ISTANBUL (Interstat)—Besiktas will host Kayseri on Sunday in a Turkey A women’s professional basketball game in Turkiye. Both teams will enter with 0-0 records, and each will be looking to begin the season with a victory in the opening matchup. The game will be played in Istanbul, where Besiktas will have home-court advantage against a Kayseri side seeking a road result.

Kayseri’s most recent previous result was a 95-59 home loss to Fenerbahce on March 3. That defeat closed out Kayseri’s recent action and left the club aiming for a stronger start in its next outing. Besiktas’s most recent previous result was a 99-95 overtime home loss to Mersin on March 21. Besiktas will try to move beyond that overtime finish and open the new campaign with a home win.

The Turkey A contest will feature two clubs with clean 0-0 records, meaning the early league table offers little separation before tipoff. Kayseri will attempt to settle into the game on the road, while Besiktas will try to use its home setting to control the pace. Both teams will be seeking their first win of the season.

Kayseri’s upcoming schedule includes a home game against Turgutlu, a road game at Fenerbahce, home contests against Botas, Galatasaray, CBK Mersin and Nesibe, and road trips to Ormanspor, Istanbul GSK and Emlak before a home matchup with Besiktas. The run will test Kayseri’s depth and its ability to handle a mix of home and away dates.

Besiktas’s next games include a road game at Turgutlu, home games against Fenerbahce, Villeneuve, Ormanspor, Maccabi Bnot and Istanbul GSK, and road contests at Brandys nad Labem, Botas, Maccabi Bnot and Galatasaray. That slate will provide Besiktas with several chances to build consistency after its overtime loss in its most recent previous result.

The matchup will bring together two teams beginning the season with identical records and recent losses in their last recorded games. Kayseri will look to avoid a slow start after falling to Fenerbahce, while Besiktas will try to use home court to set an early tone. Both clubs will be focused on gaining momentum before their schedules turn to a series of Turkey A opponents.

The season opener will mark the first Turkey A appearance of the campaign for both clubs. Kayseri will seek to improve on its most recent showing, while Besiktas will aim to protect its home floor and avoid another close finish after its overtime result. The game will be the only meeting between the teams on Sunday before each continues its schedule.

Interstat’s game simulator projects Besiktas to defeat Kayseri 82-69. The projection favors Besiktas at home in the opening matchup and forecasts a double-digit margin for the host club.