İSTANBUL. İstanbul Başakşehir tops Giresunspor 3-1. İstanbul Başakşehir was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Tuesday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Alper Ulusoy who was helped by İlker Takpak and Murat Ergin Gözütok. The 4th official was Alper Çetin. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3 degrees Celsius or 37.44 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbul Başakşehir had a strong ball possession 64% while Giresunspor was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbul Başakşehir was putting more pressure with 100 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why İstanbul Başakşehir won the match​.

İstanbul Başakşehir shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Giresunspor shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

İstanbul Başakşehir received 1 yellow card (O. Sahiner). Regarding the opposition, Giresunspor received 1 yellow card (H. Traore).

Standings

After playing this encounter, İstanbul Başakşehir will have 32 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the other side, Giresunspor will stay with 22 points like Antalyaspor and Gaziantep F.K. to remain in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, İstanbul Başakşehir will play away against Trabzonspor on the 25th of December with a 10-8 head to head stats in favor of Trabzonspor (9 draws).

Giresunspor will host Hatayspor on the 25th of December with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Hatayspor (2 draws).

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

The manager Erdinç Sözer decided to play with the following team: Muhammed Şengezer (6.4), Junior Caiçara (7.6), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (6.8), Alexandru Epureanu (7.5), Lucas Lima (6.5), Mahmut Tekdemir (6.7), Edin Višća (9.0), Deniz Türüç (7.2), Berkay Özcan (7.2), Ömer Ali Şahiner (6.4) and Stefano Okaka (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Atabey Çiçek, Emre Karaal, Danijel Aleksić (7.3), Hasan Ali Kaldırım, Carlos Ponck (6.2), Nacer Chadli, Şener Özbayraklı, Volkan Babacan, Ravil Tagir and Fredrik Gulbrandsen (7.0).

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: L. Lima for F. Gulbrandsen (64′), D. Turuc for D. Aleksic (64′), Y. Ndayishimiye for Ponck (83′), M. Tekdemir for E. M. Karaal (87′) and E. Visca for S. Ozbayrakli (88′).

Best player: Edin Višća​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Edin Višća.

His rating is (9.0) with 1 goal, 50 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 7 crosses.

Giresunspor – Formation

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

Hakan Keleş played with: Okan Kocuk (7.1), Zeki Yavru (7.0), Mamadou Diarra (6.4), Alexis Pérez (6.6), Aziz Behich (6.9), Hamidou Traore (6.3), Flávio (7.1), Shapi Suleymanov (6.8), Fousseni Diabaté (5.8), Serginho (6.5) and Ibrahima Baldé (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Hayrullah Bilazer, Souleymane Doukara (6.4), Fatih Yilmaz, Joe Champness (6.2), Mehmet Umut Nayir, Sergen Piçinciol, Onurcan Piri, Joey Pelupessy (6.7), Çekdar Orhan and Emre Taşdemir.

Substitutions

Giresunspor made 5 changes: H. Traore for J. Pelupessy (80′), I. Balde for S. Doukara (80′), M. Suleymanov for J. Champness (83′), F. Diabate for U. Nayir (88′) and A. Behich for E. Tasdemir (88′).

Best player: Okan Kocuk​

The most impressive player for Giresunspor was the goalkeeper: Okan Kocuk. His rating is 7.13. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Antalyaspor – Kasımpaşa – 1-1
• Adana Demirspor – Galatasaray – 2-0
• İstanbul Başakşehir – Giresunspor – 3-1
• Altay – Trabzonspor – 1-2