İSTANBUL. Fenerbahçe snatched a late win İstanbul Başakşehir 1-0 after D. Rossi scored just 1 goal (85′). Fenerbahçe took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi stadium in İstanbul on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Zorbay Küçük with the support of Mustafa Emre Eyisoy and Kemal Yılmaz. The 4th official was Çağdaş Altay. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fenerbahçe had a superior ball possession 57% while İstanbul Başakşehir was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fenerbahçe was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fenerbahçe won the match​.

Fenerbahçe shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Fenerbahçe received 1 yellow card (I. C. Kahveci). Talking about the opposition, İstanbul Başakşehir received 2 yellow cards (D. Turuc and M. Tekdemir).

Standings

After playing this match, Fenerbahçe will have 23 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, İstanbul Başakşehir will stay with 20 points to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Super Lig, Fenerbahçe will host Giresunspor on the 12th of November with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Fenerbahçe (0 draws).

İstanbul Başakşehir will host Galatasaray on the 12th of November with a 13-7 head to head in favor of Galatasaray (8 draws).

Fenerbahçe – Formation

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

The manager Jorge Fernando Pinheiro de Jesus decided to play with the following team: Altay Bayındır (6.5), Serdar Aziz (6.5), Gustavo Henrique (6.7), Attila Szalai (7.3), İsmail Yüksek (6.9), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (7.2), İrfan Can Kahveci (7.6), Miguel Crespo (7.7), Lincoln (7.1), Michy Batshuayi (6.5) and Enner Valencia (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: João Pedro (6.2), İrfan Can Eğribayat, Emre Mor (7.0), Miha Zajc, Arda Güler, Diego Rossi (7.4), Serdar Dursun, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Ezgjan Alioski and Willian Arão (7.0).

Fenerbahçe could not rely on the presence of W. Arao (injured).

Substitutions

Fenerbahçe made 5 changes: I. Yuksek for W. Arao (67′), M. Batshuayi for D. Rossi (74′), I. C. Kahveci for E. Mor (74′), E. Valencia for Joao Pedro (74′) and F. Kadioglu for B. Osayi-Samuel (90′).

Best player: Miguel Crespo​

The most impressive player for Fenerbahçe was Miguel Crespo even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 49 passes (79% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

İstanbul Başakşehir – Formation

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

Emre Belözoğlu played with: Volkan Babacan (6.7), Ömer Ali Şahiner (7.3), Léo Duarte (7.4), Mahmut Tekdemir (6.2), Hasan Ali Kaldırım (6.2), Deniz Türüç (6.2), Lucas Biglia (6.9), Berkay Özcan (6.8), Bertrand Traoré (6.7), Stefano Okaka (6.7) and Serdar Gürler (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Lucas Lima, Muhammed Şengezer, Patryk Szysz, Philippe Keny, Francis Nzaba, Alexandru Epureanu, Mounir Chouiar (6.3), Danijel Aleksić (6.2), Junior Caiçara and Batuhan Celik.

Substitutions

İstanbul Başakşehir made 4 changes: S. Gurler for M. Chouiar (60′), B. Traore for D. Aleksic (80′), B. Ozcan for P. P. Keny (87′) and D. Turuc for P. Szysz (88′).

Best player: Léo Duarte​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for İstanbul Başakşehir was Léo Duarte.

His rating is (7.4) with 39 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Fenerbahçe – İstanbul Başakşehir – 1-0
• Trabzonspor – Sivasspor – 1-0
• Ümraniyespor – Fatih Karagümrük – 1-3