Game preview: Home fans have big expectations when Ankaragücü meet Tuzlaspor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 08.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

Ankaragücü have been busy practising for this match after their 1-2 result vs Sivasspor, a match that made them wiser. Will they show it against Tuzlaspor?

Insights:
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in 1. Lig

Ankaragücü's stadium, Eryaman Stadyumu, has a grass surface. Tuzlaspor have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Tuzlaspor when playing on grass; 16 wins, 10 draws and 12 losses from 38 matches. They have scored 54 goals in these games and conceded 43.

Ankaragücü and Tuzlaspor 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.

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Ankaragücü form and stats

6-2-0 is the performance here at Eryaman Stadyumu so far in the 1. Lig, giving Ankaragücü a total of 20 from their 8 games here. Outstanding results! After failing to beat Menemen Belediyespor here at Eryaman Stadyumu, Ankaragücü has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

Ankaragücü faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sivasspor (1-2).

Ahead of that match, Ankaragücü won a home game hosting Keciorengucu (2-1).

A decent goal production from Ankaragücü in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Ankaragücü have conceded only 5 goals.

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Tuzlaspor form and stats

Playing away, Tuzlaspor have won 3 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the 1. Lig this season.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Samsunspor (placed 7th) in their previous outing. The 1. Lig match ended in a draw 2-2. As mentioned above, Tuzlaspor drew the match against Samsunspor. Manager Kavalcı brought on Yazar to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs BB Erzurumspor.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Tuzlaspor have scored 9 goals in 9 league games away. 10 goals have been conceded by Tuzlaspor in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two combatants have battled earlier this season: Tuzlaspor - Ankaragücü 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Ankaragücü three wins, one draw and Tuzlaspor one victory. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AnkaragücüE. Derdiyok
E. Derdiyok
9 goals
AnkaragücüY. Abdioğlu
Y. Abdioğlu
4 goals
TuzlasporA. Yazar
A. Yazar
4 goals

Ankaragücü missing players

Tuzlaspor missing players

Ankaragücü Tuzlaspor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 8 3 Played P 3 9 18
11 6 2 Won W 0 3 6
3 2 1 Drew D 0 2 6
4 0 0 Lost L 3 4 6
29 15 4 Scored S 1 9 19
14 5 1 Conceded C 5 10 18
94% 88% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
83% 88% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 56% 61%
50% 62% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 33% 33%
11% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
39% 50% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 44% 44%
44% 50% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 22% 28%
22% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 33% 33%
 
5.1 5.8 3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.6 4.1
4.2 4.1 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 3.3 3.7
1.4 1.1 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 1.7
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
9.9 10.8 4.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5.7 7.6 9.8
4.9 5.5 2.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 3.3 4.2
33% 34% 57% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 30% 25%
 
10.3 6.6 9.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.2 9.4
3.3 1.5 2.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 2.9 3.1
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 (14) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have the most matches under the total-line (10) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 18 12 3 3 34 15 8 6 1 1 17 7 10 6 2 2 17 8 19 39
2 Ankaragücü 18 11 3 4 29 14 8 6 2 0 15 5 10 5 1 4 14 9 15 36
3 BB Erzurumspor 18 11 3 4 32 21 10 9 0 1 25 11 8 2 3 3 7 10 11 36
4 Bandırmaspor 18 10 2 6 28 15 9 5 1 3 12 7 9 5 1 3 16 8 13 32
5 Eyupspor 18 9 5 4 29 22 9 5 2 2 13 9 9 4 3 2 16 13 7 32
6 Istanbulspor 18 8 3 7 27 24 9 6 1 2 16 10 9 2 2 5 11 14 3 27
7 Samsunspor 18 7 6 5 26 23 10 5 5 0 15 7 8 2 1 5 11 16 3 27
8 Adanaspor 18 7 5 6 20 19 9 5 3 1 13 8 9 2 2 5 7 11 1 26
9 Genclerbirligi 18 8 2 8 23 25 9 5 0 4 14 12 9 3 2 4 9 13 -2 26
10 Tuzlaspor 18 6 6 6 19 18 9 3 4 2 10 8 9 3 2 4 9 10 1 24
11 Kocaelispor 18 7 3 8 19 22 10 6 1 3 14 11 8 1 2 5 5 11 -3 24
12 Manisa BBSK 18 6 4 8 20 24 8 3 2 3 8 11 10 3 2 5 12 13 -4 22
13 Altnordu 18 7 1 10 24 35 10 6 0 4 14 15 8 1 1 6 10 20 -11 22
14 Boluspor 18 5 6 7 20 21 8 3 4 1 7 4 10 2 2 6 13 17 -1 21
15 Menemen Belediyespor 18 5 6 7 21 31 9 4 4 1 12 10 9 1 2 6 9 21 -10 21
16 Keciorengucu 18 5 4 9 24 30 9 5 2 2 17 14 9 0 2 7 7 16 -6 19
17 Bursaspor 18 5 4 9 22 28 9 3 2 4 13 15 9 2 2 5 9 13 -6 19
18 Denizlispor 18 4 4 10 15 26 9 3 1 5 10 15 9 1 3 5 5 11 -11 16
19 Balkesirspor 18 2 2 14 14 33 9 2 1 6 8 14 9 0 1 8 6 19 -19 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.