Can Balıkesirspor beat Adana Demirspor in Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu clash?

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu (15800 seats)

Season ticket holders at Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Balıkesirspor languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Adana Demirspor will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Balıkesirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Adana Demirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

These teams have little in common geographically as Adana Demirspor have to travel 900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Balıkesirspor form and stats

Balıkesirspor have played 7 1. Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Balıkesirspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Keciorengucu (1-2). Ahead of that match, Balıkesirspor lost 1-3 at home to Samsunspor.

Balıkesirspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 7 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Balıkesirspor defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Adana Demirspor form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Lig travels is 3 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Demirspor have lost on their last two travels.

Impressive finishing from H. Traoré, A. Chedjou and Y. Akgün secured the home win 3-1 against Tuzlaspor in their previous game. Before that, Adana Demirspor travelled to Trabzonspor (after extra-time, 3-4 on penalties) and returned home with a draw after the Turkish Cup game finished 2-2.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Demirspor manager T. Hoşfikirer as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against İstanbulspor.

The travelling fans enjoy Demirspor's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Demirspor have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Balıkesirspor-Adana Demirspor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Balıkesirspor four wins, Adana Demirspor four wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Adana DemirsporM. Akyüz
M. Akyüz
7 goals
BalıkesirsporA. Mršić
A. Mršić
6 goals
BalıkesirsporO. Ezeh
O. Ezeh
4 goals

Balıkesirspor missing players

Adana Demirspor missing players

Balıkesirspor Adana Demirspor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 1 6 14
4 2 1 Won W 1 3 7
3 3 1 Drew D 0 0 4
7 2 0 Lost L 0 3 3
16 9 3 Scored S 3 9 25
22 11 2 Conceded C 1 6 13
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
79% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 79%
64% 71% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 43%
36% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 36%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 14%
64% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 33% 57%
7% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 21%
36% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 1.5 1.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
7.2 7.4 6 Shots (avg) S ( 9 9.5 12.4
3.4 3.3 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 4.9
34% 39% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 75% 50% 36%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Adana Demirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Adana Demirspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Balıkesirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Giresunspor 15 8 5 2 21 13 8 5 2 1 13 6 7 3 3 1 8 7 8 29
2 Keciorengucu 15 8 3 4 22 12 8 5 1 2 13 4 7 3 2 2 9 8 10 27
3 Samsunspor 15 7 6 2 20 14 8 5 2 1 13 7 7 2 4 1 7 7 6 27
4 Tuzlaspor 14 8 3 3 23 19 6 4 1 1 9 9 8 4 2 2 14 10 4 27
5 Altınordu 15 8 3 4 21 18 7 5 0 2 10 7 8 3 3 2 11 11 3 27
6 Altay 14 8 2 4 26 13 8 5 2 1 17 6 6 3 0 3 9 7 13 26
7 Adana Demirspor 14 7 4 3 25 13 8 4 4 0 16 7 6 3 0 3 9 6 12 25
8 İstanbulspor 13 6 4 3 22 15 6 3 3 0 13 8 7 3 1 3 9 7 7 22
9 Bursaspor 15 6 3 6 28 26 7 4 0 3 14 11 8 2 3 3 14 15 2 21
10 Bandrmaspor 15 5 3 7 18 18 8 3 2 3 8 10 7 2 1 4 10 8 0 18
11 Umraniyespor 15 4 5 6 15 22 8 2 2 4 7 12 7 2 3 2 8 10 -7 17
12 Menemen Belediyespor 14 3 6 5 16 20 7 2 1 4 9 14 7 1 5 1 7 6 -4 15
13 Balıkesirspor 14 4 3 7 16 22 7 2 3 2 9 11 7 2 0 5 7 11 -6 15
14 Boluspor 14 3 4 7 13 16 7 2 1 4 5 6 7 1 3 3 8 10 -3 13
15 Akhisar Belediyespor 14 3 4 7 12 21 6 2 3 1 6 4 8 1 1 6 6 17 -9 13
16 Adanaspor 11 3 3 5 14 15 5 2 1 2 8 9 6 1 2 3 6 6 -1 12
17 Osmanlspor 14 2 3 9 8 22 6 1 3 2 5 7 8 1 0 7 3 15 -14 9
18 Eskisehirspor 15 0 6 9 9 30 8 0 4 4 5 11 7 0 2 5 4 19 -21 3

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.