Sakaryaspor vs Gençlerbirliği match preview

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 20.Aug
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Sakarya Atatürk Stadı (13216 seats)

It's only the second fixture in the 1. Lig for these contenders. And fresh bodies and minds here at Sakarya Atatürk Stadı as Sakaryaspor host Gençlerbirliği. Don't miss this preview!

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Sakaryaspor form and stats

In the previous season, Sakaryaspor's league results were 20 wins, 2 draws and 14 losses, producing 5th place in the Club Friendlies 2. During these 36 matches they scored {59 goals} and let in 47. Performing at home in the last season Sakaryaspor delivered 13-2-3 (win-draw-lost) with {34 goals} and 17 conceded.

The Sakaryaspor goalkeeper Cihan Topaloglu is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 212 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. Lig.

Sakaryaspor enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Goztepe's place. The match ended 1-0 with Ndlovu scoring.

Ahead of that match, Sakaryaspor lost 0-1 at home to Eyupspor (after extra-time).

This is expected to be a close game, with Sakaryaspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Sakaryaspor as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Sakaryaspor has won 3 of these, drawn 1 and lost 1.

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

Let's have a look at how Gençlerbirliği performed last season in the 1. Lig: They landed a 13th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 6 draws and 16 defeats. In total they scored 44 and conceded {54 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 17/28 goals scored/conceded.

Gençlerbirliği go into this game after a win, the home game against Umraniyespor that ended 2-1.

Prior to that match, the Gençlerbirliği manager Kaloglu faced defeat when travelling to Kayserispor and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 10 similar matches played by Gençlerbirliği in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Gençlerbirliği, 1 draw and 7 defeats.

Head 2 Head

Sakaryaspor-Gençlerbirliği H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Sakaryaspor one win, Gençlerbirliği two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Top Goalscorers

SakaryasporD. Ndlovu
D. Ndlovu
1 goals
GençlerbirliğiU. Akdemir
U. Akdemir
1 goals
GençlerbirliğiY. Güreler
Y. Güreler
1 goals

Sakaryaspor missing players

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sakaryaspor Gençlerbirliği
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
1 0 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
2 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
9 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 9
3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 5
33% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 40%
 
17 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 9
6 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 3
Sakaryaspor Last season Gençlerbirliği
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 19   Played P   3 4
18 13   Won W   0 1
2 2   Drew D   1 1
15 4   Lost L   2 2
53 34   Scored S   3 5
48 18   Conceded C   6 7
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
80% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 75%
57% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 75%
29% 21%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   67% 50%
20% 16%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
60% 58%   BTTS BTTS   67% 75%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 0%
14% 16%   Failed to Score F T   33% 25%
 
4.2 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
4.7 4.3   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2.4 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
7 3   Red cards R C   0 0
 
9.5 10.9   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
3.8 4.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
40% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
11.7 10.8   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
4.8 4.3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanlurfaspor 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Bodrumspor 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Manisa BBSK 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Adanaspor 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
5 Corum Belediyespor 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 3
6 Gençlerbirliği 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Giresunspor 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Sakaryaspor 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Eyupspor 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 BB Erzurumspor 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Bandırmaspor 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Umraniyespor 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Goztepe 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
14 Altay 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Keçiörengücü 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Boluspor 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Kocaelispor 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Tuzlaspor 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Samsunspor 36 23 9 4 70 26 18 13 3 2 39 14 18 10 6 2 31 12 44 78
2 Rizespor 36 18 14 4 64 35 18 11 6 1 38 17 18 7 8 3 26 18 29 68
3 Pendikspor 36 19 10 7 65 36 18 12 3 3 31 14 18 7 7 4 34 22 29 67
4 Bodrumspor 36 18 8 10 55 34 18 8 7 3 29 15 18 10 1 7 26 19 21 62
5 Sakaryaspor 36 20 2 14 59 47 18 13 2 3 34 17 18 7 0 11 25 30 12 62
6 Eyupspor 36 18 8 10 40 30 18 11 3 4 26 16 18 7 5 6 14 14 10 62
7 Goztepe 35 17 9 9 45 28 17 9 5 3 26 12 18 8 4 6 19 16 17 60
8 Keçiörengücü 36 16 8 12 59 47 18 8 5 5 29 24 18 8 3 7 30 23 12 56
9 Manisa BBSK 36 15 11 10 53 47 18 6 8 4 23 24 18 9 3 6 30 23 6 56
10 Bandırmaspor 36 15 10 11 55 58 18 9 4 5 27 26 18 6 6 6 28 32 -3 55
11 Boluspor 36 14 10 12 44 46 18 9 4 5 25 22 18 5 6 7 19 24 -2 52
12 Altay 35 11 10 14 45 48 18 7 4 7 27 23 17 4 6 7 18 22 -3 40
13 BB Erzurumspor 36 11 9 16 43 48 18 5 3 10 20 24 18 6 6 6 23 24 -5 39
14 Gençlerbirliği 36 10 8 18 46 55 18 6 3 9 26 28 18 4 5 9 20 27 -9 38
15 Tuzlaspor 36 11 5 20 42 52 18 5 3 10 19 22 18 6 2 10 23 30 -10 38
16 Altnordu 36 9 8 19 41 57 18 5 4 9 22 30 18 4 4 10 19 27 -16 35
17 Adanaspor 36 6 7 23 32 76 18 4 5 9 19 37 18 2 2 14 13 39 -44 25
18 Denizlispor 36 7 5 24 35 67 18 4 4 10 18 25 18 3 1 14 17 42 -32 23
19 Yeni Malatyaspor 36 4 7 25 22 81 18 2 3 13 7 40 18 2 4 12 15 41 -59 16

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Sanlurfaspor 2 2 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6
2 Bodrumspor 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4
3 Manisa BBSK 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
4 Adanaspor 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
5 Corum Belediyespor 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 3
6 Gençlerbirliği 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
7 Giresunspor 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 3
8 Sakaryaspor 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
9 Eyupspor 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
10 BB Erzurumspor 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
11 Bandırmaspor 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
12 Umraniyespor 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1
13 Goztepe 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
14 Altay 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Keçiörengücü 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Boluspor 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
17 Kocaelispor 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
18 Tuzlaspor 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0

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The TFF First League, earlier known as the 1. Lig, is the second level of football in Turkey. It has 18 teams playing each other twice to decide the league table of the regular season. The top two teams are promoted, while the next four have a playoff to decide the third promotion. The three bottom teams are relegated.