Balıkesirspor fights Menemen Belediyespor in 1. Lig battle

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 20.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Balıkesir Atatürk Stadyumu (15800 seats)

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 11th and Menemen Belediyespor in 12th place.

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Balıkesirspor form and stats

Balıkesirspor have played 14 1. Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-4 (wins-draws-losses). With nine home 1. Lig games in a row without a win, the Balıkesirspor fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Adanaspor game long ago, can be stopped today.

Balıkesirspor manager Y. Şimşek and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Altnordu (placed 14th) in the 1. Lig. Preceding that match was the home game against Bursaspor that was lost 1-3.

Balıkesirspor has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Balıkesirspor defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Menemen Belediyespor form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Menemen Belediyespor playing as the away team in the 1. Lig this season. The last three matches for Belediyespor have all ended in a draw.

Menemen Belediyespor's last game was the home draw against Istanbulspor (2-2). Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Umraniyespor that ended 1-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Belediyespor have scored 16 goals in 14 league games away. 18 goals have been conceded by Belediyespor in these games.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Menemen Belediyespor - Balıkesirspor 1-0 earlier this season. As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Balıkesirspor victory, zero draws and two Menemen Belediyespor wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

BalıkesirsporR. Başaran
R. Başaran
6 goals
BalıkesirsporA. Malle
A. Malle
5 goals

Balıkesirspor missing players

Menemen Belediyespor missing players

Balıkesirspor Menemen Belediyespor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 3 14 28
8 5 2 Won W 2 5 9
11 5 2 Drew D 1 4 8
9 4 0 Lost L 0 5 11
30 17 6 Scored S 5 16 32
33 21 2 Conceded C 1 18 38
82% 79% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
64% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 79%
39% 50% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 46%
21% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 25%
11% 21% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 4%
39% 43% 25% BTTS BTTS 33% 43% 46%
36% 43% 75% Clean Sheets C S 67% 21% 21%
43% 36% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 36%
 
3.1 3.3 2.8 Corners for (avg) C F 6.3 4.4 4.5
5.6 4.4 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.3 4.5 4.3
3 3.6 4.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.3 3.3 2.7
5 4 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
254 147 36 Total Shots T S 24 125 281
104 58 16 Shots on Target S O 12 47 116
29% 29% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 34% 28%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Balıkesirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Menemen Belediyespor 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 Hatayspor 28 15 8 5 38 23 14 10 3 1 20 7 14 5 5 4 18 16 15 53
2 BB Erzurumspor 28 13 8 7 30 22 14 10 2 2 21 11 14 3 6 5 9 11 8 47
3 Bursaspor 28 14 7 7 43 35 14 8 4 2 21 14 14 6 3 5 22 21 8 46
4 Adana Demirspor 28 12 9 7 55 35 13 6 4 3 27 17 15 6 5 4 28 18 20 45
5 Akhisar Belediyespor 28 12 9 7 36 31 14 7 5 2 20 14 14 5 4 5 16 17 5 45
6 Fatih Karagumruk 28 11 10 7 40 34 14 4 6 4 22 20 14 7 4 3 18 14 6 43
7 Altay 28 11 10 7 36 30 14 8 3 3 15 11 14 3 7 4 21 19 6 43
8 Umraniyespor 28 11 7 10 39 39 14 7 5 2 22 13 14 4 2 8 17 26 0 40
9 Giresunspor 27 10 8 9 30 33 12 7 3 2 16 12 15 3 5 7 14 21 -3 38
10 Keçiörengücü 28 8 11 9 21 22 14 7 3 4 12 8 14 1 8 5 9 14 -1 35
11 Balıkesirspor 28 8 11 9 30 33 14 5 5 4 17 21 14 3 6 5 13 12 -3 35
12 Menemen Belediyespor 28 9 8 11 32 38 14 4 4 6 16 20 14 5 4 5 16 18 -6 35
13 Istanbulspor 27 7 12 8 38 34 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 2 7 4 20 18 4 33
14 Altnordu 28 7 10 11 32 39 15 6 6 3 22 17 13 1 4 8 10 22 -7 31
15 Boluspor 28 4 13 11 24 36 14 3 7 4 15 17 14 1 6 7 9 19 -12 25
16 Osmanlspor 28 6 9 13 32 42 14 4 7 3 18 17 14 2 2 10 14 25 -10 24
17 Adanaspor 28 3 11 14 26 42 15 3 9 3 19 18 13 0 2 11 7 24 -16 20
18 Eskişehirspor 28 7 5 16 32 46 14 4 2 8 18 22 14 3 3 8 14 24 -14 17

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.