On Sunday Jan 29th, in week 21, Fenerbahçe hosts Kasımpaşa in a Super Lig match in the ever popular İstanbul derby. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 4 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 2nd placed Fenerbahçe, recorded a 2-1 win against Ümraniyespor. Michy Batshuayi scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 73rd minute, then Mehmet Umut Nayir tied it up for Ümraniyespor in the 78th minute. With 21 points in their last 10 matches Fenerbahçe should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 14th placed Kasımpaşa is fresh off their 1-3 loss against İstanbul Başakşehir. Yasin Ozcan struck first for Kasımpaşa in the 16th minute, then Danijel Aleksić tied it up for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 48th minute on a feed from Serdar Gürler But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 99th minute on a penalty goal by Deniz Türüç. Kasımpaşa looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10.
Fenerbahçe and Kasımpaşa last played eachother at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu on the 15th of August. Fenerbahçe took the match by a score of 6 to 0. Joshua King scored the first goal for Fenerbahçe in the 8th minute, then Enner Valencia added another in the 34th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Kasımpaşa couldn’t manage to score, and Fenerbahçe took the shutout win.
Mamadou Fall has been the most prolific scorer on Kasımpaşa in the last five matches with 2 goals. Michy Batshuayi has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored four goals for Fenerbahçe.