In this week 20 match on the 22nd of January, İstanbulspor and Trabzonspor will play a match in Trabzon in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 2 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Trabzonspor is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against İstanbul Başakşehir. Anastasios Bakasetas struck first for Trabzonspor in the 21st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed İstanbul Başakşehir couldn’t manage to score, and Trabzonspor took the shutout win. Trabzonspor is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 18th placed İstanbulspor, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Ümraniyespor. Valon Ethemi struck first for İstanbulspor in the 30th minute on a feed from Jetmir Topalli, then Kabasakal added another in the 4th minute of the first half’s stoppage time At the end of 90 a dissapointed Ümraniyespor couldn’t manage to score, and İstanbulspor took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10.
On Aug 5th, İstanbulspor hosted Trabzonspor at the Bahçelievler İl Özel İdare Stadyumu in their last match together. Trabzonspor won by a score of 2 to 0. Andreas Cornelius struck first for Trabzonspor in the 16th minute, then Stefano Denswil added another in the 86th minute In the end, İstanbulspor couldn’t muster any offence and Trabzonspor ran away with the shutout win.
Valon Ethemi has been the most prolific scorer on İstanbulspor in his last five matches with 3 goals. Maximiliano Gómez has been the most prolific scorer on Trabzonspor in the last 5 matches with two goals
Abdullah Mucip Avcı’s squad will be without Dorukhan Toköz, Bruno Peres and Serkan Asan, while Fatih Tekke’s squad will be without Eslem Öztürk.