Football betting preview: Balıkesirspor vs Tuzlaspor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 30.January
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 16th position so far. The guesting Tuzlaspor will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Insights:
  • Balıkesirspor is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Tuzlaspor has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in 1. Lig

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

Balıkesirspor's stadium, Balıkesir Atatürk 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; 17 wins, 8 draws and 10 losses from 35 matches. They have scored 60 goals in these games and conceded 38.

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Balıkesirspor form and stats

Overall 1. Lig stats at home this season for Balıkesirspor are 2-3-3 (wins-draw-losses). The Balıkesirspor manager C. Arslan might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

A. Mrsic was the last player to score a league goal for Balıkesirspor and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Balıkesirspor haven't scored in 398 minutes.

Balıkesirspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Giresunspor (0-1). Prior to that, an away loss at Istanbulspor.

The Balıkesirspor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Balıkesirspor defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Tuzlaspor form and stats

4-2-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Tuzlaspor in their 1. Lig matches away. Recent form does not give Tuzlaspor much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Balıkesirspor will be a tough nut to crack. Tuzlaspor seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?

Tuzlaspor aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 270 league minutes without a goal. Aias Aosman was the last player to find the net.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a 1. Lig home defeat versus Akhisar Belediyespor with 0-3 on the scoreboard. A 1-5 loss hosting İstanbul Başakşehir before that.

Tuzlaspor are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. Tuzlaspor have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Tuzlaspor - Balıkesirspor 1-0 earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

BalıkesirsporA. Mršić
A. Mršić
6 goals
TuzlasporR. Conceicao do Rosario
R. Conceicao do Rosario
6 goals
BalıkesirsporO. Ezeh
O. Ezeh
4 goals

Balıkesirspor missing players

Tuzlaspor missing players

Balıkesirspor Tuzlaspor
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 8 2 Played P 4 9 18
4 2 0 Won W 3 4 9
4 3 2 Drew D 1 2 3
10 3 0 Lost L 0 3 6
16 9 1 Scored S 10 14 27
29 12 1 Conceded C 3 13 27
89% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 94%
67% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 89% 78%
56% 62% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 50%
33% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 33%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 11% 22%
50% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 56% 39%
11% 12% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 33%
50% 38% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
7.7 8.5 5.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 10.1 9.4
3.1 3.1 0.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.6 4.3
29% 36% 100% Goal Efficiency G E 48% 34% 35%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Balıkesirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Balıkesirspor is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Tuzlaspor has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor has the most conceded goals in the first half (15) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Giresunspor 18 11 5 2 26 13 10 7 2 1 17 6 8 4 3 1 9 7 13 38
2 Samsunspor 18 10 6 2 25 16 10 7 2 1 16 8 8 3 4 1 9 8 9 36
3 Istanbulspor 17 10 4 3 37 19 9 6 3 0 26 12 8 4 1 3 11 7 18 34
4 Altay 18 10 2 6 30 17 9 6 2 1 20 7 9 4 0 5 10 10 13 32
5 Adana Demirspor 18 9 4 5 31 18 10 5 4 1 20 9 8 4 0 4 11 9 13 31
6 Keçiörengücü 18 9 4 5 24 13 10 6 1 3 15 5 8 3 3 2 9 8 11 31
7 Bursaspor 18 9 3 6 33 28 8 5 0 3 16 12 10 4 3 3 17 16 5 30
8 Tuzlaspor 18 9 3 6 27 27 9 5 1 3 13 14 9 4 2 3 14 13 0 30
9 Altnordu 17 8 4 5 22 22 8 5 1 2 10 7 9 3 3 3 12 15 0 28
10 Bandırmaspor 18 8 3 7 23 19 10 5 2 3 11 10 8 3 1 4 12 9 4 27
11 Umraniyespor 18 5 5 8 18 27 9 3 2 4 9 13 9 2 3 4 9 14 -9 20
12 Boluspor 18 5 4 9 18 22 8 2 1 5 5 8 10 3 3 4 13 14 -4 19
13 Menemen Belediyespor 17 4 7 6 19 25 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 2 5 2 10 11 -6 19
14 Adanaspor 17 5 3 9 23 25 8 2 1 5 13 17 9 3 2 4 10 8 -2 18
15 Akhisar Belediyespor 18 4 4 10 16 25 8 2 3 3 6 6 10 2 1 7 10 19 -9 16
16 Balıkesirspor 18 4 4 10 16 29 8 2 3 3 9 12 10 2 1 7 7 17 -13 16
17 Osmanlıspor 18 2 4 12 12 31 8 1 3 4 6 11 10 1 1 8 6 20 -19 10
18 Eskisehirspor 18 0 7 11 10 34 10 0 5 5 5 13 8 0 2 6 5 21 -24 4

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.