Week 2 features a match on Monday Aug 15th, where Kasımpaşa and Fenerbahçe will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams in the anticipated İstanbul derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, which is great football weather. 19th placed Kasımpaşa is fresh off their 0-4 loss against İstanbul Başakşehir. 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 In the end, Kasımpaşa was frustrated by İstanbul Başakşehir’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. İstanbul Başakşehir ended the match with the shutout victory. Kasımpaşa looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, Fenerbahçe recorded a 1-1 draw against Slovácko. Serdar Dursun struck first for Fenerbahçe in the 56th minute, then Sasinka tied it up for Slovácko in the 58th minute on a feed from Michal Trávník earning them at least the one point. Fenerbahçe is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Fenerbahçe won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
Both Lincoln and Enner Valencia have been the hottest scorers for Fenerbahçe in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Umut Bozok has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored five goals for Kasımpaşa.