Match Report
46 points separated the sides: Denizlispor 11th on 49, İstanbulspor 1st on 3. İstanbulspor ranked just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 1st table position. Against a league average of 1.32 goals per team per game, Denizlispor ran at 1.28 scored and 1.39 conceded, İstanbulspor at 2 and 1.
Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Denizlispor. 8 matches unbeaten backed İstanbulspor's arrival.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 2 for Denizlispor, 1 for İstanbulspor and 1 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 18,745. Half-time and full-time told different stories: İstanbulspor led 3-2 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-3.
Goal scorers
Denizlispor: Ö. Şişmanoğlu (11'), İ. Depe (40'), Tiago Lopes (70'), Ö. Şişmanoğlu (73') · İstanbulspor: Eduart Rroca (28'), Eduart Rroca (39'), Eduart Rroca (44')
Key stats
Possession: Denizlispor 36% · İstanbulspor 64% · Total shots: 19-10 · On target: 7-7 · Corners: 8-3