KAYSERI. Kayserispor prevails over İstanbul Başakşehir 1-0 after U. Demirok scored just 1 goal (73′). İstanbul Başakşehir was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Kadir Has Şehir Stadı stadium in Kayseri on Wednesday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Volkan Bayarslan with the collaboration of İlker Takpak and Mehmet Salih Mazlum. The 4th official was Adnan Deniz Kayatepe. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was freezing at -8 degrees Celsius or 17.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbul Başakşehir had a superior ball possession 68% while Kayserispor was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbul Başakşehir was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Kayserispor found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Kayserispor shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir shot 13 times, 3 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Kayserispor received 2 yellow cards (I. Akdag and A. Parmak). Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir received 3 yellow cards (D. Turuc, T. Cigerci and A. Epureanu).

Standings

After this match, Kayserispor will have 31 points like Gaziantep F.K. to sit in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir will stay with 34 points like Adana Demirspor to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

Kayserispor – Formation

Kayserispor started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Hikmet Karaman decided to play with the following team: Silviu Lung Jr. (6.8), Onur Bulut (7.1), Uğur Demirok (7.9), Majid Hosseini (7.6), Yasir Subaşı (7.3), Miguel Cardoso (6.8), Abdulkadir Parmak (7.0), İbrahim Akdağ (6.9), Gökhan Sazdağı (6.4), Mustafa Pektemek (7.4) and Mario Gavranović (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: İlhan Parlak, Joseph Attamah (6.2), Cenk Gönen, Nurettin Korkmaz, Ramazan Civelek, Carlos Mané (6.8), A. Kocaman, Olivier Kemen (7.2), Bilal Bayazit and Emrah Başsan (6.2).

Substitutions

Kayserispor made 5 changes: G. Sazdagi for O. Kemen (46′), M. Cardoso for Carlos Mane (46′), M. Gavranovic for E. Bassan (61′), I. Akdag for J. Attamah (66′) and M. Pektemek for I. Parlak (90′).

Best player: Uğur Demirok​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kayserispor was Uğur Demirok.

His rating is (7.9) with 1 goal, 35 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes.

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

Erdinç Sözer played with: Volkan Babacan (6.1), Junior Caiçara (8.0), Léo Duarte (6.9), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (6.6), Hasan Ali Kaldırım (6.8), Tolga Ciğerci (7.3), Serdar Gürler (6.5), Deniz Türüç (7.0), Danijel Aleksić (6.6), Fredrik Gulbrandsen (6.8) and Stefano Okaka (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Muhammed Şengezer, Alexandru Epureanu (6.3), Lucas Lima (6.6), Şener Özbayraklı, Ravil Tagir, Nacer Chadli (6.8), Emre Karaal, Emre Çolak (7.1), Atabey Çiçek (6.2) and D. Dilmen.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: S. Gurler for E. Colak (31′), D. Aleksic for N. Chadli (75′), T. Cigerci for A. Epureanu (76′), F. Gulbrandsen for A. Cicek (86′) and H. A. Kaldirim for L. Lima (86′).

Best player: Junior Caiçara​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Junior Caiçara.

His rating is (8.0) with 63 passes (87% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 27. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Trabzonspor – Giresunspor – 1-1
• Göztepe – Sivasspor – 2-1
• Kayserispor – İstanbul Başakşehir – 1-0
• Fenerbahçe – Altay – 2-1