Recap
With 6 changes in the starting lineup in the away match against Adana Demirspor, Basaksehir took a 2-3 victory. It was a great match with chances, goals, missed penalty, crossbar. With 2-2-0 in the last 4 games, they will fight for the prestige of keeping the 5th place. Of course, everyone’s mind is on the Cup final next Sunday against Fenerbahce, because its the only way to compete in Europe in the new year. Similar like in the last match, coach Emre Belozoglu will make rotations, while due to injuries Aleksić (30/8), Şahiner (27/1), Szysz (25/3), Tekdemir (24/0), and Okaka (21/1) are out of the team. In the best possible way, Trabzonspor said goodbye to their fans, but also to the leader Marek Hamsik. With 5-1 victory over the decimated Alanyaspor, they secure the 6th place and with a possible victory, they can overtake Basaksehir on the 5th place. Today, many key players like Cakir (31/0 first goalkeeper), Siopis (30/0), Bartra (29/4), Ömür (29/2), Trézéguet (28/11), Bakasetas (27/8), Gómez (26/5), Hamšík (23/3), Denswil (19/1), Gbamin (19/0), Yazici (13/3), Marković (8/1), and Lahtimi (8/0) are out of the squad.
Basaksehir have their sights set on the Cup final, where they want to go with as few player losses as possible, and Trabzonspor have suddenly come into form and are on a 3-match winning streak. I think that we will watch an open match, where the home side should score two goals against weak Trabzonspor defense.