Week 12 brings us a match on Oct 30th where İstanbulspor and Fenerbahçe will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams in the ever popular İstanbul derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, which is great football weather. İstanbulspor sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-2 loss against Antalyaspor. Adi Mehremic struck first for İstanbulspor in the 26th minute on a feed from Emir Kaan Gultekin, then Fernando tied it up for Antalyaspor in the 2nd minute of the first half’s stoppage time Finally they completed the comback victory in the 97th minute on a goal by Veysel Sarı to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while in their last match, Fenerbahçe recorded a 1-0 shutout win against İstanbul Başakşehir. Diego Rossi scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 84th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, İstanbul Başakşehir couldn’t muster any offence and Fenerbahçe ran away with the shutout win. Fenerbahçe is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Michy Batshuayi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored 4 goals for Fenerbahçe. İstanbulspor is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Ali Yaşar and Ersin Destanoglu each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Osman Zeki Korkmaz’s İstanbulspor squad will be without Eslem Öztürk, while Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus’s squad will be without Joshua King, Mert Hakan Yandaş, Nazım Sangare and Luan Peres.