Istanbul Basaksehir vs Samsunspor - prediction, team news, lineups

Istanbul Basaksehir volition purpose to instrumentality to winning ways erstwhile they invited Samsunspor to Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium connected Sunday successful the Turkish Super Lig.

The hosts are 12th with 11 points from 9 matches, portion the visitors beryllium 17th with conscionable 4 points aft a miserable commencement to the campaign, having mislaid their past 7 league matches and coming nether expanding unit to apprehension their slide.

Match preview

Basaksehir suffered a 2-0 decision to Besiktas successful their past outing, ending a three-match unbeaten tally that had included a 2-1 location triumph implicit Gaziantep, a goalless gully with Konyaspor and a convincing 4-0 triumph against Genclerbirligi.

That effect extended the mediocre tally of Nuri Sahin's broadside connected the road, wherever they person yet to grounds a triumph this season, losing 3 and drafting 1 of their 4 distant games portion scoring conscionable erstwhile and conceding 9 goals.

However, Basaksehir person shown considerably much attacking menace connected location soil, with each 3 of their victories coming astatine the Fatih Terim Stadium, wherever they person recorded wins implicit Gaziantep, Genclerbirligi and Kocaelispor.

They besides person a beardown caller grounds successful this fixture, winning the past 3 meetings portion scoring 9 goals and conceding none, and person enjoyed akin dominance successful their past 3 location encounters, scoring 8 times without letting successful a goal.

Samsunspor, meanwhile, are enduring a hard period, having mislaid their past 7 league matches, with their latest setback being a 2-1 location decision against Amed SK.

Their antiaircraft grounds is peculiarly concerning, having conceded 18 goals crossed those defeats, portion they person failed to people successful fractional of those matches and managed conscionable 1 extremity successful 3 of them.

New manager Nenad Bjelica has overseen the past 2 matches but has yet to marque an contiguous impact, and helium volition present anticipation to extremity his side's mediocre tally connected the road, peculiarly arsenic their lone triumph successful this run came distant from home.

However, Samsunspor person mislaid their past 3 distant games and scored conscionable erstwhile crossed those matches, portion they person ne'er won astatine this crushed successful 4 top-flight visits.

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Team News

Basaksehir person concerns implicit Jerome Opoku and Christopher Operi, some of whom person been carrying musculus injuries.

Either Ousseynou Ba oregon Hamza Gureler could truthful travel into the backmost 4 to spouse Emin Bayram, with Saba Kharebashvili and Michal Karbownik expected to inhabit the full-back positions.

Andreas Skov Olsen has created 4 large chances for the Grey Owls, the astir of immoderate subordinate successful the squad, and volition anticipation to supply opportunities for Eldor Shomurodov, who has recovered the nett 7 times.

Samsunspor volition beryllium without Afonso Sousa, who is suspended, portion Fatih Kaya is besides sidelined done injury.

Yunus Emre Cift could regenerate Igor Drapinski, who picked up a sound against Amed past weekend, portion Joe Mendes volition besides beryllium assessed up of the travel to Basaksehir Fatih Terim Stadium.

Istanbul Basaksehir imaginable starting lineup:

Sengezer; Karbownik, Bayram, Ba, Kharebashvili; Kemen, Gunes; Olsen, Shomurodov, Brnic; Bozok

Samsunspor imaginable starting lineup:

Kocuk; Tan, Erakovic, Guarino, Tomasson; Kayan, Watt; Coulibaly, Sekongo, Onur; Bayo

We say: Istanbul Basaksehir 2-0 Samsunspor

Basaksehir person been inconsistent, but their performances astatine location connection encouragement against a Samsunspor broadside that has conceded freely during its losing run.

The visitors' suspension and wounded problems further weaken their options, and the hosts should person capable attacking prime to unafraid a comfy victory.

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