Match Report
Both sides brought 4 points into this one — Trabzonspor 11th, İstanbul Başakşehir 9th. Scoring rates set the scale: Trabzonspor 1.33 scored and 1.33 conceded per game, İstanbul Başakşehir 1.5 and 1.5, with the league averaging 1.42.
Momentum sat with İstanbul Başakşehir, winners of their last three, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Trabzonspor 4/15, İstanbul Başakşehir 12/15.
GioScore's database holds 37 meetings between the two: 16 for Trabzonspor, 10 for İstanbul Başakşehir and 11 drawn, at 2.68 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 35% of meetings won. Goals have risen lately: 3.8 per game across the last five meetings, against 2.68 across the full history.
Medical Park Stadyumu staged the fixture, a ground that holds 40,782. A. Şansalan officiated: 73 games logged, averaging 2.5 yellow cards each. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Trabzonspor: Mohamed Salah (8'), Mohamed Salah (48') · İstanbul Başakşehir: Eldor Shomurodov (19')
Key stats
Possession: Trabzonspor 52% · İstanbul Başakşehir 48% · Total shots: 19-12 · On target: 8-4 · Corners: 5-1