TRABZON. Trabzonspor and İstanbul Başakşehir didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Trabzonspor was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Medical Park Stadyumu stadium in Trabzon on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Halil Umut Meler with the help of Mustafa Emre Eyisoy and İbrahim Bozbey. The 4th official was Kutluhan Bilgiç. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Trabzonspor was in firm control of the ball 58% while İstanbul Başakşehir was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Trabzonspor was more pushing with 39 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Trabzonspor to win the match​.

Trabzonspor shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir shot 9 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Trabzonspor received 1 yellow card (H. Turkmen). Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir received 2 yellow cards (Y. Ndayishimiye and S. Okaka).

Standings

After this encounter, Trabzonspor will have 46 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, İstanbul Başakşehir will have 33 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Trabzonspor will host Yeni Malatyaspor on the 7th of January with a 7-2 head to head record in favor of Trabzonspor (0 draws).

İstanbul Başakşehir will play away agasint Alanyaspor on the 8th of January with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of İstanbul Başakşehir (4 draws).

Trabzonspor – Formation

Trabzonspor adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

The manager Abdullah Mucip Avcı decided to play with the following team: Uğurcan Çakır (8.4), Bruno Peres (7.4), Hüseyin Türkmen (6.6), Stefano Denswil (8.0), Anders Trondsen (7.1), Marek Hamšík (8.2), Abdülkadir Ömür (7.2), Dorukhan Toköz (7.1), Anastasios Bakasetas (7.7), Djaniny (5.8) and Andreas Cornelius (6.2).

The home team had on the bench: Ahmetcan Kaplan, Serkan Asan, Abdulkadir Parmak, Berat Ayberk Özdemir, Erce Kardeşler, Bengali-Fodé Koita (6.8), Yunus Malli, Manolis Siopis (6.6), İsmail Köybaşı (6.6) and Yusuf Sarı.

Trabzonspor could not rely on the presence of I. Koybasi (injured).

Substitutions

Trabzonspor made 4 changes: A. Cornelius for B. Koita (77′), D. Tokoz for M. Siopis (77′), A. Trondsen for I. Koybasi (83′) and A. Omur for Y. Sari (88′).

Best player: Uğurcan Çakır​

The player that probably impressed the most for Trabzonspor was the goalkeeper: Uğurcan Çakır. His rating is 8.35. He performed 5 saves.

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

Also İstanbul Başakşehir adopted the mid-fielder-oriented line-up (4-1-4-1).

Erdinç Sözer played with: Muhammed Şengezer (7.5), Junior Caiçara (7.8), Léo Duarte (7.3), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.3), Hasan Ali Kaldırım (7.7), Mahmut Tekdemir (7.1), Edin Višća (7.2), Danijel Aleksić (6.8), Berkay Özcan (7.0), Fredrik Gulbrandsen (6.5) and Stefano Okaka (6.8).

They had on the bench: Alexandru Epureanu, Deniz Türüç (6.4), Şener Özbayraklı, Nacer Chadli (6.7), Volkan Babacan, Emre Kaplan, Lucas Lima, Emre Karaal, Atabey Çiçek and Carlos Ponck.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 2 changes: B. Ozcan for D. Turuc (73′) and F. Gulbrandsen for N. Chadli (74′).

Best player: Junior Caiçara​

The player that probably impressed the most for İstanbul Başakşehir was Junior Caiçara.

His rating is (7.8) with 54 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• Giresunspor – Hatayspor – 0-1
• Kasımpaşa – Altay – 2-0
• Galatasaray – Antalyaspor – 2-0
• Trabzonspor – İstanbul Başakşehir – 0-0