Balanced ball game between Konyaspor and Sivasspor expected

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Konyaspor and Sivasspor.

Konyaspor form and stats

Konyaspor's struggle is real here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu with only 12 points collected from 13 Super Lig games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-6-5.

The spoils were shared in Konyaspor's previous game, also at home. Visiting Sivasspor (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gençlerbirliği (1-2).

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Konyaspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won one, drawn three and lost two.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Konyaspor here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 13 games). Konyaspor have conceded 14 in these home matches.

Sivasspor form and stats

As the visiting team in Super Lig matches, Sivasspor have produced an overall stat of 5-3-5 so far.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Konyaspor (placed 16th) in their previous outing. The Super Lig match ended in a draw 2-2. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Denizlispor.

The draw against Konyaspor came from a losing position. The Sivasspor manager R. Çalımbay brought on Petar Škuletić as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sivasspor playing away and similar expectations, we found twelve relevant matches. Results were three Sivasspor wins, two draws and seven defeats.

Sivasspor are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 23 times in 13 away games so far. Sivasspor struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 20 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Konyaspor - Sivasspor 2-2 entered in the official records. Last ten meetings between the teams: Konyaspor won three, Sivasspor won two and five draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Yatabaré 12 goals

H. Arslan 7 goals

E. Kılınç 6 goals

Konyaspor missing players

Sivasspor missing players

		Total						Home						Away
#	Team	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	MP	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	P
1	Istanbul Basaksehir	28	17	8	3	54	26	14	10	3	1	34	12	14	7	5	2	20	14	28	59
2	Trabzonspor	27	16	8	3	62	29	14	9	3	2	37	16	13	7	5	1	25	13	33	56
3	Sivasspor	27	15	7	5	48	29	14	10	4	Total
5	3	1	Played	P	0	3	5
4	3	1	Won	W	0	1	2
0	0	0	Drew	D	0	0	0
1	0	0	Lost	L	0	2	3
11	7	2	Scored	S	0	5	7
3	1	0	Conceded	C	0	8	10
100%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	0%	100%	100%
100%	100%	100%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	100%	80%
60%	33%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	100%	80%
20%	33%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	67%	40%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	33%	20%
40%	33%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	67%	60%
60%	67%	100%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	0%	20%
0%	0%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	33%	20%
5.8	7	7	Corners for (avg)	C F	0	7	5.6
4.2	4.7	5	Corners against (avg)	C A	0	3.3	4.4
3	2	1	Yellow cards (avg)	Y C	0	1.3	1.6
0	0	0	Red cards	R C	0	0	1
68	40	15	Total Shots	T S	0	28	43
29	18	5	Shots on Target	S O	0	13	20
38%	39%	40%	Goal Efficiency	G E	0%	38%	35%

Riga			First Half	Metta / LU
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
5	3	1	Played	P	0	3	5
3	2	1	Won	W	0	1	2
1	1	0	Drew	D	0	0	1
1	0	0	Lost	L	0	2	2
3	2	1	Scored	S	0	4	5
1	0	0	Conceded	C	0	4	4
80%	67%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	0%	100%	80%
0%	0%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	67%	40%
0%	0%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	67%	40%
0%	0%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	33%	20%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	33%	20%
80%	100%	100%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	33%	60%
40%	33%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	33%	40%

Riga			Second Half	Metta / LU
Total	Home	vs low	Statistics	Stat	vs top	Away	Total
5	3	1	Played	P	0	3	5
4	3	1	Won	W	0	0	0
1	0	0	Drew	D	0	1	2
0	0	0	Lost	L	0	2	3
8	5	1	Scored	S	0	1	2
2	1	0	Conceded	C	0	4	6
100%	100%	100%	Over 0.5	O 0.5	0%	100%	80%
60%	33%	0%	Over 1.5	O 1.5	0%	67%	60%
20%	33%	0%	Over 2.5	O 2.5	0%	0%	20%
20%	33%	0%	Over 3.5	O 3.5	0%	0%	0%
0%	0%	0%	Over 4.5	O 4.5	0%	0%	0%
40%	33%	0%	BTTS	BTTS	0%	33%	40%
60%	67%	100%	Clean Sheets	C S	0%	0%	20%
0%	0%	0%	Failed to Score	F T	0%	67%	60%

Key stats in Virsliga this season:

• All of Metta / LU's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
• All of Riga's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
• Metta / LU has the most conceded goals (8) away
• Metta / LU have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded away.
• Metta / LU have won significantly more corners away than at home.
• Metta / LU haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
• Riga has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (1)
• Riga has the most scored goals in the second half (8)
• Riga has the the best goal difference (+6) at home
• Riga have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
• Riga have scored in all their matches so far.
• Riga have won all their matches at home so far.
• Riga have won significantly more corners at home than away.
• Riga haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Riga			Last season	Metta / LU
Total	Home		Statistics	Stat		Away	Total
32	16		Played	P		16	32
20	10		Won	W		2	6
6	4		Drew	D		4	8
6	2		Lost	L		10	18
59	31		Scored	S		16	35
21	7		Conceded	C		32	60
91%	88%		Over 0.5	O 0.5		94%	94%
62%	62%		Over 1.5	O 1.5		75%	78%
47%	31%		Over 2.5	O 2.5		62%	66%
28%	25%		Over 3.5	O 3.5		31%	28%
12%	19%		Over 4.5	O 4.5		19%	19%
38%	31%		BTTS	BTTS		56%	59%
50%	56%		Clean Sheets	C S		12%	16%
22%	25%		Failed to Score	F T		38%	31%
5.4	5.2		Corners for (avg)	C F		5.3	4.9
3.5	3.3		Corners against (avg)	C A		7.7	6.2
2.2	2.3		Yellow cards (avg)	Y C		1.8	1.8
4	4		Red cards	R C		0	3
331	178		Total Shots	T S		171	348
150	86		Shots on Target	S O		62	131
37%	36%		Goal Efficiency	G E		26%	27%