In a mid week match on Mon Feb 28th, in week 27, Kasımpaşa hosts Fenerbahçe at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams in the anticipated İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Kasımpaşa sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-4 draw against Konyaspor. Mortadha Ben Ouannes struck first for Kasımpaşa in the 7th minute on a feed from Umut Bozok, then Amilton tied it up for Konyaspor in the 28th minute . With 18 points in their last 10 matches Kasımpaşa should be reasonably happy with their performance, while fenerbahçe is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Hatayspor. Serdar Dursun struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 67th minute from the penalty spot, then Serdar Dursun added another in the 81st minute on a penalty kick In the end, Hatayspor couldn’t muster any offence and Fenerbahçe ran away with the shutout win. Fenerbahçe is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
Fenerbahçe and Kasımpaşa last played eachother at the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi on the 3rd of October. Fenerbahçe won by a score of 2 to 1. Mergim Berisha struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 16th minute, then Luiz Gustavo added another in the 5th minute of the first half’s stoppage time on a feed from Diego Rossi.
Fenerbahçe’s most prolific scorer has been Serdar Dursun. The German attacker has netted three goals over the last 5 matches. Umut Bozok has been the most prolific scorer on Kasımpaşa in the last 5 matches with three goals
Cihat Arslan’s Kasımpaşa squad will be without Jeffrey Bruma, while Filip Novák, Ozan Tufan, Luiz Gustavo, Serdar Dursun and Kim Min-Jae are unavailable to play for İsmail Kartal’s team.