İSTANBUL. İstanbul Başakşehir tops İstanbulspor 2-0 after K. Piątek scores 2 goals.

The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Emre Kargın who had the assistance of Abdullah Bora Özkara and İbrahim Bozbey. The 4th official was Burak Olcar. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 7.69 degrees Celsius or 45.84 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbul Başakşehir had a superior ball possession 61% while İstanbulspor was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbul Başakşehir was putting more pressure with 57 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why İstanbul Başakşehir won the match​.

İstanbul Başakşehir shot 24 times, 9 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, İstanbulspor shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

İstanbul Başakşehir received 1 yellow card (Ousseynou Ba). On the other side, İstanbulspor received 1 yellow card (Eduart Rroca).

Standings

After playing this match, İstanbul Başakşehir has 33 points to remain in the 7th place. On the other side, İstanbulspor will stays with 11 points to sit in the 20th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, İstanbul Başakşehir will play away against Galatasaray on the 11th of February with a 16-7 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (8 draws).

İstanbulspor will host Gaziantep F.K. on the 11th of February with a 5-5 head to head statistic.

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

The manager Çagdas Atan decided to play with the following team: Volkan Babacan (7.7), Léo Duarte (8.1), Ousseynou Ba (7.5), Jerome Opoku (7.3), Léo Dubois (7.7), Souza (6.7), Deniz Türüç (8.9), Emirhan Ilkhan (7.0), Berkay Özcan (7.7), João Figueiredo (7.3) and Krzysztof Piątek (9.4).

The home team had on the bench: Onur Ergun (7.0), Lucas Lima (6.7), Danijel Aleksić (6.7), Philippe Keny (7.0), Mehdi Abeid, O. Kemen (6.8), Mahmut Tekdemir, Berkay Aydogmus, Batuhan Celik and Deniz Dilmen.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: Berkay Özcan for Danijel Aleksić (87′), Souza for O. Kemen (58′), Emirhan Ilkhan for Onur Ergun (77′), João Figueiredo for Philippe Keny (78′) and Léo Dubois for Lucas Lima (86′).

Player of the match: Krzysztof Piątek​

The player that probably impressed the most for İstanbul Başakşehir was Krzysztof Piątek.

His rating is 9.4 with 2 goals, 15 passes (93% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

İstanbulspor – Formation

İstanbulspor started with a 3-5-1-1 line-up (3-5-1-1).

Osman Zeki Korkmaz played with: Alp Arda (8.1), Okan Erdogan  (6.1), Mehmet Yesil (7.9), Simon Deli (7.3), David Sambissa (7.5), Florian Loshaj (6.8), Modestas Vorobjovas (7.1), Muammer Sarikaya (7.0), Ali Yasar  (6.4), Eduart Rroca (7.0) and Djakaridja Junior Traoré (6.6).

They had on the bench: Eslem Öztürk, Vefa Temel (6.3), Kubilay Köylü, Racine Coly (6.8), Enver Sarialioglu, Ozcan Sahan, Mücahit Serbest, Tunahan Samdanli, İzzet Topatar and Jackson (6.8).

Substitutions

İstanbulspor made 5 changes: Eduart Rroca for Jackson (59′), Djakaridja Junior Traoré for Vefa Temel (77′), Ali Yasar  for Racine Coly (77′), Florian Loshaj for Eslem Öztürk (88′) and Muammer Sarikaya for Ozcan Sahan (88′).

Player of the match: Alp Arda​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbulspor was the goalkeeper: Alp Arda. His rating is 8.06. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Antalyaspor – Fenerbahçe – 0-2
• İstanbul Başakşehir – İstanbulspor – 2-0
• Gaziantep F.K. – Kayserispor – 1-1
• Rizespor – Konyaspor – 0-0