1. Lig prediction and preview: Altay modest favorites to beat İstanbulspor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Mon 01.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bornova Doğanlar Stadı (12500 seats)

A key match in 1. Lig as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Altay in 5th position and İstanbulspor placed 2nd, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Altay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • İstanbulspor has the most scored goals (38) in 1. Lig

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Altay form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Bornova Doğanlar Stadı as Altay have scored 20 goals to get 20 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the 1. Lig are 6-2-1 (wins-draws-losses). Altay are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

B. Sulungoz was the last player to score a league goal for Altay and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Altay haven't scored in 184 minutes.

Altay lost their last game at Samsunspor (placed 3rd) after a 0-1 scoreline. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Tuzlaspor.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Altay handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, five draws and two defeats.

Goals decide football matches and Altay are scoring many of them at home; 20 on target from 9 league matches. Altay are not conceding a lot of goals here at Bornova Doğanlar Stadı in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 9 matches.

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İstanbulspor form and stats

Playing away, İstanbulspor, who have the most scored goals (38) in 1. Lig, have won 4 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the 1. Lig this season. İstanbulspor have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Momentum is building for İstanbulspor in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

İstanbulspor have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Muhammed Alperen Uysal. It's been 182 minutes since they last conceded in 1. Lig.

İstanbulspor go into this game after a win, the home game against Adanaspor that ended 1-0. That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus Balkesirspor.

We have checked recent matches where İstanbulspor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, three draws and six defeats.

İstanbulspor have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 11 goals have been scored. İstanbulspor are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: İstanbulspor - Altay 2-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Altay five wins, four draws and İstanbulspor one victory. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AltayM. Lopes Paixão
M. Lopes Paixão
12 goals
İstanbulsporO. Ergün
O. Ergün
9 goals
İstanbulsporİ. Yılmaz
İ. Yılmaz
5 goals

Altay missing players

İstanbulspor missing players

Altay İstanbulspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 2 8 18
10 6 1 Won W 1 4 11
2 2 2 Drew D 0 1 4
6 1 0 Lost L 1 3 3
30 20 2 Scored S 3 11 38
17 7 1 Conceded C 2 7 19
94% 89% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 78% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 83%
56% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 61%
28% 44% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 33%
11% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 17%
50% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 38% 56%
33% 44% 67% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 28%
22% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 17%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.3 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.9 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.5 13.3 8.3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 8.6 9.5
4.5 5 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.9
37% 44% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 43%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Altay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Altay have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • İstanbulspor has the most scored goals (38) in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor has the most scored goals in the second half (23) in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor has the the best goal difference (+19) in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor has the the best goal difference (+4) away in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor 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 Giresunspor 18 11 5 2 26 13 10 7 2 1 17 6 8 4 3 1 9 7 13 38
2 İstanbulspor 18 11 4 3 38 19 10 7 3 0 27 12 8 4 1 3 11 7 19 37
3 Samsunspor 18 10 6 2 25 16 10 7 2 1 16 8 8 3 4 1 9 8 9 36
4 Tuzlaspor 19 10 3 6 29 27 9 5 1 3 13 14 10 5 2 3 16 13 2 33
5 Altay 18 10 2 6 30 17 9 6 2 1 20 7 9 4 0 5 10 10 13 32
6 Adana Demirspor 18 9 4 5 31 18 10 5 4 1 20 9 8 4 0 4 11 9 13 31
7 Keciorengucu 19 9 4 6 24 14 10 6 1 3 15 5 9 3 3 3 9 9 10 31
8 Bursaspor 18 9 3 6 33 28 8 5 0 3 16 12 10 4 3 3 17 16 5 30
9 Altnordu 18 8 4 6 24 26 9 5 1 3 12 11 9 3 3 3 12 15 -2 28
10 Bandrmaspor 19 8 3 8 23 20 10 5 2 3 11 10 9 3 1 5 12 10 3 27
11 Menemen Belediyespor 18 5 7 6 23 27 8 2 2 4 9 14 10 3 5 2 14 13 -4 22
12 Adanaspor 19 6 3 10 28 28 9 3 1 5 18 19 10 3 2 5 10 9 0 21
13 Umraniyespor 18 5 5 8 18 27 9 3 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 14 -9 20
14 Boluspor 18 5 4 9 18 22 8 2 1 5 5 8 10 3 3 4 13 14 -4 19
15 Akhisar Belediyespor 19 5 4 10 17 25 9 3 3 3 7 6 10 2 1 7 10 19 -8 19
16 Balkesirspor 19 4 4 11 16 31 9 2 3 4 9 14 10 2 1 7 7 17 -15 16
17 Osmanlspor 19 3 4 12 13 31 9 2 3 4 7 11 10 1 1 8 6 20 -18 13
18 Eskisehirspor 19 0 7 12 12 39 10 0 5 5 5 13 9 0 2 7 7 26 -27 4

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.