Delightful dogfight as daring Bursaspor duel with determined Gençlerbirliği

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Tue 19.April
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Timsah Arena (43877 seats)

1. Lig: We're looking at an entertaining and vital match starring Bursaspor and Gençlerbirliği at Timsah Arena. They both need three points!

Insights:
  • Bursaspor have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Bursaspor form and stats

The story so far in the 1. Lig for Bursaspor at their home stadium (Timsah Arena) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats. When Bursaspor hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Bursaspor, Balkesirspor, Kocaelispor, Altnordu, Boluspor and Menemen Belediyespor), they have won 4 of 4 matches!

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Bursaspor, who played 0-0 against Gençlerbirliği. That match was also played at this venue (Timsah Arena).

Prior to that, an away loss at İstanbulspor.

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 Bursaspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost three.

Bursaspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. 18 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

Gençlerbirliği have only collected 15 points from their away games in the 1. Lig, after 4-3-8 (15 played). When Gençlerbirliği is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 3 of 4 matches. Balkesirspor, Kocaelispor, Altnordu, Boluspor, Menemen Belediyespor and Gençlerbirliği is teams we like to compare Bursaspor with.

Gençlerbirliği has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Bursaspor for a 0-0 draw.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Tuzlaspor wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.

Gençlerbirliği are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, five draws and eleven defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gençlerbirliği as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Gençlerbirliği rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. When Gençlerbirliği is visiting a side on the bottom half, 3 of 4 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Balkesirspor, Kocaelispor, Altnordu, Boluspor, Menemen Belediyespor and Gençlerbirliği.

Head 2 Head

Bursaspor and Gençlerbirliği have faced off earlier this season: Gençlerbirliği - Bursaspor 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bursaspor three wins, one draw and Gençlerbirliği six victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GençlerbirliğiS. Cordovil de Lima
S. Cordovil de Lima
9 goals
GençlerbirliğiB. Eleke
B. Eleke
7 goals
GençlerbirliğiB. Alıcı
B. Alıcı
6 goals

Bursaspor missing players

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bursaspor Gençlerbirliği
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
31 15 4 Played P 4 16 31
8 6 4 Won W 3 4 11
8 4 0 Drew D 0 4 6
15 5 0 Lost L 1 8 14
33 18 8 Scored S 7 13 34
46 18 3 Conceded C 5 25 46
87% 87% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 81% 90%
77% 67% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 77%
52% 40% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 50% 48%
26% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 31% 29%
10% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
58% 47% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 44% 35%
23% 27% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 25% 32%
32% 40% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 42%
 
5.6 4.9 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.2 4.7
4 3.7 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.2 4.8
1.9 1.6 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.2 2.4
6 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
10.5 11.1 10.2 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.4 10.8
4 4.3 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.4
26% 28% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 22% 25%
 
