Match Report
The table gap was wide: 26 points between Kayserispor (14th, 42 pts) and İstanbulspor (20th, 16 pts). Scoring rates set the scale: Kayserispor 1.16 scored and 1.5 conceded per game, İstanbulspor 0.71 and 2.11, with the league averaging 1.4.
Kayserispor entered with six losses in a row. İstanbulspor were winless in 6.
4 meetings are on record — 2 won by Kayserispor, 1 by İstanbulspor, 1 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 75% of the meetings.
The match was played at Kadir Has Şehir Stadı in Kayseri (capacity 32,864). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.