In this week 8 match, on Sat Oct 1st, İstanbul Başakşehir and Ankaragücü will play a match in Ankara in a meeting of these two Super Lig teams. 16th placed Ankaragücü is fresh off their 2-1 win against Sivasspor. Giorgi Beridze struck first for Ankaragücü in the 2nd minute, then Ali Sowe added another in the 44th minute. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 3rd placed İstanbul Başakşehir, recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Fatih Karagümrük. Neither İstanbul Başakşehir nor Fatih Karagümrük could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 10 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. With 18 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.
İstanbul Başakşehir’s most prolific scorer has been Philippe Paulin Keny. He has netted two goals over the last five matches. Ankaragücü’s top weapon lately has been Giorgi Beridze, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.