On Mon Sep 12th, in week 6, Beşiktaş hosts İstanbul Başakşehir at Vodafone Arena in a meeting of these two closely matched Super Lig teams in the anticipated İstanbul derby. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 22 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. Beşiktaş is fresh off their 3-2 win against Ankaragücü. Giorgi Beridze scored the first goal for Ankaragücü in the 26th minute, but Jackson Muleka got the equalizer for Beşiktaş in the 30th minute But luckily in the 74th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Georges-Kévin N’Koudou. Beşiktaş should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches, while i̇stanbul Başakşehir sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Alanyaspor. Serdar Gürler struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 23rd minute, then Philippe Paulin Keny added another in the 85th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Alanyaspor couldn’t manage to score, and İstanbul Başakşehir took the shutout win. İstanbul Başakşehir is looking for direction having 3 win and 0 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season İstanbul Başakşehir won the head to head battle with 1 win.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s most prolific scorer has been Serdar Gürler. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Jackson Muleka has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Beşiktaş.