Week 18 brings us a match on Jan 9th, where İstanbul Başakşehir will play host to Adana Demirspor in a meeting of these two evenly matched Super Lig teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 3rd placed İstanbul Başakşehir, recorded a 1-1 draw against Gazişehir Gaziantep. Berkay Özcan struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 44th minute on a feed from Serdar Gürler, then Alexandru Maxim tied it up for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 7th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Joao Figueiredo earning Gazişehir Gaziantep a comeback draw. With 17 points in their last 10 matches İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their performance, while adana Demirspor sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 6-0 blowout win against İstanbulspor. Younès Belhanda struck first for Adana Demirspor in the 29th minute on a penalty shot, then Yusuf Sarı added another in the 49th minute In the end, İstanbulspor was frustrated by Adana Demirspor’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Adana Demirspor ended the match with the shutout victory. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Adana Demirspor should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win each.
Adana Demirspor’s most prolific scorer has been Emre Akbaba. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. İstanbul Başakşehir is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Danijel Aleksić and Deniz Türüç each having 2 goals in their last five.