Match Report
Başakşehir beat Kocaelispor 2-0 on 16 August 2026. C. Operi opened the scoring inside the first 14 minutes for Başakşehir, set up by A. Fayzullaev, to make it 1-0. E. Shomurodov added to the tally 72 minutes into the game for Başakşehir, set up by A. Skov Olsen, to make it 2-0. T. Bingol (31'), A. Fayzullaev (51') and T. Zoukrou (81') were booked. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Başakşehir 216 points stronger than Kocaelispor. On current ratings the model favours Başakşehir at 74.3% in this pairing, and Başakşehir won this one.