Trabzonspor will visit Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu on Sunday for the Super Lig meeting with home side İstanbul Başakşehir.
The hosts will be aiming to keep hold of fourth position on the final day of the season, currently sitting 4th with 62points from 37 matches. In the last five fixtures two wins and three draws has been recorded. İstanbul Başakşehir have been mean at the back, resulting in the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their last six outings standing at 4.
İstanbul Başakşehir enter this fixture after a 1-1 Super Lig tied result vs Giresunspor. In that match, İstanbul Başakşehir had 58% possession and 8 shots with 2 on target and goals scored by İstanbul Başakşehir was Stefano Okaka (45′). Giresunspor got 9 shots with 3 on target and goal scored by Alexis Pérez (72′).
The champions are aiming to wrap up their campaign with consecutive victories, currently sitting at the top in the table with 81 points from 37 matches played. Two wins and three draws have been recorded in the last five fixtures. Having scored 9 goals in their previous 6 matches, Trabzonspor have also been scored against in 5of those same games.
Trabzonspor will hope for a similar result following on from a 2-1 Super Lig win with the defeat of Altay in their most recent outing. In that match, Trabzonspor had 71% possession,16 shots with 3 on target and a goal scored by Anthony Nwakaeme (84′). Altay got 5 shots with 3 on target and goals scored by İbrahim Öztürk (19′ Own goal) and Martín Rodríguez (70′).
Istanbul Basaksehir vs Trabzonspor head-to-head
There have been 30 encounters since 2007; Istanbul Basaksehir has 8 wins while Trabzonspor has 12 wins and 10 games ended all square.
- Trabzonspor 0-0 Basaksehir25/12/21
- Basaksehir 0-1 Trabzonspor19/02/21
- Basaksehir 1-2 Trabzonspor27/01/21
- Trabzonspor 0-2 Basaksehir17/10/20
- Trabzonspor 1-1 Basaksehir15/03/20
Home
- Giresunspor 1-1 Basaksehir
- Basaksehir 0-0 Galatasaray
- Kasimpasa 2-3 Basaksehir
- Basaksehir 3-0 Hatayspor
- Altay 1-1 Basaksehir
Away
- Trabzonspor 2-1 Altay
- Kayserispor 4-2 Trabzonspor
- Hatayspor 1-1 Trabzonspor
- Trabzonspor 2-2 Antalyaspor
- Adana 1-3 Trabzonspor
İstanbul Başakşehir team news
Emre Belözoğlu will have a fully fit squad to choose from.
Trabzonspor team news
Abdullah Avcı will miss the services of Abdülkadir Ömür, Bruno Peres, Serkan Asan, Anders Trondsen and Gervinho due to injuries.
Prediction and Odds
Trabzonspor are winless in five of the past six league fixtures on road while Basaksehir possess a decent form at home of late and we can expect them to deliver an impressive display from this.
- Istanbul Basaksehir win
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
