Home advantage could prove decisive in Ankaragücü - Bursaspor battle

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

Welcome to Eryaman Stadyumu and this game starring Ankaragücü & Bursaspor in the 1. Lig. Here's everything you should know!

Insights:
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals (18) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Ankaragücü have less rest than Bursaspor in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. Lig game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Menemen Belediyespor, so at least Ankaragücü are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Ankaragücü form and stats

26 points is a decent return from 11 1. Lig games here at Eryaman Stadyumu for Ankaragücü. The data says 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

An away draw last time out for Ankaragücü, facing Menemen Belediyespor in a game that ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Ankaragücü lost 0-1 at home to İstanbulspor.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ankaragücü have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eight games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost four.

The Ankaragücü fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 11 league matches. Ankaragücü have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Bursaspor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Bursaspor so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

Home advantage was not enough for Bursaspor in their previous game as they lost hosting Tuzlaspor, 0-1.

A 1-1 draw at Samsunspor's stadium before that.

Bursaspor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, three draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

Bursaspor have conceded 17 goals in these games. Bursaspor has visited these top teams two times, and 2 of 2 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent match: Bursaspor - Ankaragücü 0-4. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Ankaragücü wins - draws - Bursaspor wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnkaragücüE. Derdiyok
E. Derdiyok
9 goals
AnkaragücüY. Abdioğlu
Y. Abdioğlu
5 goals
BursasporM. Bruno
M. Bruno
5 goals

Ankaragücü missing players

Bursaspor missing players

Ankaragücü Bursaspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 11 5 Played P 2 11 23
15 8 3 Won W 0 2 6
4 2 2 Drew D 0 3 6
5 1 0 Lost L 2 6 11
38 18 8 Scored S 2 11 25
18 7 3 Conceded C 6 17 33
96% 91% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 87%
79% 73% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 74%
50% 55% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 55% 43%
8% 9% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 30%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 9% 13%
42% 45% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 64% 52%
42% 45% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 26%
21% 18% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 27% 35%
 
5.6 6.9 7.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6.9 6
3.5 3.5 2.4 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.6 4.3
1.5 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.2
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 3 5
 
11 11.4 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9.9 10.8
4.8 4.9 6.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.2
33% 33% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 28% 26%
 
8.8 5.7 5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 10.6 10.1
3.1 1.7 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.3
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Ankaragücü have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Ankaragücü have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals (18) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü have the the best goal difference (+20) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bursaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ankaragücü 24 15 4 5 38 18 11 8 2 1 18 7 13 7 2 4 20 11 20 49
2 Umraniyespor 24 15 4 5 42 23 12 9 2 1 25 12 12 6 2 4 17 11 19 49
3 BB Erzurumspor 24 12 7 5 39 28 13 10 2 1 28 13 11 2 5 4 11 15 11 43
4 Eyupspor 23 11 8 4 35 25 11 7 2 2 16 9 12 4 6 2 19 16 10 41
5 Bandrmaspor 24 12 4 8 36 23 13 7 2 4 19 12 11 5 2 4 17 11 13 40
6 İstanbulspor 23 12 3 8 37 27 11 7 1 3 18 12 12 5 2 5 19 15 10 39
7 Samsunspor 23 9 9 5 35 27 12 6 6 0 19 8 11 3 3 5 16 19 8 36
8 Adanaspor 24 9 6 9 28 25 12 6 4 2 16 10 12 3 2 7 12 15 3 33
9 Boluspor 22 8 7 7 25 23 10 4 5 1 8 4 12 4 2 6 17 19 2 31
10 Keciorengucu 24 8 7 9 32 34 12 6 4 2 21 16 12 2 3 7 11 18 -2 31
11 Tuzlaspor 22 8 6 8 22 22 11 4 4 3 12 11 11 4 2 5 10 11 0 30
12 Manisa BBSK 24 8 6 10 26 29 11 4 3 4 13 15 13 4 3 6 13 14 -3 30
13 Genclerbirligi 24 9 3 12 28 38 12 5 1 6 16 20 12 4 2 6 12 18 -10 30
14 Menemen Belediyespor 24 6 10 8 28 38 12 5 6 1 16 13 12 1 4 7 12 25 -10 28
15 Kocaelispor 23 8 3 12 23 31 12 6 1 5 16 15 11 2 2 7 7 16 -8 27
16 Bursaspor 23 6 6 11 25 33 12 4 3 5 14 16 11 2 3 6 11 17 -8 24
17 Denizlispor 24 6 6 12 23 34 12 4 2 6 13 18 12 2 4 6 10 16 -11 24
18 Altnordu 24 7 1 16 28 49 13 6 0 7 17 25 11 1 1 9 11 24 -21 22
19 Balıkesirspor 23 3 2 18 18 41 11 2 1 8 9 18 12 1 1 10 9 23 -23 11

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.