On Monday Nov 7th, in week 13, İstanbul Başakşehir will travel to Hatay to battle Hatayspor in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Super Lig teams. In their last match, Hatayspor recorded a 1-4 loss against Ankaragücü. Giorgi Beridze scored the first goal for Ankaragücü in the 3rd minute, then Taylan Antalyalı added another in the 61st minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 3rd minute on a goal by Giorgi Beridze. Hatayspor is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, İstanbul Başakşehir recorded a 3-1 win against Giresunspor. Youssouf Ndayishimiye struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 38th minute, then Philippe Paulin Keny added another in the 65th minute on a feed from Berkay Özcan. With 20 points in their last 10 matches İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their performance.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season İstanbul Başakşehir won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s top weapon lately has been Youssouf Ndayishimiye, who has three goals in the last 5 matches. Hatayspor’s most prolific scorer has been Ayoub El Kaabi. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last five matches
Volkan Demirel’s squad will be without Kévin Soni, while Mesut Özil is unavailable to play for Emre Belözoğlu’s team.