Both the home- and away side have had some difficulties so far, but three points in this important match would definitely provide a boost. Let's hear it for Altay - Gençlerbirliği!
- Altay have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Lig
- Gençlerbirliği is in the worst form (0-1-5)
Altay and Gençlerbirliği should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Altay form and stats
Altay's results here at İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu in the 1. Lig have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
A good away victory last time out for Altay, who won 2-0 against Altnordu (placed 16th). Gülselam was on the receiving end of a red card in the Altay-Altnordu match, being sent off in the 18th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 2-0 victory.
Before that, Altay drew at home versus Bandrmaspor.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 Altay have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 2, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Trouble hitting the net? In this team's last 10 league games, 9 have had zero, one or two goals.
Altay aren't scoring a lot here at İzmir Atatürk Stadyumu in the league, with only {5 goals} from 7 games. Altay have conceded 9 in these home matches.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
Gençlerbirliği have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 1. Lig, after 1-3-2 (6 played).
This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Eyupspor with 0-2 on the scoreboard.
Before that match, the win at home against Bayburt IOI in the Turkish Cup (1-0). As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Gençlerbirliği in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Gençlerbirliği, 1 draw and 5 defeats.
Gençlerbirliği find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Gençlerbirliği have conceded 9 goals in their away games. When Gençlerbirliği is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 2 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Altnordu, Yeni Malatyaspor, Denizlispor, BB Erzurumspor, Tuzlaspor and Gençlerbirliği.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior two meetings): Altay won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Gençlerbirliği have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Lopes Paixão 8 goals |   G. Gül 3 goals |  İ. Karakaş 3 goals |
Altay missing players
Gençlerbirliği missing players
| Altay | Gençlerbirliği | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 | 9 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 9 | 23 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 77% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 92% |
| 15% | 14% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 8% | 14% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 46% | 43% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 31% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 8% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 33% |
| 3.2 | 3.4 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 3.8 | 3.6 |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 38% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 27% | 28% |
| 9.2 | 9 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.2 | 10.8 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 |
- Altay have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in 1. Lig
- Altay have the most matches under the total-line (11) in 1. Lig
- Gençlerbirliği is in the worst form (0-1-5)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Eyupspor | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | Pendikspor | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 24 |
| 3 | Keciorengucu | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 24 |
| 4 | Samsunspor | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
| 5 | Rizespor | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Boluspor | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 7 | Bodrumspor | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Manisa BBSK | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Sakaryaspor | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Bandrmaspor | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 18 |
| 11 | Adanaspor | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | Goztepe | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Tuzlaspor | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 14 | Altay | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 15 |
| 15 | BB Erzurumspor | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -5 | 14 |
| 16 | Altnordu | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | -10 | 12 |
| 17 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -10 | 10 |
| 18 | Gençlerbirliği | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 19 | Denizlispor | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | -16 | 5 |
