İSTANBUL. İstanbul Başakşehir overcomes Alanyaspor with a 2-0 win with a goal from S. Gurler (23′) and a goal from P. P. (85′). Alanyaspor lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Ali Şansalan assisted by Abdullah Bora Özkara and Mustafa Savranlar. The 4th official was Reşat Onur Coşkunses. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.6 degrees Celsius or 74.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Alanyaspor had a superior ball possession 59% while İstanbul Başakşehir was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Alanyaspor was more aggressive with 66 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, İstanbul Başakşehir was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

İstanbul Başakşehir shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Alanyaspor shot 7 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

İstanbul Başakşehir received 1 yellow card (S. Okaka). Regarding the opposition, Alanyaspor received 3 yellow cards (U. Gunes, L. Fer and P. Pereira).

Standings

After this match, İstanbul Başakşehir will have 10 points like Fenerbahçe, Beşiktaş, Gaziantep F.K. and Trabzonspor to sit in the 3rd place. On the other side, Alanyaspor will stay with 5 points to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

The manager Emre Belözoğlu decided to play with the following team: Volkan Babacan (7.2), Junior Caiçara (7.1), Léo Duarte (7.6), Youssouf Ndayishimiye (7.1), Lucas Lima (7.5), Mahmut Tekdemir (7.1), Lucas Biglia (6.8), Berkay Özcan (6.6), Serdar Gürler (7.2), Stefano Okaka (6.5) and Mounir Chouiar (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Muhammed Şengezer, Patryk Szysz (6.4), Danijel Aleksić (6.2), Deniz Türüç, Bertrand Traoré (7.8), Ömer Ali Şahiner (6.6), Muhammet Arslantaş, Alexandru Epureanu, Ahmed Touba and Philippe Keny (7.7).

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 5 changes: B. Ozcan for D. Aleksic (70′), J. Caicara for O. Sahiner (70′), S. Okaka for B. Traore (75′), S. Gurler for P. P. Keny (75′) and M. Chouiar for P. Szysz (86′).

Best player: Bertrand Traoré​

The player that probably impressed the most for İstanbul Başakşehir was Bertrand Traoré even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 6 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 75′.

Alanyaspor – Formation

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

Francesco Farioli played with: Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (6.3), Pedro Pereira (7.0), Furkan Bayir (6.6), Fatih Aksoy (7.1), Jure Balkovec (7.3), Umut Güneş (6.8), Leroy Fer (6.6), Zinedine Ferhat (5.8), Efkan Bekiroğlu (7.0), Oğuz Aydın (6.8) and Wilson Eduardo (6.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Yusuf Ozdemir (6.4), Erencan Yardımcı (6.4), Cagan Kayra Erciyas, Idrissa Doumbia (6.7), Tayfur Bingöl, Miha Mevlja, Arnaud Lusamba, Yusuf Karagöz, Oussama Targhalline (6.6) and Daniel Candeias (6.6).

Substitutions

Alanyaspor made 5 changes: E. Bekiroglu for D. Candeias (57′), F. Aksoy for I. Doumbia (57′), W. Eduardo for O. Targhalline (57′), O. Aydin for E. Yardimci (73′) and J. Balkovec for Y. Ozdemir (86′).

Best player: Jure Balkovec​

The player that probably impressed the most for Alanyaspor was Jure Balkovec.

His rating is (7.3) with 58 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Fenerbahçe – Kayserispor – 2-0
• İstanbul Başakşehir – Alanyaspor – 2-0
• Giresunspor – Konyaspor – 0-1
• Sivasspor – Fatih Karagümrük – 0-0