GAZIANTEP. İstanbul Başakşehir had a surprising win over Gaziantep F.K. with a 2-0 win with a goal from K. Piątek (60′) and a goal from M. Abeid (90′).

The match was played at the Gaziantep Stadyumu stadium in Gaziantep on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan with the assistance of Abdullah Bora Özkara and Samet Çavuş. The 4th official was Alper Akarsu. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 11.43 degrees Celsius or 52.57 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 36%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Gaziantep F.K. was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. İstanbul Başakşehir that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gaziantep F.K. was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 6 were on target. Nonetheless, İstanbul Başakşehir found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Gaziantep F.K. shot 14 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir shot 4 times, 4 on target, 0 off target.

Cards

Gaziantep F.K. received 1 yellow card (Jamiro Monteiro). Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir received 3 yellow cards (Mehdi Abeid, João Figueiredo and Deniz Türüç).

Standings

After this match, Gaziantep F.K. stays with 28 points like Fatih Karagümrük and Konyaspor to sit in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir will has 36 points like Rizespor to sit in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Gaziantep F.K. will play away against Antalyaspor on the 3rd of March with a 5-4 head to head stats in favor of Antalyaspor (6 draws).

İstanbul Başakşehir will host Samsunspor on the 3rd of March with a 4-2 head to head statistic in favor of İstanbul Başakşehir (1 draw).

Gaziantep F.K. – Formation

Gaziantep F.K. started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up (3-1-4-2).

The manager Marius Ninel Şumudică decided to play with the following team: Florin Niță (6.4), Arda Kizildag (6.4), Nicolas N’Koulou (7.0), Ertugrul Ersoy (7.1), Ogun Ozcicek (6.7), Deian Sorescu (7.0), Jamiro Monteiro (7.1), Max Gradel (6.7), Júnior Morais (7.0), Aliou Badji (6.4) and Denis Drăguş (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Furkan Soyalp (6.6), Marko Jevtovic, Ilker Karakas, Batuhan Ahmet Şen, Salem M’Bakata, Mirza Cihan, Ömürcan Artan, Alexandru Maxim (7.1), Lazar Markovic (6.6) and Mehmet Kuzucu.

Substitutions

Gaziantep F.K. made 3 changes: Jamiro Monteiro for Alexandru Maxim (66′), Arda Kizildag for Furkan Soyalp (80′) and Aliou Badji for Lazar Markovic (66′).

Player of the match: Denis Drăguş​

The most impressive player for Gaziantep F.K. was Denis Drăguş.

His rating is 8.1 with 20 passes (60% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 7 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

Çagdas Atan played with: Muhammed Şengezer (8.9), Léo Dubois (7.5), Hamza Güreler (7.0), Jerome Opoku (7.5), Lucas Lima (6.7), Berkay Özcan (7.1), Deniz Türüç (7.0), Danijel Aleksić (6.4), João Figueiredo (6.4), Davidson (7.0) and Krzysztof Piątek (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Volkan Babacan, Serdar Gürler, Philippe Keny, Mehdi Abeid (7.3), O. Kemen (7.0), Yasin Dilek, Berkay Aydogmus, Souza (6.8), Batuhan Celik and Deniz Dilmen.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: João Figueiredo for Mehdi Abeid (46′), Danijel Aleksić for Souza (84′), Deniz Türüç for Yasin Dilek (90′), Krzysztof Piątek for Philippe Keny (90′) and Hamza Güreler for O. Kemen (84′).

Player of the match: Muhammed Şengezer​

The most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was the goalkeeper: Muhammed Şengezer. His rating is 8.87. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Gaziantep F.K. – İstanbul Başakşehir – 0-2
• Fenerbahçe – Kasımpaşa – 2-1
• Kayserispor – Ankaragücü – 3-2
• Konyaspor – Hatayspor – 2-0