Match Report
Hatayspor, 18th on 26 points, faced a 28-point deficit to İstanbul Başakşehir (5th, 54). On the form table Hatayspor stood 7th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hatayspor 1.31 scored and 2.06 conceded per game, İstanbul Başakşehir 1.67 and 1.56, with the league averaging 1.47.
Hatayspor entered with five losses in a row. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Hatayspor against 12/15 for İstanbul Başakşehir.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Hatayspor 3, draws 3, İstanbul Başakşehir 6, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 67% of the meetings.
Mersin Stadyumu in Mersin staged the fixture, a ground that holds 4,201. Half-time and full-time told different stories: İstanbul Başakşehir led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 2-4.
Goal scorers
Hatayspor: C. Strandberg (4'), B. Boutobba (56') · İstanbul Başakşehir: Krzysztof Piątek (9'), Yusuf Sari (30'), Ivan Brnić (82'), João Figueiredo (90')