On Sat Sep 3rd, İstanbul Başakşehir hosts Alanyaspor in a Super Lig match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. İstanbul Başakşehir is fresh off their 2-0 shutout win against Kayserispor. Nacer Chadli struck first for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 22nd minute on a feed from Lucas Lima, then Berkay Özcan added another in the 50th minute In the end, Kayserispor couldn’t muster any offence and İstanbul Başakşehir ran away with the shutout win. İstanbul Başakşehir is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while alanyaspor is fresh off their 0-1 loss against İstanbulspor. Valon Ethemi struck first for İstanbulspor in the 48th minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Alanyaspor couldn’t muster any offence and İstanbulspor ran away with the shutout win. Alanyaspor is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season Alanyaspor won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Efkan Bekiroglu has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored 4 goals for Alanyaspor. İstanbul Başakşehir’s most prolific scorer has been Stefano Okaka. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches.