Season ticket holders at Bolu Atatürk Stadyumu haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Boluspor languishing in the 17th position so far. The guesting Balıkesirspor will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Boluspor and Balıkesirspor.
Boluspor form and stats
Boluspor's struggle is real here at Bolu Atatürk Stadyumu with only 12 points collected from 12 1. Lig games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-6-4. All in all it has been a very rough period for Boluspor who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 14 attempts. Their previous win was against Keçiörengücü, 124 days ago. With seven home 1. Lig games in a row without a win, the Boluspor fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Keçiörengücü game long ago, can be stopped today.
An away draw last time out for Boluspor, facing İstanbulspor in a game that ended 0-0. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Umraniyespor.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Boluspor matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, zero draws and one defeat (from two games).
The manager O. Özköylü will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Giresunspor in only four days.
The Boluspor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 12 in 12 matches. Boluspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Balıkesirspor form and stats
Playing away, Balıkesirspor have won 3 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the 1. Lig this season. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Balıkesirspor, as they have won on their previous two travels.
It's the second away game in a row for Balıkesirspor, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Giresunspor (placed 12th) in the 1. Lig last time out. A 0-5 loss hosting İstanbulspor before that.
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 Balıkesirspor playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, three draws and zero home wins.
After this away game Balıkesirspor return home for a 1. Lig game against Keçiörengücü. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (9 so far).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Balıkesirspor - Boluspor 3-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Boluspor, zero draws and six wins for Balıkesirspor. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  R. Poepon 6 goals |   R. Başaran 6 goals |  A. Mršić 5 goals |
Boluspor missing players
Balıkesirspor missing players
| Boluspor | Balıkesirspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 19 | 12 | 8 | Scored | S | 4 | 10 | 24 |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 25 |
| 83% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 82% | 78% |
| 78% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 45% | 57% |
| 35% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 36% | 39% |
| 17% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 9% | 17% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 13% |
| 52% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 18% | 26% |
| 22% | 17% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 36% | 43% |
| 43% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 64% | 52% |
| 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5 |
| 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 226 | 131 | 37 | Total Shots | T S | 20 | 82 | 217 |
| 89 | 54 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 32 | 85 |
| 21% | 22% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 31% | 28% |
- Balıkesirspor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Boluspor has the fewest points (12) at home
- Boluspor has the fewest scored goals in the second half (9)
- Boluspor has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
| 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 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 45 |
| 2 | BB Erzurumspor | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 42 |
| 3 | Bursaspor | 23 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 43 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 17 | 37 |
| 5 | Altay | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 6 | Fatih Karagumruk | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 34 |
| 7 | Keçiörengücü | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 32 |
| 8 | Umraniyespor | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 32 |
| 10 | Menemen Belediyespor | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -3 | 32 |
| 11 | Balıkesirspor | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 31 |
| 12 | Giresunspor | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | İstanbulspor | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 27 |
| 14 | Altnordu | 23 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -8 | 24 |
| 15 | Osmanlspor | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -8 | 21 |
| 16 | Adanaspor | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 21 | -13 | 18 |
| 17 | Boluspor | 23 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 17 |
| 18 | Eskisehirspor | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 35 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -6 | 16 |