Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Balıkesirspor in 12th and Fatih Karagümrük in 7th place.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Fatih Karagümrük are still fighting for the big positions at the top of the table.
Balıkesirspor form and stats
When playing at home in the 1. Lig, Balıkesirspor have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 5 defeats from 15 games. Balıkesirspor are slowly digging their own grave here at Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in ten attempts. The last victory here came in the Adanaspor match.
Balıkesirspor are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 240 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by A. Mrsic).
No payout for Balıkesirspor in their previous match, an away game at Hatayspor that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Menemen Belediyespor that was lost 0-1.
Balıkesirspor are traveling soon after this match as the 1. Lig match at Akhisar Belediyespor awaits in four days.
Balıkesirspor has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. On the other hand, Balıkesirspor have conceded 22 goals.
Fatih Karagümrük form and stats
7 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Fatih Karagümrük, who have the most points (26) away in 1. Lig, playing as the away team in the 1. Lig this season. Things are running smoothly for Fatih Karagümrük who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Bursaspor.
Karagümrük won their last game, 1-0 versus İstanbulspor played at home. Before that, Karagümrük travelled to Ümraniyespor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.
M. Pehlivan came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against İstanbulspor last time out, making the manager A. Canel feel like a tactical genius. The end of the last match, against İstanbulspor, was very satisfying as M. Pehlivan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Boluspor in just four days.
Karagümrük are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Karagümrük have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Fatih Karagümrük - Balıkesirspor 0-0 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.Top Goalscorers
  R. Başaran 6 goals | A. Mršić 6 goals |   I. Emeghara 6 goals |
Balıkesirspor missing players
Fatih Karagümrük missing players
| Balıkesirspor | Fatih Karagümrük | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 30 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 19 | 42 |
| 36 | 22 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 35 |
| 83% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 93% |
| 63% | 67% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 80% |
| 37% | 47% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 33% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 30% |
| 10% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 37% | 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 53% | 57% |
| 33% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 33% | 30% |
| 47% | 40% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 |
| 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| 3 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 256 | 147 | 31 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 130 | 273 |
| 105 | 58 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 65 | 124 |
| 29% | 29% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 29% | 32% |
- Balıkesirspor has the the worst goal difference (-5) at home
- Balıkesirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fatih Karagümrük has the most points (26) 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 | Hatayspor | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 42 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 57 |
| 2 | BB Erzurumspor | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 53 |
| 3 | Adana Demirspor | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 61 | 38 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 23 | 51 |
| 4 | Bursaspor | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 36 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 49 |
| 5 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 4 | 48 |
| 6 | Altay | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 41 | 33 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 47 |
| 7 | Fatih Karagümrük | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 47 |
| 8 | Giresunspor | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -2 | 44 |
| 9 | Keciorengucu | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | Ümraniyespor | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 27 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Menemen Belediyespor | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 39 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 18 | -5 | 39 |
| 12 | Balıkesirspor | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 30 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 14 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | İstanbulspor | 30 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 39 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 2 | 34 |
| 14 | Altnordu | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 41 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -8 | 32 |
| 15 | Boluspor | 30 | 4 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 27 |
| 16 | Osmanlspor | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 27 | -13 | 24 |
| 17 | Adanaspor | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 28 | -19 | 20 |
| 18 | Eskişehirspor | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 49 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -15 | 18 |