Soccer preview: Home supporters have big expectations when Ankaragücü take on Denizlispor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 22.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

A win for the hosts is expected from this match if the league standings is to be believed. The Ankaragücü fans are positive that the difference between 2nd and Denizlispor's 18th place in the table will show on the grass.

Insights:
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals (15) in 1. Lig
  • Denizlispor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

This looks to be an engaging fixture with lots of action and energy as both contenders are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Get ready!

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Ankaragücü form and stats

Ankaragücü have been outstanding at home so far in the 1. Lig with 7 wins, 2 draws and only 0 losses. In general it's been a long time since Ankaragücü tasted defeat here at Eryaman Stadyumu, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.

Ankaragücü enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Kocaelispor's place. The match ended 2-1 with Uçar and Çetin scoring.

Before that, Ankaragücü had a home game versus Tuzlaspor which ended with a victory 1-0.

Ankaragücü are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found one match and the win/draw/lost stats: Won zero, drew one and lost zero.

A decent goal production from Ankaragücü in their home games so far, with 16 goals from 9 league matches. From these home matches, Ankaragücü have conceded only 5 goals.

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Denizlispor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Denizlispor so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-5 (win-draw-lose).

The manager Tekke was unhappy after their last game, a 1. Lig match played at their home ground Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu. Denizlispor suffered a 0-1 loss to Manisa BBSK (placed 11th).

Before that one, a nice away victory 4-3 at Bandrmaspor.

You'll want to know how Denizlispor managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found ten similar matches resulting in one away win, two draws and seven home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Denizlispor as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 14 goals have been conceded by Denizlispor in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent archived result involving both these teams is the Denizlispor - Ankaragücü 0-3 played previously this season. Head to head numbers (for the former ten meetings): Ankaragücü won four games, three matches ended with a tie and Denizlispor have three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three

Top Goalscorers

AnkaragücüE. Derdiyok
E. Derdiyok
9 goals
DenizlisporÖ. Şişmanoğlu
Ö. Şişmanoğlu
6 goals
AnkaragücüY. Abdioğlu
Y. Abdioğlu
4 goals

Ankaragücü missing players

Denizlispor missing players

Ankaragücü Denizlispor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 4 10 20
13 7 2 Won W 2 2 5
3 2 2 Drew D 1 3 4
4 0 0 Lost L 1 5 11
32 16 6 Scored S 8 9 19
15 5 3 Conceded C 7 14 30
95% 89% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
80% 78% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 70%
50% 56% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 40% 45%
10% 11% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 20% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 10%
40% 44% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 40% 45%
45% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 25% 30% 20%
20% 11% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 45%
 
5 6 6.5 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 2.3 3.8
3.9 3.9 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.6 5.4
1.6 1.4 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.3 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.1 11.1 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7 5.8 7.4
4.8 5.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.2
33% 34% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 30%
 
9.6 6.2 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 13.5 12.3
3.1 1.4 1.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.8 6 5.3
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Ankaragücü have not yet lost a game at home.
  • 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 (15) in 1. Lig
  • Denizlispor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Denizlispor have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Ümraniyespor 20 13 3 4 35 16 9 7 1 1 18 7 11 6 2 3 17 9 19 42
2 Ankaragücü 20 13 3 4 32 15 9 7 2 0 16 5 11 6 1 4 16 10 17 42
3 BB Erzurumspor 20 11 5 4 33 22 11 9 1 1 26 12 9 2 4 3 7 10 11 38
4 Eyupspor 20 10 6 4 30 22 10 6 2 2 14 9 10 4 4 2 16 13 8 36
5 Bandrmaspor 20 10 3 7 32 20 10 5 1 4 15 11 10 5 2 3 17 9 12 33
6 İstanbulspor 20 10 3 7 30 25 10 7 1 2 17 10 10 3 2 5 13 15 5 33
7 Adanaspor 20 9 5 6 26 20 10 6 3 1 16 9 10 3 2 5 10 11 6 32
8 Samsunspor 19 8 6 5 28 23 10 5 5 0 15 7 9 3 1 5 13 16 5 30
9 Tuzlaspor 20 7 6 7 21 20 10 4 4 2 12 9 10 3 2 5 9 11 1 27
10 Gençlerbirliği 20 8 2 10 23 29 10 5 0 5 14 15 10 3 2 5 9 14 -6 26
11 Manisa BBSK 20 7 4 9 22 26 9 3 2 4 9 13 11 4 2 5 13 13 -4 25
12 Boluspor 19 6 6 7 21 21 9 4 4 1 8 4 10 2 2 6 13 17 0 24
13 Kocaelispor 20 7 3 10 20 25 11 6 1 4 15 13 9 1 2 6 5 12 -5 24
14 Keciorengucu 20 6 5 9 27 32 10 5 3 2 17 14 10 1 2 7 10 18 -5 23
15 Menemen Belediyespor 20 5 8 7 23 33 10 4 5 1 13 11 10 1 3 6 10 22 -10 23
16 Altınordu 20 7 1 12 27 40 11 6 0 5 16 18 9 1 1 7 11 22 -13 22
17 Bursaspor 20 5 5 10 23 31 10 3 3 4 13 15 10 2 2 6 10 16 -8 20
18 Denizlispor 20 5 4 11 19 30 10 3 1 6 10 16 10 2 3 5 9 14 -11 19
19 Balkesirspor 20 2 2 16 14 36 10 2 1 7 8 16 10 0 1 9 6 20 -22 8

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.