In a mid week match in week 16, on Tuesday Dec 27th, İstanbul Başakşehir and Antalyaspor will play a match in İstanbul in a meeting of these two mismatched Super Lig teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 10 degrees, which will be a great treat for players. İstanbul Başakşehir sits at 2nd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Ümraniyespor. Danijel Aleksić scored the first goal for İstanbul Başakşehir in the 2nd minute, then Mehmet Umut Nayir tied it up for Ümraniyespor in the 17th minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches İstanbul Başakşehir should be reasonably happy with their performance, while antalyaspor sits at 9th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Ankaragücü. Jesé Rodríguez scored the first goal for Ankaragücü in the 64th minute, then Ali Sowe added another in the 11th minute of the second half’s stoppage time In the end, Antalyaspor couldn’t muster any offence and Ankaragücü ran away with the shutout win. Antalyaspor is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Antalyaspor is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Güray Vural and Admir Mehmedi each having 2 goals in their last 5. İstanbul Başakşehir’s top weapon lately has been Danijel Aleksić, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches
Mesut Özil is unavailable to play for Emre Belözoğlu’s team, while Nuri Şahin’s Antalyaspor squad will be without Fredy, Sinan Gümüş and A. Ndao.