Kasımpaşa vs Konyaspor Prediction: Unbeaten Hosts Target Victory Over Relegation Battlers

Kasımpaşa host Konyaspor in Süper Lig matchweek 6 on 18 September 2026 and the distance between these two sides is already starting to feel significant. Kasımpaşa sit fourth with nine points from five matches and have yet to lose, whereas Konyaspor are 16th on three points with only one win from their opening five.

Kasımpaşa arrive unbeaten across W-D-D-W-D, most recently edging Gençlerbirliği 2-1 at home on 13 September before a 2-2 draw away to Amed on 6 September. The earlier run included a 1-1 with Başakşehir, a 1-0 over Çorum and a 1-1 with Trabzonspor.

Konyaspor's W-L-L-L-L run tells a different story: eight goals conceded, only four scored and four straight defeats - reading 0-1 to Erzurum, 1-2 to Kocaelispor, 2-4 to Fenerbahçe and 0-1 to Rizespor - before last week's 1-0 win at Trabzonspor on 12 September.

Emre Belözoğlu, who replaced Shota Arveladze in December 2025, is working with an otherwise settled group but is missing three players through injury: Haris Hajradinović, Mortadha Ben Ouanes and Kamil Cörekçi, the last of whom has a long term Achilles problem. That removes experienced cover at right back and in the two midfield slots behind his forward line, though Belözoğlu has had five games to adjust. İlhan Palut, in charge since February 2026 when he replaced Çağdaş Atan, has no reported absentees and can name his strongest available XI, though their eight goals conceded in five matches raise obvious questions about what that settled XI can do without the ball.

Kasımpaşa's 4-2-3-1 is built around midfield control and quick transitions, with the double pivot protecting the back four while Güven Yalçın and İrfan Can Kahveci supply Adrian Benedyczak from advanced midfield. Losing Hajradinović, Ben Ouanes and Cörekçi thins the flanks but Cláudio Winck continues to push forward from right back and has been one of the more effective wide outlets in the division so far. His deliveries from wide, combined with Benedyczak's aerial presence, also make Kasımpaşa one of the more dangerous sides from set pieces.

Konyaspor line up in the same shape but depend on Deniz Türüç to create for Jackson Muleka and Ebrima Colley. Uğurcan Yazğılı and Adil Demirbağ will need a good day to handle Benedyczak, who will test them aerially and in behind and Kahveci's movement through the lines is perhaps the bigger concern for Palut: once he gets between the midfield screen and the back four, Konyaspor tend to look disorganised. From there, Kasımpaşa will look to press high early and overwhelm their visitors before they settle into their compact block, leaving Konyaspor reliant on whatever Muleka can manufacture on the counter.

Konyaspor hold 11 wins from roughly 24 previous meetings against Kasımpaşa's three, with 10 draws in between and matches average around three goals with both teams scoring in approximately 55% of encounters.

Kasımpaşa 2-1 Konyaspor. Kasımpaşa have not conceded more than twice in any game this season and Konyaspor have not kept a clean sheet since matchweek one, so the hosts' unbeaten run and the options they carry around Benedyczak put them firmly in front. Konyaspor's only win this season came away from home but their defensive numbers suggest they will give up at least twice here, with Muleka or Colley perhaps nicking one late as Kasımpaşa see it out.