İSTANBUL. İstanbul Başakşehir snatched a late win Antalyaspor 1-0 after J. Opoku scored just 1 goal (90′). İstanbul Başakşehir capitalized on its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 7:00 pm local time. The referee was Mert Güzenge assisted by Bahtiyar Birinci and İlker Takpak. The 4th official was Ömer Tolga Güldibi. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 7.04 degrees Celsius or 44.67 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

İstanbul Başakşehir was in firm control of the ball 59% while Antalyaspor was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

İstanbul Başakşehir was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why İstanbul Başakşehir won the match​.

İstanbul Başakşehir shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Antalyaspor shot 9 times, 0 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

İstanbul Başakşehir received 1 yellow card (Jerome Opoku). On the opposite side, Antalyaspor received 2 yellow cards (Erdogan Yesilyurt and Ali Yalçın).

Standings

After playing this encounter, İstanbul Başakşehir has 42 points to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Antalyaspor will stays with 38 points like Sivasspor to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, İstanbul Başakşehir will play away against Ankaragücü on the 17th of March with a 10-4 head to head record in favor of İstanbul Başakşehir (5 draws).

Antalyaspor will play away against Beşiktaş on the 17th of March with a 21-4 head to head statistic in favor of Beşiktaş (7 draws).

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

The manager Çagdas Atan decided to play with the following team: Muhammed Şengezer (6.8), Ömer Ali Şahiner (7.9), Hamza Güreler (7.5), Jerome Opoku (7.9), Lucas Lima (7.0), Berkay Özcan (7.0), O. Kemen (7.8), Deniz Türüç (8.1), Danijel Aleksić (7.0), Davidson (7.0) and Krzysztof Piątek (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Volkan Babacan, Onur Ergun, Serdar Gürler, Dimitrios Pelkas, Philippe Keny, Mahmut Tekdemir, João Figueiredo (6.8), Emirhan Ilkhan (7.0), Yasin Dilek and Souza.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 4 changes: Davidson for João Figueiredo (84′), Danijel Aleksić for Emirhan Ilkhan (77′), O. Kemen for Mahmut Tekdemir (90′) and Berkay Özcan for Souza (90′).

Player of the match: Deniz Türüç​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Deniz Türüç even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 33 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 13 crosses.

Antalyaspor – Formation

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

Ali Rıza Sergen Yalçın played with: Helton Leite (7.3), Bünyamin Balci (7.1), Veysel Sari (7.1), Bahadir Öztürk (7.7), Erdogan Yesilyurt (7.1), Jakub Kaluzinski  (7.0), Sander van de Streek (7.0), Dario Saric (7.0), Ufuk Akyol  (6.8), Sam Larsson (6.6) and Adam Buksa (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Amar Gerxhaliu , Erdal Rakip, Ramzi Safuri (6.4), Deni Milosevic, Ömer Toprak, Ataberk Dadakdeniz, Dogukan Özkan, Naldo, Zymer Bytyqi (6.4) and Emre Uzun.

Substitutions

Antalyaspor made 3 changes: Ufuk Akyol  for Ramzi Safuri (69′), Sam Larsson for Zymer Bytyqi (87′) and Dario Saric for Erdal Rakip (90′).

Player of the match: Bahadir Öztürk​

The player that probably impressed the most for Antalyaspor was Bahadir Öztürk.

His rating is 7.7 with 39 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• İstanbul Başakşehir – Antalyaspor – 1-0
• Trabzonspor – Fatih Karagümrük – 5-1
• Konyaspor – Adana Demirspor – 2-2
• Sivasspor – Alanyaspor – 1-2