Istanbul Basaksehir - Kayserispor predictions and free betting tips [19/02/2024]

The 26th round of the Turkish "Super Lig" continues on Monday evening at the "Başakşehir Fatih Terim" stadium, where Istanbul will meet with Kayserispor. Turning to the match with two middle-of-the-table teams, the hosts walk in with 33 points after 25 games, while the visitors count 29 points to their credit.

Istanbul Başakşehir

Başakşehir has picked up pretty good shape, winning three successive matches, albeit a match against the championship leader, Galatasaray, interrupted this series. Now Kagdas Atan's team could relish the taste of victory again, and home soil will assist in this. Istanbul has some squad related issues as Duarte, Pelkas, Sahiner and Ergun are injured, while Lima has accquired a disqualification.

Kayserispor

Meanwhile, after 10 games unbeaten from October till December last year, Kayserispor has nearly spent two months without knowing the taste of victory. However, under the new manager, Burak Yilmaz, the team hasn’t suffered a defeat, managing three draws. Kartal Yilmaz has served his disqualification and is ready to return to the starting lineup, while Arif Kodjaman will continue to replace injured Majid Hosseini.

Istanbul Başakşehir - Kayserispor match prediction

Taking into consideration the defensive prowess of the away team and the commendable home-field outcomes of the hosts, I see the most reliable option for this encounter is a total under 3 goals.

Half-Time scoring forecast

Although "Başakşehir" is indeed a confident favourite, this match makes it challenging to predict a winner. However, I'd like to highlight the guest's defensive actions again. I believe that in the first half, Kayserispor will play an extremely stranded game and if goals are to come, they will be after the break. Therefore, I predict the second half to be more high-scoring than the first.