İstanbul Başakşehir vs Rizespor betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Super Lig match on January 18th, 2025

İstanbul Başakşehir and Rizespor going to face each other on January 18th, 2025, Saturday at 10:30h (UTC), in a game counting for the Super Lig in Turkey, check the İstanbul Başakşehir vs Rizespor betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where İstanbul Başakşehir vs Rizespor will occur

The game takes place in the small Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadyumu stadium, in the city of Istanbul, with a capacity for 6500 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

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Introduction to the İstanbul Başakşehir vs Rizespor betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Super Lig has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.88 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.79 goals per game of the last championship.

İstanbul Başakşehir last match

In the last match they played, İstanbul Başakşehir collected a defeat. The opposing team was Galatasaray, and the match - which ended with the result of 1-2 - was valid for Super Lig. Coach Ç. Atan's disposed his team in a 3-1-4-2 formation.

The odds for them to win, of 4.50 left no room for doubt. The defeat was clear before the match started.

This was certainly not the best performance of the season for the defense. Lucas Lima leads the departmental disaster: with his late interventions and bad passes he allowed many chances to the opposing team's attacks.

Rizespor last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Super Lig, Rizespor, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Hatayspor team with a final score of 1-2.

Before the kick-off, the home win had odds of 1.91, which explains why it was considered to be a fairly close match.

İstanbul Başakşehir vs Rizespor h2h

The last time İstanbul Başakşehir faced Rizespor it was in Super Lig. İstanbul Başakşehir, then in 14th place opened with a play using the 4-4-2 formation, while Rizespor, who was in 13th place, played using a 4-2-3-1 tactic.

These teams played last against each other in a highly contested Super Lig game during the 2024/2025 season ending in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Rizespor team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than İstanbul Başakşehir its counterpart.

İstanbul Başakşehir

Super Lig leaderboard now

Considering the home team İstanbul Başakşehir, standing in 7th place with 26 points in the Super Lig competition in Turkey. Their performance statistics have been such as 7 wins, 6 losses and, 5 draws.

Which means that in the 20th round, the team is ahead with an advantage of 1 point over Gaziantep F.K. team who is in the 8th place.

İstanbul Başakşehir analysis

After 19 matches, İstanbul Başakşehir shows a positive goal difference: in fact, the team has scored 29 goals and conceded 25.

İstanbul Başakşehir has been inconsistent in their recent performances, alternating between wins, losses, and draws. They need to find a way to maintain their winning momentum and avoid costly mistakes if they want to remain competitive in the league.

While they’ve won 3 games as the visiting team, this team proves that there is such a thing as a home-court advantage with their record of 4 wins, 1 loss, and 4 draws.

With a jam-packed schedule, İstanbul Başakşehir might struggle to maintain their level of play when faced with a flurry of games in a short timeframe. Although the odds suggest a close match with both teams having odds of over 2 to win, the team's rigorous schedule could be a decisive factor in determining the final outcome.

Best goalscorer from İstanbul Başakşehir

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Krzysztof Piątek is the player to highlight. Helping İstanbul Başakşehir with 13 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Rizespor

Super Lig leaderboard now

Rizespor arrives in this game with 24 points, and in 9th place in the Super Lig, having won 7 games in total and lost 8 times, making a total of 3 draws.

In the 20th round, the team has a small disadvantage of 1 point as opposed to the Gaziantep F.K. team who places just above in 8th place.

Rizespor analysis

Currently, in the Super Lig, Rizespor sums 19 goals for and a total of 27 goals against, after 19 rounds played.

The Rizespor team typically attempts to control the game by achieving an average ball possession of 54.89%. The reason for this is that teams with ball possession above 50% usually hold some control over their opponents.

Best goalscorer from Rizespor

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Ali Sowe is the player to highlight. Helping Rizespor with 6 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

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Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of İstanbul Başakşehir is Krzysztof Piątek, who has already scored 13 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Rizespor is Ali Sowe, he has scored in 6 opportunities.

A good bet could be made between 75-90 minutes of the game as this is the time most goals are scored.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

One will find that combining the number of corners of both teams gives an average of 4.28 corners per game, making this something to note in attempting to obtain good betting results.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.42 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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