Istanbul Basaksehir vs Maccabi Netanya Predictions

• The hosts have not suffered defeat in any of their previous nine games.
• Basaksehir have opened the scoring in eight of their previous nine matches.
• The visitors have failed to hit the back of the net for three successive fixtures.

Formidable hosts are tough to beat

Turkish outfit Istanbul Basaksehir have been utterly relentless in their last 11 fixtures. They’re unbeaten across their last 11 matches and although this month they have only played three friendlies, they’ve won two and drawn one, picking up where they left off at the back end of last season. They’re an exceptionally difficult side to break down and given they always put up a fight when they’re playing the best around Europe, they will feel confident about securing a victory here.

The visitors have played just one friendly since the end of last season, a Toto Cup match against Maccabi Tel Aviv which saw the first goal arrive in their favour in added time. However, they will be in for a tough time here and it’s hard to see them causing too much of a threat given they’ve played just one fixture of late.

Easy victory for Basaksehir

The hosts are a little further along in their preparations for the new season and they’re also the better side. We’ll take Istanbul Basaksehir to win this one and do so by way of a clean sheet.