1. Lig news and pre-match guide: Bandırmaspor modest favourite to overwhelm Kocaelispor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 21.November
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadı (5400 seats)

Tense top table thriller in 1. Lig as Kocaelispor have travelled the 124 miles necessary to meet Bandırmaspor at their Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadı.

Insights:
  • Bandırmaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in 1. Lig

Both teams have had enough rest since their previous work day in an official game. Let's look for an animated game!

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Bandırmaspor form and stats

The story so far in the 1. Lig for Bandırmaspor at their home stadium (Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadı) is 3 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Gökhan Değirmenci not having conceded a league goal in 276 minutes.

The home team returns to Bandırma 17 Eylül Stadı after being equal after 90 minutes with Boluspor (placed 13th) on their last time out; the 1. Lig game ended 0-0.

Ahead of that match, Bandırmaspor won a home game hosting Samsunspor (2-0).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Bandırmaspor matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).

Bandırmaspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. On the other hand, Bandırmaspor have conceded 5 goals.

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Kocaelispor form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Kocaelispor playing as the away team in the 1. Lig this season.

Kocaelispor are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the 1. Lig against Bursaspor (placed 11th).

A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Bursaspor.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Kocaelispor playing away, we found two games. Results were zero away wins, two draws and zero home wins.

Kocaelispor are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 2 goals from 4 away games. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (3 so far).

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's two Bandırmaspor victories, zero draws and zero Kocaelispor wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KocaelisporD. Ndlovu
D. Ndlovu
9 goals
BandırmasporD. Davas
D. Davas
4 goals
BandırmasporP. Keny
P. Keny
4 goals

Bandırmaspor missing players

Kocaelispor missing players

Bandırmaspor Kocaelispor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 2 Played P 1 4 11
7 3 0 Won W 0 1 6
1 0 0 Drew D 1 2 2
4 2 2 Lost L 0 1 3
20 7 2 Scored S 0 2 12
10 5 4 Conceded C 0 3 11
92% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 75% 91%
75% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 64%
50% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 45%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 9%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
42% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 45%
42% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 36%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 27%
 
5.1 5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3 5 4.2
4.8 3.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.2 4.5
1.3 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.2 10 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.2 9
4.9 3.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1 2.5 3.5
34% 37% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 20% 31%
 
7.2 5.8 5 Shots against (avg) S A 3 7 8.7
3.8 3.2 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 2 3.3
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Bandırmaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bandırmaspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kocaelispor have scored away.
  • Bandırmaspor have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Bandırmaspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 1. Lig
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (4) in 1. Lig

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ankaragucu 12 8 3 1 22 8 6 4 2 0 11 4 6 4 1 1 11 4 14 27
2 Umraniyespor 12 8 3 1 21 7 5 4 1 0 9 3 7 4 2 1 12 4 14 27
3 Eyupspor 12 8 2 2 21 13 6 4 0 2 8 6 6 4 2 0 13 7 8 26
4 Bandırmaspor 12 7 1 4 20 10 5 3 0 2 7 5 7 4 1 2 13 5 10 22
5 BB Erzurumspor 11 7 1 3 17 11 6 5 0 1 14 7 5 2 1 2 3 4 6 22
6 Kocaelispor 11 6 2 3 12 11 7 5 0 2 10 8 4 1 2 1 2 3 1 20
7 Tuzlaspor 11 5 2 4 13 10 6 3 2 1 8 5 5 2 0 3 5 5 3 17
8 Istanbulspor 11 5 1 5 17 15 6 4 0 2 11 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 2 16
9 Samsunspor 11 4 3 4 15 16 6 3 3 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 6 12 -1 15
10 Adanaspor 12 4 3 5 15 17 5 2 2 1 8 7 7 2 1 4 7 10 -2 15
11 Bursaspor 11 4 2 5 15 15 6 3 1 2 10 9 5 1 1 3 5 6 0 14
12 Genclerbirligi 11 4 2 5 12 18 5 2 0 3 6 11 6 2 2 2 6 7 -6 14
13 Boluspor 11 3 4 4 11 11 5 2 3 0 4 1 6 1 1 4 7 10 0 13
14 Denizlispor 11 3 2 6 10 16 6 2 1 3 7 10 5 1 1 3 3 6 -6 11
15 Menemen Belediyespor 11 3 2 6 14 21 5 3 1 1 8 7 6 0 1 5 6 14 -7 11
16 Keciorengucu 11 3 1 7 10 16 6 3 1 2 8 7 5 0 0 5 2 9 -6 10
17 Manisa BBSK 12 3 1 8 14 21 5 1 1 3 4 9 7 2 0 5 10 12 -7 10
18 Altnordu 12 3 1 8 13 25 6 3 0 3 7 9 6 0 1 5 6 16 -12 10
19 Balkesirspor 11 2 0 9 8 19 6 2 0 4 4 8 5 0 0 5 4 11 -11 6

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.