Akhisar Belediyespor vs Bursaspor match preview: Even contest expected at Spor Toto Akhisar Belediye Stadı

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Mon 26.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Spor Toto Akhisar Belediye Stadı (12139 seats)

Akhisar Belediyespor and Bursaspor have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 1. Lig.

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 Akhisar Belediyespor and Bursaspor.

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Akhisar Belediyespor form and stats

Akhisar Belediyespor must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three 1. Lig games here at Spor Toto Akhisar Belediye Stadı.

The home team returns to Spor Toto Akhisar Belediye Stadı after being equal after 90 minutes with Istanbulspor (placed 4th) on their last time out; the 1. Lig game ended 2-2. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Menemen Belediyespor that ended 0-0.

Opportunity lost for Belediyespor in the Istanbulspor match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.

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 Belediyespor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn four and lost one.

Akhisar Belediyespor have scored 2 league goals here from 3 matches, not a lot. Akhisar Belediyespor have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 0 goals.

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Bursaspor form and stats

Bursaspor are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 1. Lig, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Bursaspor play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Menemen Belediyespor (placed 14th). That result followed a home victory 3-1 versus Balkesirspor.

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

The Bursaspor manager İ. Buz has got the team scoring on the road, with 6 away goals in 3 league matches. Bursaspor have conceded 5 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Belediyespor victories, three draws and four Bursaspor wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BursasporA. Akman
A. Akman
4 goals
Akhisar BelediyesporI. Hadžić
I. Hadžić
3 goals
BursasporB. Kapacak
B. Kapacak
3 goals

Akhisar Belediyespor missing players

Bursaspor missing players

Akhisar Belediyespor Bursaspor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
6 3 1 Played P 0 3 6
1 1 1 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 3
4 2 2 Scored S 0 6 11
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 5 11
67% 33% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
33% 33% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
17% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 83%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 17%
17% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 83%
50% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 17%
67% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.7 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.7 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
56 32 9 Total Shots T S 0 28 59
23 11 6 Shots on Target S O 0 14 28
17% 18% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 43% 39%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Akhisar Belediyespor have not yet lost a game at home.
  • All of Bursaspor's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bursaspor has the most dropped points from leading position (11) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor has the most scored goals in the first half (7) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Bursaspor have scored more than double the goals of Akhisar Belediyespor.
  • Bursaspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Adana Demirspor 7 4 2 1 14 6 3 1 2 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 9 3 8 14
2 Tuzlaspor 6 4 2 0 13 6 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 7 3 7 14
3 Samsunspor 7 4 2 1 11 7 4 3 0 1 8 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 14
4 Istanbulspor 6 4 1 1 12 6 3 2 1 0 6 4 3 2 0 1 6 2 6 13
5 Keciorengucu 7 4 1 2 8 6 3 2 0 1 3 1 4 2 1 1 5 5 2 13
6 Altnordu 7 4 1 2 11 10 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 7 7 1 13
7 Giresunspor 6 3 2 1 11 10 3 2 1 0 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 11
8 Altay 6 3 1 2 10 4 3 2 1 0 7 0 3 1 0 2 3 4 6 10
9 Balkesirspor 7 3 1 3 8 9 3 2 1 0 5 2 4 1 0 3 3 7 -1 10
10 Adanaspor 6 2 3 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 9
11 Bursaspor 6 2 1 3 11 11 3 1 0 2 5 6 3 1 1 1 6 5 0 7
12 Akhisar Belediyespor 6 1 3 2 4 4 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 2 2 4 0 6
13 Bandrmaspor 7 1 2 4 6 11 4 1 2 1 4 6 3 0 0 3 2 5 -5 5
14 Menemen Belediyespor 6 1 2 3 6 11 3 1 0 2 4 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 -5 5
15 Umraniyespor 7 1 2 4 8 15 4 1 1 2 5 7 3 0 1 2 3 8 -7 5
16 Osmanlspor 7 1 1 5 4 12 4 1 1 2 4 6 3 0 0 3 0 6 -8 4
17 Eskisehirspor 6 0 3 3 2 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 8 -8 3
18 Boluspor 6 0 2 4 4 8 3 0 0 3 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 -4 2

Read more about 1. Lig

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.