In this week 25 match on Feb 12th, İstanbul Başakşehir will host Gazişehir Gaziantep at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 5th placed İstanbul Başakşehir, recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Fenerbahçe. Berkay Özcan scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 61st minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Fenerbahçe couldn’t muster any offence and İstanbul Başakşehir ran away with the shutout win. İstanbul Başakşehir is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while gazişehir Gaziantep is fresh off their 5-1 win against Sivasspor. Papy Djilobodji scored the first goal for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 6th minute, then Muhammet Demir added another in the 12th minute. Gazişehir Gaziantep should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, Gazişehir Gaziantep was victorious by a score of 1 to 0. Muhammet Demir scored the first goal for Gazişehir Gaziantep in the 1st 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 Gazişehir Gaziantep took the shutout win.
Gazişehir Gaziantep is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Furkan Soyalp and Alexandru Maxim each having 2 goals in their last 5. Junior Caiçara and Danijel Aleksić are the top scorers for İstanbul Başakşehir in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.
Erdinç Sözer’s İstanbul Başakşehir squad will be without Mahmut Tekdemir and Muhammet Demir, while Amedej Vetrih and Mirza Cihan are unavailable to play for Gazişehir Gaziantep.