9.7 8.2 6.8 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 8.8 8.8
4 3.8 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.2 3.7
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Bursaspor have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği 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 Ankaragucu 31 19 6 6 49 25 15 11 2 2 25 11 16 8 4 4 24 14 24 63
2 Umraniyespor 31 18 6 7 52 31 16 11 3 2 32 17 15 7 3 5 20 14 21 60
3 Bandrmaspor 31 17 4 10 47 27 16 10 2 4 26 13 15 7 2 6 21 14 20 55
4 İstanbulspor 31 16 6 9 53 36 15 8 4 3 23 15 16 8 2 6 30 21 17 54
5 Eyupspor 31 13 12 6 48 36 15 8 4 3 22 13 16 5 8 3 26 23 12 51
6 BB Erzurumspor 30 14 8 8 48 34 15 10 2 3 29 16 15 4 6 5 19 18 14 50
7 Samsunspor 30 11 10 9 47 40 16 7 7 2 28 15 14 4 3 7 19 25 7 43
8 Manisa BBSK 31 12 7 12 35 36 15 7 4 4 20 18 16 5 3 8 15 18 -1 43
9 Adanaspor 31 11 8 12 35 33 16 8 6 2 23 13 15 3 2 10 12 20 2 41
10 Tuzlaspor 30 11 8 11 33 31 15 5 6 4 17 14 15 6 2 7 16 17 2 41
11 Denizlispor 31 11 6 14 38 47 15 6 2 7 21 25 16 5 4 7 17 22 -9 39
12 Keciorengucu 31 10 8 13 37 42 15 8 4 3 24 18 16 2 4 10 13 24 -5 38
13 Gençlerbirliği 30 11 5 14 34 46 15 7 2 6 21 21 15 4 3 8 13 25 -12 38
14 Altnordu 31 12 2 17 36 53 17 9 0 8 21 27 14 3 2 9 15 26 -17 38
15 Menemen Belediyespor 30 8 12 10 38 48 15 6 6 3 20 19 15 2 6 7 18 29 -10 36
16 Kocaelispor 30 10 6 14 30 41 15 8 1 6 20 21 15 2 5 8 10 20 -11 36
17 Boluspor 30 9 8 13 32 38 15 5 6 4 13 11 15 4 2 9 19 27 -6 35
18 Bursaspor 30 8 7 15 33 46 14 6 3 5 18 18 16 2 4 10 15 28 -13 31
19 Balkesirspor 30 3 3 24 23 58 15 2 2 11 12 28 15 1 1 13 11 30 -35 12

Table
  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 31 19 6 6 49 25 15 11 2 2 25 11 16 8 4 4 24 14 24 63
2 Umraniyespor 31 18 6 7 52 31 16 11 3 2 32 17 15 7 3 5 20 14 21 60
3 Bandrmaspor 31 17 4 10 47 27 16 10 2 4 26 13 15 7 2 6 21 14 20 55
4 İstanbulspor 31 16 6 9 53 36 15 8 4 3 23 15 16 8 2 6 30 21 17 54
5 Eyupspor 31 13 12 6 48 36 15 8 4 3 22 13 16 5 8 3 26 23 12 51
6 BB Erzurumspor 30 14 8 8 48 34 15 10 2 3 29 16 15 4 6 5 19 18 14 50
7 Samsunspor 30 11 10 9 47 40 16 7 7 2 28 15 14 4 3 7 19 25 7 43
8 Manisa BBSK 31 12 7 12 35 36 15 7 4 4 20 18 16 5 3 8 15 18 -1 43
9 Adanaspor 31 11 8 12 35 33 16 8 6 2 23 13 15 3 2 10 12 20 2 41
10 Tuzlaspor 30 11 8 11 33 31 15 5 6 4 17 14 15 6 2 7 16 17 2 41
11 Denizlispor 31 11 6 14 38 47 15 6 2 7 21 25 16 5 4 7 17 22 -9 39
12 Keciorengucu 31 10 8 13 37 42 15 8 4 3 24 18 16 2 4 10 13 24 -5 38
13 Gençlerbirliği 30 11 5 14 34 46 15 7 2 6 21 21 15 4 3 8 13 25 -12 38
14 Altnordu 31 12 2 17 36 53 17 9 0 8 21 27 14 3 2 9 15 26 -17 38
15 Menemen Belediyespor 30 8 12 10 38 48 15 6 6 3 20 19 15 2 6 7 18 29 -10 36
16 Kocaelispor 30 10 6 14 30 41 15 8 1 6 20 21 15 2 5 8 10 20 -11 36
17 Boluspor 30 9 8 13 32 38 15 5 6 4 13 11 15 4 2 9 19 27 -6 35
18 Bursaspor 30 8 7 15 33 46 14 6 3 5 18 18 16 2 4 10 15 28 -13 31
19 Balkesirspor 30 3 3 24 23 58 15 2 2 11 12 28 15 1 1 13 11 30 -35 12

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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.