Super Lig match preview and numbers: Ankaragücü fight Samsunspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 29.Oct
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

The stage is lit for Ankaragücü - Samsunspor! Even with their varied results, this match should be great fun!

Insights:
  • Ankaragücü have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Samsunspor is in the worst form (0-1-4)

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Ankaragücü form and stats

1 victory, 2 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Ankaragücü have to build on here at Eryaman Stadyumu in the Super Lig.

No payout for Ankaragücü in their previous match, an away game at Istanbulspor that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfielder Ciğerci was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.63 (out of ten) in that game. Ciğerci scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 56 successful passes (of 69 total).

Before that, Ankaragücü had a home game versus Kayserispor which ended with a victory 3-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Ankaragücü perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Ankaragücü as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Ankaragücü has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Ankaragücü, as the Turkish Cup home game vs Arguvan Belediyespor is only three days away.

Ankaragücü has scored 5 league goals at home this season, in 4 matches. Ankaragücü are not conceding a lot of goals here at Eryaman Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 3 from 4 matches.

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Samsunspor form and stats

Playing away, Samsunspor have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 4 defeats in the Super Lig this season. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Samsunspor's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Samsunspor have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Ntcham was the goal scorer.

Samsunspor's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus İstanbul Başakşehir that finished 0-0. Gönül was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.31. The defender Gönül hit one key pass and won 3 of 7 duels.

Prior to that match, the Samsunspor manager Gisdol faced defeat when travelling to Rizespor and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Samsunspor in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Samsunspor, 4 draws and 6 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Samsunspor as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Ankaragücü two wins, five draws and Samsunspor three victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnkaragücüE. Bekiroglu
E. Bekiroglu
3 goals
AnkaragücüT. Ciğerci
T. Ciğerci
2 goals
AnkaragücüR. Bajić
R. Bajić
2 goals

Ankaragücü missing players

Samsunspor missing players

Ankaragücü Samsunspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 4 5 9
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
3 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 3 4 6
13 5 1 Scored S 2 4 5
12 3 1 Conceded C 6 10 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 78%
89% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 67%
56% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 33%
22% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 11%
11% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 11%
78% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 60% 44%
11% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
11% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 40% 56%
 
3.7 3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 5 4.9
4 2.8 2 Corners against (avg) C A 3 2.8 2.3
1.4 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.7 15.2 15 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 9.2 9.7
3.4 3.8 1 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.4 2
42% 33% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 33% 28%
 
13.2 9.2 6 Shots against (avg) S A 8.5 9.2 7.9
5 2.8 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Ankaragücü have scored more than double the goals of Samsunspor.
  • Ankaragücü have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Ankaragücü haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Samsunspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Samsunspor have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Samsunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Samsunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Super Lig
  • Samsunspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (10) in Super Lig
  • Samsunspor have the the worst goal difference (-9) in Super Lig
  • Samsunspor have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Samsunspor have yet to win a game.
  • Samsunspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Samsunspor is in the worst form (0-1-4)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fenerbahce 9 9 0 0 24 5 5 5 0 0 18 5 4 4 0 0 6 0 19 27
2 Galatasaray 9 8 1 0 18 5 4 4 0 0 10 4 5 4 1 0 8 1 13 25
3 Adana Demirspor 8 5 2 1 19 9 5 5 0 0 14 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 10 17
4 Besiktas 9 5 1 3 13 11 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 2 0 3 6 9 2 16
5 Kasimpasa 9 4 3 2 14 16 5 2 1 2 7 11 4 2 2 0 7 5 -2 15
6 Hatayspor 9 3 5 1 16 11 4 2 2 0 9 6 5 1 3 1 7 5 5 14
7 Rizespor 9 4 2 3 10 14 4 2 2 0 3 1 5 2 0 3 7 13 -4 14
8 Kayserispor 9 3 4 2 10 9 5 3 2 0 7 2 4 0 2 2 3 7 1 13
9 Trabzonspor 8 4 0 4 15 11 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 7 7 4 12
10 Sivasspor 9 2 4 3 10 12 5 0 3 2 3 6 4 2 1 1 7 6 -2 10
11 Alanyaspor 8 2 4 2 8 10 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 1 5 -2 10
12 Ankaragücü 9 2 3 4 13 12 4 1 2 1 5 3 5 1 1 3 8 9 1 9
13 Antalyaspor 9 2 3 4 9 11 4 1 2 1 4 4 5 1 1 3 5 7 -2 9
14 Konyaspor 9 2 3 4 9 12 5 1 1 3 5 7 4 1 2 1 4 5 -3 9
15 Gazisehir Gaziantep 9 3 0 6 7 15 4 2 0 2 4 6 5 1 0 4 3 9 -8 9
16 İstanbul Başakşehir 9 2 2 5 5 11 4 1 0 3 3 5 5 1 2 2 2 6 -6 8
17 Pendikspor 9 1 4 4 10 18 4 0 2 2 5 10 5 1 2 2 5 8 -8 7
18 Fatih Karagumruk 8 1 3 4 7 9 4 0 2 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 4 4 -2 6
19 Istanbulspor 8 1 2 5 5 12 5 1 1 3 4 7 3 0 1 2 1 5 -7 5
20 Samsunspor 8 0 2 6 5 14 3 0 1 2 1 4 5 0 1 4 4 10 -9 2

Read more about Super Lig

The Süper Lig is the top league in Turkish football. It has 18 teams who play a season from August to May, meeting each other home and away. After all fixtures have been played the final league table is ready and the champion of Turkey celebrated. The three bottom teams are relegated.