Istanbulspor are hoping to win again following the 0-3 1. Lig victory over Erokspor.
In that game, Istanbulspor managed 41% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 9 on target. For Istanbulspor, the goals were scored by Emre Kaan Gültekin (42', 90') and David Sambissa (66'). For their opponents, Erokspor got 8 shots at goal with 4 on target.
Fixtures involving Istanbulspor have usually been entertaining affairs lately with a lot of goalmouth action expected. Over their past half dozen games, the sum of 23 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 15 of them belonging to Istanbulspor. We will find out if that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Corum will go into the match after a 2-1 1. Lig win against Şanlıurfaspor in their previous fixture.
In that game, Corum managed 53% possession and 12 shots on goal with 3 on target. The scorer for Corum was Ali Akman (78'). On the other side, Şanlıurfaspor had 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.
The stats tell the story, and Corum have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, conceding 9 goals in total. In defence, Corum have been far from perfect.
Heading into this contest, Corum are without a win away from home in their last 4 matches in the league.
The last league game between these sides was 1. Lig match day 19 on 13/01/2025 and the score finished Corum 3-1 Istanbulspor.
In that game, Corum had 52% possession and 10 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Ferhat Yazgan (45') and Eren Karadağ (89').
Istanbulspor got 15 shots at goal with 4 on target. Muammer Sarıkaya (53') scored.
There aren’t many selection issues, with just one fitness concern for the Istanbulspor boss Osman Korkmaz to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength set of players. Baran Alp Vardar (Cancer) won’t play.
Due to a mostly healthy group of players, there’s only a single fitness issue for the Corum manager to be concerned with. Mertcan Aşcı (Cruciate ligament surgery) misses out for this game.
We’re of the opinion that Istanbulspor will most probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.
Conversely, Corum may well find it hard to break down their defence but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be converting at least once as well.
We therefore think that it’s going to be a fairly comfortable 3-1 victory for Istanbulspor come full-time.