Match Report
The table gap was wide: 52 points between İstanbul Başakşehir (5th, 54 pts) and Adana Demirspor (19th, 2 pts). Adana Demirspor had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 14th in the league over the last five rounds against 19th overall. Against a league average of 1.47 goals per team per game, İstanbul Başakşehir ran at 1.67 scored and 1.56 conceded, Adana Demirspor at 0.94 and 2.56.
Adana Demirspor had been beaten in nine straight games. The last-five ledger: İstanbul Başakşehir 9/15, Adana Demirspor 0/15.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — İstanbul Başakşehir 6, draws 2, Adana Demirspor 1, at 3 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu in Istanbul (capacity 17,156). On the scoreboard, İstanbul Başakşehir led 2-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-3.
Goal scorers
İstanbul Başakşehir: Philippe Paulin Keny (20'), Christopher Operi (35') · Adana Demirspor: N. Alioui (65'), Y. Barası (32'), A. Aymbetov (90')