In this week 2 match on Aug 15th, Konyaspor hosts İstanbul Başakşehir at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 31 degrees, hopefuly the heat doesn’t affect the players too much. 12th placed Konyaspor is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Ankaragücü. Neither Ankaragücü nor Konyaspor could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 12 and 9 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while 2nd placed İstanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 4-0 shutout win against Kasımpaşa. Danijel Aleksić struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 22nd minute on a feed from Patryk Szysz, then Patryk Szysz added another in the 38th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kasımpaşa couldn’t manage to score, and İstanbul Başakşehir took the shutout win. İstanbul Başakşehir is looking for direction having 1 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
İstanbul Başakşehir is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Stefano Okaka and Deniz Türüç each having 2 goals in their last five. Konyaspor’s most prolific scorer has been Zymer Bytyqi. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Oğulcan Ülgün is unavailable to play for İlhan Palut’s team, while Emre Belözoğlu’s İstanbul Başakşehir squad will be without Mustafa Peksen.