İstanbul Başakşehir vs Samsunspor — match summary
Turkey · Super Lig · kick-off 1 Nov 2026 20:00
Full time · score 5-2
pPS pre-match readiness (0-100): İstanbul Başakşehir 61 · Samsunspor 27
mPS in-play performance (0-100): İstanbul Başakşehir 54 · Samsunspor 43
Shots on target 9-4 · corners 8-2 · possession 59-41
NextGOAL tip: İstanbul Başakşehir -0.5 · 3 stars
Meetings between these two teams usually end in victory for İstanbul Başakşehir. In the last five meetings they won four, and the most recent one in May was a 3-0 win. But the context is different this time, because Samsunspor are mired in a serious crisis of form. İstanbul Başakşehir themselves have not had it all their own way. They lost 0-2 in their last match, and over the season in 9 games they have scored 12 and conceded 14; the defence shows leaks at intervals. At home, though, they still start well: the first half of every home match has produced a goal. Samsunspor, meanwhile, have lost five in a row, conceded heavily in several of those games, and scored only 8 goals from 9 league matches. A defence that allows 6.4 shots on target per game only underlines how easily they let opponents create chances. This game is likely to play out with the hosts dominating the ball and pressing forward against a defence short of confidence. If İstanbul Başakşehir take the lead, the game will open up further for them to keep applying pressure, while Samsunspor must rely on counter-attacks that rarely materialise in the first half of away games. The direction of the game therefore tilts clearly toward the hosts, who are superior in overall quality.