On Saturday Jan 14th, İstanbul Başakşehir and Trabzonspor will play a match in Trabzon in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -5 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Trabzonspor is fresh off their 0-5 blowout loss against Alanyaspor. Efecan Karaca struck first for Alanyaspor in the 14th minute, then Koka added another in the 36th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Trabzonspor couldn’t manage to score, and Alanyaspor took the shutout win. Trabzonspor is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while i̇stanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 2-1 win against Adana Demirspor. Deniz Türüç struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 52nd minute on a penalty kick, then in the 58th minute, Younès Belhanda sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Akaydin. With 17 points in their last 10 matches İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their performance.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season. Last season İstanbul Başakşehir won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s most prolific scorer has been Deniz Türüç. He has netted three goals over the last five matches. Trabzonspor’s top weapon lately has been Maximiliano Gómez, who has two goals in the last five matches
Abdullah Mucip Avcı’s Trabzonspor squad will be without Dorukhan Toköz, Bruno Peres and Serkan Asan, while Emre Belözoğlu’s İstanbul Başakşehir squad will be without Mesut Özil and Edin Višća.