Süper Lig Gameweek 26 Sun, Mar 21 · 12:00 Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu, İstanbul
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Away travel0 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d2 · 2
Real contextStrength only
Istanbul Basaksehir—%
Draw—%
Besiktas—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (İstanbul)

Forecast from 6 Mar

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Istanbul Basaksehir and Besiktas. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Istanbul BasaksehirBesiktas
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
36 Current StrengthIn forecast 50
32 AttackIn forecast 60
35 DefenceIn forecast 48
33 Form indexContext 62
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Istanbul Basaksehir

Attack—
Defense risk—

Besiktas

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Istanbul BasaksehirBesiktas
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.00
1.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.25
1.46 xGVia Att/Def 1.70
1.40 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.09
+0.04 Goals minus xGContext +0.30
75% Scored inContext 75%
38% Clean sheetsContext 25%
11.88 ShotsContext 16.57
4.57 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.14
34% On target shareContext 37%
6.88 Shots in the boxContext 9.29
54% Box shareContext 56%
13% ConversionContext 11%
2.00 OffsidesContext 3.43
12.00 Shots allowedContext 9.57
4.71 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.43
3.50 BlocksContext 3.40
3.29 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.00
70% Save rateContext 68%
52% PossessionIn forecast 61%
451 PassesContext 488
383 Accurate passesContext 422
85% Pass accuracyContext 87%
6.75 Team ratingContext 6.98
13.88 FoulsContext 13.71
11.38 Fouls sufferedContext 15.00
2.38 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.13 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 8 and 8 games
1.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 2.20
1.30 Goals concededVia Att/Def 1.40
1.75 xGVia Att/Def 2.06
1.18 xG allowedVia Att/Def 1.27
-0.05 Goals minus xGContext +0.14
80% Scored inContext 70%
40% Clean sheetsContext 10%
12.30 ShotsContext 16.75
4.67 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.25
34% On target shareContext 37%
7.70 Shots in the boxContext 10.88
59% Box shareContext 64%
14% ConversionContext 14%
1.80 OffsidesContext 3.00
11.50 Shots allowedContext 11.25
4.33 On target allowedVia Att/Def 4.50
3.30 BlocksContext 3.38
3.11 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.88
72% Save rateContext 64%
50% PossessionIn forecast 59%
431 PassesContext 481
364 Accurate passesContext 410
84% Pass accuracyContext 85%
6.79 Team ratingContext 6.97
14.20 FoulsContext 11.44
11.60 Fouls sufferedContext 15.22
2.30 Yellow cardsContext 2.20
0.10 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Istanbul Basaksehir
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km1,700 km in 14d
Schedule load5%Low
Form 33 · 7 pts vs 9.1 for an average club · -0.5 vs expected
  • W18 OctH · Gazişehir Gaziantep2–12.0 xPts
  • D11 OctA · Konyaspor0–01.4 xPts
  • W19 SepH · Genclerbirligi4–01.8 xPts
  • L13 SepA · Amed0–51.2 xPts
  • L4 SepH · Galatasaray2–31.0 xPts
Besiktas
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d2all competitions
Travel0 km394 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
Form 62 · 9 pts vs 7.6 for an average club · +1.0 vs expected
  • L19 OctA · Trabzonspor0–21.5 xPts
  • W15 OctA · 1899 Hoffenheim3–21.3 xPts
  • W11 OctH · Kocaelispor2–12.2 xPts
  • L20 SepA · Amed2–31.4 xPts
  • W17 SepH · Marseille4–11.6 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Istanbul Basaksehir Besiktas
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 5Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Süper Lig 2026-2027, 14 Mar7Süper Lig 2026-2027, 14 Mar
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km0 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,700 km394 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 2 / 41 / 2 / 4
Next matchdays after this one1414

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Istanbul Basaksehir Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Gazişehir Gaziantep (H) 2–1, 18 Oct
16M. Şengezer(G)
38S. Kharebashvili 27O. Ba 23E. Bayram 33M. Karbownik
18J. Kałuziński 8O. Kemen
77I. Brnić 14E. Shomurodov 70A. Skov Olsen
17U. Bozok
Besiktas Last XI · not confirmed
4-1-4-1 · vs Trabzonspor (A) 0–2, 19 Oct
1A. Nübel(G)
33R. Yılmaz 53E. Topçu 12E. Agbadou 62A. Murillo
6S. Özcan
19L. Trossard 21F. Miretti 15Junior Olaitan 18V. Černý
28D. Vlahović

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Istanbul Basaksehir Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Besiktas Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Istanbul Basaksehir · Home 2.00points per game · 5 home games
W-D-L
3-1-1
Scored
2.20
Conceded
1.00
Besiktas · Away 0.75points per game · 4 away games
W-D-L
1-0-3
Scored
1.00
Conceded
1.75

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Common opponents 3 this season

League games this season against teams both sides have played. A small, uneven sample: context only.

Head to head last 6 of 6 meetings

1 Istanbul Basaksehir wins2 draws3 Besiktas wins
Goals per game1.00 – 1.17 Over 2.533% Both scored50% Clean sheets33% · 33%
  • 15 Feb 2026Istanbul Basaksehir2–3Besiktas
  • 13 Sep 2025Besiktas2–1Istanbul Basaksehir
  • 12 Apr 2025Besiktas0–2Istanbul Basaksehir
  • 10 Nov 2024Istanbul Basaksehir0–0Besiktas
  • 4 Apr 2024Istanbul Basaksehir1–1Besiktas
  • 12 Nov 2023Besiktas1–0Istanbul Basaksehir

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Istanbul Basaksehir8 games · scored 12 · conceded 12
3 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
1 1 31-45
1 3 46-60
3 3 61-75
2 3 76-90
Besiktas8 games · scored 16 · conceded 10
1 1 0-15
4 4 16-30
3 31-45
2 2 46-60
3 2 61-75
3 1 76-90
Istanbul Basaksehir10 games · scored 17 · conceded 13
5 1 0-15
3 1 16-30
2 1 31-45
1 4 46-60
3 3 61-75
3 3 76-90
Besiktas10 games · scored 22 · conceded 14
2 1 0-15
3 5 16-30
3 31-45
5 2 46-60
4 4 61-75
5 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.