Week 20 brings us a match on Jan 21st where Kasımpaşa will host İstanbul Başakşehir at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu in a Super Lig match in the ever popular İstanbul derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Kasımpaşa recorded a 2-2 draw against Fatih Karagümrük. Florent Hadergjonaj struck first for Kasımpaşa in the 30th minute on a penalty, then in the 51st minute, Matteo Ricci sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Ibrahim Drešević . They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while i̇stanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Trabzonspor. Anastasios Bakasetas scored the first goal for Trabzonspor in the 21st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed İstanbul Başakşehir couldn’t manage to score, and Trabzonspor took the shutout win. İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, İstanbul Başakşehir was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Danijel Aleksić scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 22nd minute, then Patryk Szysz added another in the 38th minute In the end, Kasımpaşa couldn’t muster any offence and İstanbul Başakşehir ran away with the shutout win.
Both Danijel Aleksić and Serdar Gürler have been the hottest scorers for İstanbul Başakşehir in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Kasımpaşa is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Mamadou Fall and Mortadha Ben Ouannes each having 2 goals in their last five.