Match Report
The table read 5th (Fatih Karagümrük, 5 pts) against 4th (İstanbul Başakşehir, 6 pts), 1 points apart. The last five rounds placed Fatih Karagümrük no better than 12th for form, against 5th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Fatih Karagümrük 1.25 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, İstanbul Başakşehir 2 and 1.75, with the league averaging 1.59.
Fatih Karagümrük had lost three in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. İstanbul Başakşehir had not lost in 7 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. Fatih Karagümrük had banked 1 of the last 15 points on offer; İstanbul Başakşehir, 11.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 5 for Fatih Karagümrük, 2 for İstanbul Başakşehir and 4 drawn, at 2.45 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 27% of the wins in this matchup.
Vefa Stadı staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,500. On the scoreboard, İstanbul Başakşehir led 2-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 1-4.
Goal scorers
Fatih Karagümrük: Abdul Kader Moussa Kone (79') · İstanbul Başakşehir: Abbosbek Fayzullaev (8'), Eldor Shomurodov (22'), Miguel Crespo (50'), Ivan Brnic (65')
Key stats
Possession: Fatih Karagümrük 39% · İstanbul Başakşehir 61% · Total shots: 5-14 · On target: 2-7 · Corners: 4-4