In this week 33 match on the 16th of April, Altay and İstanbul Başakşehir will play a match in İzmir in a Super Lig match. In their last match, Altay recorded a 1-3 loss against Adana Demirspor. Younès Belhanda struck first for Adana Demirspor in the 33rd minute on a feed from Jonas Svensson, then Akaydin added another in the 36th minute. Altay is looking for direction having 3 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while 4th placed İstanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Sivasspor. Dimitris Goutas struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir on an own goal in the 3rd minute, then Deniz Türüç added another in the 60th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sivasspor couldn’t manage to score, and İstanbul Başakşehir took the shutout win. İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, İstanbul Başakşehir and Altay battled to a 0-0 draw. Neither İstanbul Başakşehir nor Altay could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 18 and 6 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s top weapon lately has been Danijel Aleksić, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Lopes Paixao and Martín Rodríguez are the top scorers for Altay in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Deniz Kadah is unavailable to play for Altay, while Nacer Chadli and Ravil Tagir are unavailable to play for Emre Belözoğlu’s team.