1. Lig preview: Can Bandırmaspor edge out victory against İstanbulspor?

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 25.December
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadı (5400 seats)

What a fixture, with Bandırmaspor positioned 4th and İstanbulspor in 6th. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Bandırmaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • İstanbulspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Bandırmaspor form and stats

The 1. Lig results playing at home this season for Bandırmaspor are 5-0-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Bandırmaspor are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

It's back home for Bandırmaspor, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Bursaspor away with the result 1-0. Pučko found the net in that victory.

Ahead of that match, Bandırmaspor won a home game hosting Balkesirspor (3-0).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Bandırmaspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost two.

A decent goal production from Bandırmaspor in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Bandırmaspor have conceded only 7 goals.

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İstanbulspor form and stats

İstanbulspor have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 1. Lig, after 2-1-5 (8 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, İstanbulspor are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

Ethemi and Kabasakal scored in İstanbulspor's previous match, the home game against Samsunspor that ended 2-1. Late drama in the previous game, when Kabasakal scored the winning goal four minutes into stoppage time to defeat Samsunspor.

A 0-1 defeat away at Adanaspor before that.

İstanbulspor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and eight defeats. From a total of 14 matches.

The visiting İstanbulspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 8 games. İstanbulspor struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Last four meetings between these squads: Bandırmaspor won one, İstanbulspor were winners in three and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

İstanbulsporİ. Yılmaz
İ. Yılmaz
9 goals
BandırmasporP. Keny
P. Keny
5 goals
BandırmasporD. Davas
D. Davas
4 goals

Bandırmaspor missing players

İstanbulspor missing players

Bandırmaspor İstanbulspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 8 17
10 5 0 Won W 0 2 8
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 2
6 3 2 Lost L 2 5 7
28 12 2 Scored S 1 11 27
15 7 4 Conceded C 5 14 24
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 76%
53% 62% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 53%
18% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 29%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 24%
41% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 59%
47% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 24%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 18%
 
5.5 5.2 4 Corners for (avg) C F 9 6.1 5.4
5.1 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.2 4.1
1.6 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
9.9 10.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.8 10.6
4.5 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 4.6
37% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 34% 35%
 
8 6.4 5 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.8 8.9
4.2 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.1 3.6
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Bandırmaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bandırmaspor have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bandırmaspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • İstanbulspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Umraniyespor 17 11 3 3 31 14 7 5 1 1 14 6 10 6 2 2 17 8 17 36
2 Ankaragucu 17 10 3 4 27 13 7 5 2 0 13 4 10 5 1 4 14 9 14 33
3 BB Erzurumspor 16 10 2 4 28 19 9 8 0 1 22 10 7 2 2 3 6 9 9 32
4 Bandırmaspor 17 10 1 6 28 15 8 5 0 3 12 7 9 5 1 3 16 8 13 31
5 Eyupspor 17 9 4 4 28 21 8 5 1 2 12 8 9 4 3 2 16 13 7 31
6 İstanbulspor 17 8 2 7 27 24 9 6 1 2 16 10 8 2 1 5 11 14 3 26
7 Samsunspor 17 7 5 5 24 21 9 5 4 0 13 5 8 2 1 5 11 16 3 26
8 Genclerbirligi 17 8 2 7 22 22 9 5 0 4 14 12 8 3 2 3 8 10 0 26
9 Kocaelispor 17 7 3 7 19 20 10 6 1 3 14 11 7 1 2 4 5 9 -1 24
10 Adanaspor 17 6 5 6 18 19 8 4 3 1 11 8 9 2 2 5 7 11 -1 23
11 Tuzlaspor 16 6 4 6 16 15 8 3 3 2 9 7 8 3 1 4 7 8 1 22
12 Manisa BBSK 18 6 4 8 20 24 8 3 2 3 8 11 10 3 2 5 12 13 -4 22
13 Boluspor 17 5 6 6 19 19 8 3 4 1 7 4 9 2 2 5 12 15 0 21
14 Menemen Belediyespor 17 5 5 7 21 31 8 4 3 1 12 10 9 1 2 6 9 21 -10 20
15 Keciorengucu 17 5 4 8 23 28 9 5 2 2 17 14 8 0 2 6 6 14 -5 19
16 Altnordu 17 6 1 10 22 34 9 5 0 4 12 14 8 1 1 6 10 20 -12 19
17 Bursaspor 17 5 3 9 22 28 9 3 2 4 13 15 8 2 1 5 9 13 -6 18
18 Denizlispor 17 4 4 9 14 23 9 3 1 5 10 15 8 1 3 4 4 8 -9 16
19 Balkesirspor 17 2 1 14 13 32 9 2 1 6 8 14 8 0 0 8 5 18 -19 7

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.