Today evening in the quarter-finals of the Turkish Cup, Trabzonspor and Istanbul Basaksehir will clash. Both teams will meet each other for the first time in this competition. The visitors' performance in the Super Lig has been hazy, making the cup a great opportunity for them to accomplish something this year.
The hosts have won their last three matches in the Super Lig under the management of Abdullah Avci. In the cup, they successively defeated Çorumspor, Manisa and Gençlerbirliği. An earlier Super Lig match against 'Basaksehir' ended in a stalemate. The participation of Mislav Orsic is in question, while Guseyn Turkmen is out for the rest of the season.
The visitors made it to the cup final last year and are striving to replicate this success in the current run. In the cup, 'Basaksehir' advanced past Sanliurfaspor, Boluspor, and Hatayspor via penalties. Krzysztof Piatek continues to excel in Turkey, sitting in third place in the top scorers' table. The guests will have to manage without Patrick Schick and Efe Arda Koyuncu due to injuries.
In a match where a lot of rotation is expected, I would tip the hosts. However, considering the issues at hand, I lean more towards a prediction on the match's total. Both teams present scoring threats, hence we can expect a high-scoring match and the total to be surpassed.
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