Başakşehir and Gençlerbirliği Set for Open Contest

Expert analysis

FEN Fenerbahçe

GEN Gençlerbirliği S.K. ▲

SAM Samsunspor

BAA Başakşehir ▲

ERZ Erzurumspor FK

Başakşehir have allowed 2.2 goals per game on average this season and their home matches produce more goals scored. Gençlerbirliği concede 1.8 goals per game while managing just 0.5 away from home. Past meetings between these sides have seen both teams score in several cases across the last ten fixtures. Each side has failed to keep a clean sheet in four out of five recent outings. Mixed results in their latest games leave space for the opposition attack to find openings. League patterns often reward sides that press forward when both teams enter with inconsistent defensive records.

Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate

Result

4–0 MISSED

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.73 didn’t land — final score 4–0.

Match timeline

First half
A. Skov Olsen assist I. Brnic 9'
R. Luis ↓ A. Traore 24'
A. Dursun 26'
U. Gunes 28'
E. Shomurodov assist I. Brnic 33'
Second half
S. Koita ↓ P. Mendes 46'
D. Selke Penalty 53'
O. Kemen 57'
J. Kaluzinski ↓ U. Gunes 62'
O. Ergun ↓ O. Kemen 62'
S. Ucan ↓ O. Diabate 63'
E. Shomurodov assist A. Skov Olsen 65'
B. Yildirim ↓ D. Selke 69'
B. Ozcan ↓ E. Shomurodov 77'
A. Fayzullaev ↓ I. Brnic 77'
P. Martor ↓ T. Gouveia 82'
M. Baltaci ↓ A. Dursun 82'

This season

	Başakşehir	Gençlerbirliği S.K.
Over 2.5 goals	60%	60%
Clean sheet	20%	20%
Failed to score	20%	20%
Scored per game	1.2	1.0
Conceded per game	2.2	1.8
Scored home / away	1.7 / 0.5	1.3 / 0.5

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position

Recent form · last 5 finished matches

Başakşehir WLDLL

W vs Kocaelispor 2–0 Aug 16

L @ Trabzonspor 1–2 Aug 23

D vs Kasımpaşa 1–1 Aug 30

L vs Galatasaray 2–3 Sep 4

L @ Amed 0–5 Sep 13

Gençlerbirliği S.K. WWDLL

W vs Fenerbahçe 2–1 Aug 15

W @ Göztepe 1–0 Aug 23

D vs Erzurumspor FK 1–1 Aug 28

L @ Trabzonspor 0–5 Sep 6

L vs Kasımpaşa 1–2 Sep 13

Goals trend · last 5 matches

Başakşehir

Scored 1.2 avg

2 1 1 2 0

Conceded 2.2 avg

0 2 1 3 5

Gençlerbirliği S.K.

Scored 1.0 avg

2 1 1 0 1

Conceded 1.8 avg

1 0 1 5 2

Head-to-head · last meetings

6 Başakşehir

2 Draws

2 Gençlerbirliği S.K.

Apr 2026 Başakşehir 3–0 Gençlerbirliği S.K. Başakşehir

Nov 2025 Gençlerbirliği S.K. 2–1 Başakşehir Gençlerbirliği S.K.

Mar 2021 Gençlerbirliği S.K. 0–1 Başakşehir Başakşehir

Nov 2020 Başakşehir 2–1 Gençlerbirliği S.K. Başakşehir

Jan 2020 Başakşehir 3–1 Gençlerbirliği S.K. Başakşehir

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups

Başakşehir 4-2-3-1

16 Muhammed Şengezer G
33 Michał Karbownik D
23 Emin Bayram D
27 Ousseynou Ba D
38 Saba Kharebashvili D
8 Olivier Kemen M
20 Umut Güneş M
70 Andreas Skov Olsen M
77 Ivan Brnić M
14 Eldor Shomurodov M
9 Davie Selke F

Bench Deniz Dilmen, Hamza Güreler, Onur Bulut, Christopher Operi, Berkay Özcan, Yusuf Sarı, Onur Ergün, Jakub Kałuziński, Abbosbek Fayzullaev, Bertuğ Yıldırım

Nuri Sahin

Gençlerbirliği S.K. 4-1-4-1

70 İrfan Can Eğribayat G
13 Pedro Pereira D
6 Dimitris Goutas D
2 Thalisson D
77 Abdurrahim Dursun D
42 Ousmane Diabate M
14 Adama Malouda Traoré M
35 Oğulcan Ülgün M
10 Franco Tongya M
7 Tiago Gouveia M
9 Pedro Mendes F

Bench Gökhan Akkan, Metehan Baltacı, Fıratcan Üzüm, Ensar Çavuşoğlu, Yiğit Hamza Aydar, Rafael Luis, Salih Uçan, Sekou Koita, Victor Orakpo, Prince Martor

Metin Diyadin

Team news · injuries & suspensions

Başakşehir

OUT M. Sengezer Shoulder Injury
DOUBT E. Visca Inactive
OUT M. Sengezer Shoulder Injury
DOUBT E. Visca Inactive

Gençlerbirliği S.K.

OUT K. Rodrigues Inactive
DOUBT C. Niasse Inactive
OUT K. Rodrigues Inactive
DOUBT C. Niasse Inactive