İSTANBUL. Konyaspor overcomes İstanbul Başakşehir 1-0 after S. Cikalleshi scored just 1 goal (53′).

Ousseynou Ba received a red card (43′)​. This red card was one of the reason why İstanbul Başakşehir lost the match.

The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Atilla Karaoğlan assisted by Murat Tuğberk Curbay and Süleyman Özay. The 4th official was Gürcan Hasova. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was hot at 28.19 degrees Celsius or 82.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 45%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was just the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. İstanbul Başakşehir was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Konyaspor that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

İstanbul Başakşehir had a more offensive attitude with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Konyaspor succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

İstanbul Başakşehir shot 12 times, 2 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Konyaspor shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

İstanbul Başakşehir received 5 yellow cards (Emre Belözoğlu, Deniz Türüç, Dimitrios Pelkas, Berkay Özcan and Ousseynou Ba). On the opposite side, Konyaspor received 2 yellow cards (Bruno Paz and Ahmet Oğuz).

(İstanbul Başakşehir) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (43′).

Standings

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İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

İstanbul Başakşehir started with a mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Emre Belözoğlu decided to play with the following team: Muhammed Şengezer (7.0), Ömer Ali Şahiner (7.3), Léo Duarte (7.5), Ousseynou Ba (7.1), Cemali Sertel (7.0), Mehdi Abeid (6.6), Berkay Özcan (6.6), Deniz Türüç (7.3), João Figueiredo (7.5), Serdar Gürler (7.9) and Krzysztof Piątek (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Volkan Babacan, Onur Ergun, Danijel Aleksić, Dimitrios Pelkas (7.0), Philippe Keny (6.7), Emirhan Ilkhan, Efecan Barlık, Yasin Dilek, Lucas Lima (6.8) and Mohamed Fofana.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: Deniz Türüç for Lucas Lima (46′), João Figueiredo for Efecan Barlık (90′), Krzysztof Piątek for Dimitrios Pelkas (63′), Mehdi Abeid for Philippe Keny (63′) and Berkay Özcan for Emirhan Ilkhan (90′).

Best player: Serdar Gürler​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Serdar Gürler.

His rating is (7.9) with 30 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Konyaspor – Formation

Konyaspor started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Aleksandar Stanojević played with: Paul Bernardoni (7.3), Ahmet Oğuz (7.0), Uğurcan Yazğılı (7.1), Francisco Calvo (7.5), Guilherme Haubert Sityá (7.1), Soner Dikmen (7.5), Bruno Paz (7.0), Robert Murić (7.0), Alexandru Cicâldău (7.0), Konrad Michalak (6.8) and Sokol Cikalleshi (7.5).

They had on the bench: Deniz Ertas, Yasir Subaşı, Yunus Malli (6.4), Louka Prip (6.4), Metehan Mert, Kahraman Demirtaş, Oğulcan Ülgün, Steven​ N’Zonzi (6.8), Mehmet Ali Buyuksayar and Marlos Moreno (7.0).

Konyaspor could not rely on the presence of Louka Prip (injured) and Steven​ N’Zonzi (injured).

Substitutions

Konyaspor made 4 changes: Alexandru Cicâldău for Yunus Malli (62′), Robert Murić for Marlos Moreno (62′), Konrad Michalak for Louka Prip (75′) and Bruno Paz for Steven​ N’Zonzi (75′).

Best player: Soner Dikmen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Konyaspor was Soner Dikmen even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 50 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Super Lig.​

• İstanbul Başakşehir – Konyaspor – 0-1
• Gaziantep F.K. – Galatasaray – 0-3
• Antalyaspor – Kayserispor – 1-1
• Pendikspor – Alanyaspor – 1-1