wins in their last 10 matches, while konyaspor is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Sivasspor. Leke James scored the first goal for Sivasspor in the 66th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Konyaspor couldn’t muster any offence and Sivasspor ran away with the shutout win. Konyaspor is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
On Sun Aug 22nd, Konyaspor hosted İstanbul Başakşehir in their last match together. Konyaspor was victorious by a score of 2 to 1. Youssouf Ndayishimiye struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the %Minute minute of the %HalfNumber half’s stoppage time on a feed from Danijel Aleksić, then Endri Çekiçi tied it up for Konyaspor in the 51st minute Finally they completed the comback in the 87th minute on a goal by Sokol Cikalleshi to cap off a wild match.
Both Serdar Gürler and Paul-José Mpoku have been the hottest scorers for Konyaspor in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Both Edin Višća and Junior Caiçara have been the hottest scorers for İstanbul Başakşehir in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals.