Istanbul Basaksehir vs Genclerbirligi - prediction, team news, lineups

Two sides who person struggled for results successful the caller play spell caput to caput this play arsenic Istanbul Basaksehir play big to Genclerbirligi successful circular six of the Turkish Super Lig connected Saturday.

The Grey Owls person failed to triumph 4 consecutive matches since the opening weekend, portion Genclerbirligi travel to the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium connected a tally of 2 back-to-back defeats successful September.

Match preview

Istanbul Basaksehir’s struggles successful the Super Lig took a crook for the worse past Sunday erstwhile they suffered a 5-0 hammering astatine the hands of newly-promoted broadside Amed Sportif Faaliyetler.

Emin Bayram scored an ain extremity connected the changeable of halftime to unfastened the floodgates astatine the Seyrantepe Spor Kompleksi Stadium, with summertime signing Gift Orban netting a second-half hat-trick to headdress disconnected a superb idiosyncratic display.

Since kicking disconnected the play with a 2-0 triumph implicit Kocaelispor connected August 16, Istanbul Basaksehir person gone 4 consecutive matches without a win, claiming 1 gully and losing three, including successive defeats against Galatasaray and Amed successful their past 2 outings.

Nuri Sahin’s side’s aboriginal struggles person been mostly down to their vulnerability astatine the back, arsenic the Grey Owls person shipped 11 goals since their opening-day victory, with lone rock-bottom Goztepe conceding much (13) this season.

Seeking to apprehension their slump this weekend, location comfortableness awaits Basaksehir, who are unbeaten successful 8 of their past 9 Super Lig matches astatine the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, picking up six wins and 2 draws since precocious February.

On the different hand, Genclerbirligi were near spitting feathers past Sunday erstwhile they fell to a 2-1 decision against Kasimpasa aft throwing distant their pb successful the last 15 minutes astatine the Eryaman Stadium.

Ousmane Diabate broke the deadlock successful the 23rd infinitesimal to enactment the hosts up astatine fractional time, but Adrian Benedyczak netted a 79th-minute equaliser to proceed his red-hot signifier successful beforehand of extremity earlier Guven Yalcin struck successful the 94th infinitesimal to implicit the Kasimpasa comeback.

Metin Diyadin’s men kicked disconnected the play unbeaten successful their archetypal 3 games, including back-to-back victories against Fenerbahce and Goztepe, but consecutive defeats against Trabzonspor and Kasimpasa person halted momentum, with early-season optimism rapidly fading.

While Genclerbirligi volition look to shingle the particulate disconnected their feet this weekend, different stern situation awaits astatine the Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium, wherever the Ankara Ruzgari person failed to triumph their past 7 visits, losing six and claiming 1 gully since a 2-0 triumph successful October 2012.

Istanbul Basaksehir Turkish Super Lig form:

Genclerbirligi Turkish Super Lig form:

Team News

Summer signing Edin Visca is yet to diagnostic for Istanbul Basaksehir since his determination from Trabzonspor owed to wounded and the Bosnian planetary is retired of contention for this weekend’s matchup.

First-choice goalkeeper Muhammed Sengezer is besides acceptable to beryllium retired his 3rd consecutive crippled with a enarthrosis injury, meaning Deniz Dilmen should commencement betwixt the sticks erstwhile again, with Omer Ali Sahiner, Emin Bayram, Jerome Opoku and Christopher Operi forming the backmost four.

Eldor Shomurodov, who racked up 22 goals successful a spectacular Super Lig debut run past season, has already netted 4 times this play and should spearhead the hosts’ attack, forming the beforehand 3 with Andreas Skov Olsen and Abbosbek Fayzullaev.

As for Genclerbirligi, Cheikh Niasse has missed 3 consecutive games since coming disconnected injured against Goztepe connected August 23 and the Senegalese midfielder is ruled retired of this weekend’s tie.

Experienced defender Kevin Rodrigues is yet to diagnostic for the Ankara Ruzgari this play arsenic helium continues his lengthy spell connected the sidelines aft sustaining a musculus wounded backmost successful May.

Istanbul Basaksehir imaginable starting lineup:

Dilmen; Sahiner, Bayram, Opoku, Operi; Kaluzinski, Gunes; Skov Olsen, Kemen, Fayzullaev; Shomurodov

Genclerbirligi imaginable starting lineup:

Egribayat; Pereira, Goutas, Thalisson, Dursun; Diabate; Traore, Ulgun, Tongya, Gouveia; Mendes

We say: Istanbul Basaksehir 3-1 Genclerbirligi

Despite their prime astatine some ends of the pitch, Istanbul Basaksehir person made a hugely underwhelming commencement to the play and volition beryllium retired for a morale-boosting effect this weekend.

Genclerbirligi’s distant signifier besides offers Basaksehir plentifulness of optimism, with Diyadin’s men failing to triumph 8 of their 10 Super Lig matches connected the roadworthy this year, and we foretell the hosts volition crook successful a beardown show to unafraid each 3 points.

For information investigation of the astir apt results, scorelines and much for this lucifer delight click here.