1. Lig match preview and statistics: Bursaspor fight Samsunspor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 12.December
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bursa Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu (43761 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Bursaspor have their presumed home advantage while Samsunspor are ahead 4 points in the 1. Lig table.

Insights:
  • Bursaspor has the most scored goals (22) in 1. Lig
  • Samsunspor has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 1. Lig

It's no vacation for neither Bursaspor nor Samsunspor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Bursaspor form and stats

Overall 1. Lig stats at home this season for Bursaspor, who have the most scored goals (22) in 1. Lig, are 3-0-3 (wins-draw-losses).

Bursaspor are returning here after visiting Bandrmaspor in a 1. Lig game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Ö. Hurmacı and A. Akman scored the goal(s). Preceding that match was a defeat to Umraniyespor (1-3).

Bursaspor are traveling soon after this match as the Turkish Cup match at Goztepe awaits in three days.

A decent goal production from Bursaspor in their home games so far, with 11 goals from 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Bursaspor defense is not exactly impregnable. 11 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Samsunspor form and stats

1 win, 4 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Samsunspor, who have the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 1. Lig, playing as the away team in the 1. Lig this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Corum Belediyespor game have they lost an away game, meaning Samsunspor has taken points from ten away matches in a row.

There were no winners in Samsunspor's previous match, a 1. Lig home game that ended 1-1 vs Menemen Belediyespor (placed 10th). Before that, Samsunspor secured a home win against Tuzlaspor with the score 2-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Samsunspor as they have only managed to score 4 times from 5 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Samsunspor as they have only conceded 3 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

BursasporA. Akman
A. Akman
8 goals
BursasporB. Kapacak
B. Kapacak
4 goals
BursasporB. Kör
B. Kör
3 goals

Bursaspor missing players

Samsunspor missing players

Bursaspor Samsunspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 6 2 Played P 1 5 12
5 3 0 Won W 0 1 5
2 0 0 Drew D 1 4 6
6 3 2 Lost L 0 0 1
22 11 2 Scored S 0 4 16
23 11 5 Conceded C 0 3 10
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 60% 83%
92% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 67%
77% 83% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 33%
46% 67% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 17%
15% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
85% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 40% 42%
15% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 60% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.6 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.8 10.8 9.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 8.4 12.2
4.5 4.7 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.2 4.7
37% 39% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 25% 29%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Bursaspor has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor has the most dropped points from leading position (16) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor has the most matches over the total-line (10) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor has the most scored goals (22) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor has the most scored goals in the first half (13) in 1. Lig
  • Bursaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Bursaspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Samsunspor have scored away.
  • Bursaspor have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Bursaspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Samsunspor has the fewest conceded goals (3) away in 1. Lig
  • Samsunspor have not yet lost a game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Keciorengucu 12 7 3 2 20 9 6 4 1 1 11 2 6 3 2 1 9 7 11 24
2 Tuzlaspor 12 7 3 2 21 16 5 3 1 1 8 9 7 4 2 1 13 7 5 24
3 Altnordu 12 7 2 3 17 13 6 4 0 2 7 5 6 3 2 1 10 8 4 23
4 Adana Demirspor 11 6 3 2 21 9 6 3 3 0 12 5 5 3 0 2 9 4 12 21
5 Samsunspor 12 5 6 1 16 10 7 4 2 1 12 7 5 1 4 0 4 3 6 21
6 Giresunspor 12 5 5 2 16 13 6 3 2 1 9 6 6 2 3 1 7 7 3 20
7 Istanbulspor 11 5 3 3 17 11 5 3 2 0 10 5 6 2 1 3 7 6 6 18
8 Altay 11 5 2 4 17 11 6 3 2 1 12 5 5 2 0 3 5 6 6 17
9 Bursaspor 13 5 2 6 22 23 6 3 0 3 11 11 7 2 2 3 11 12 -1 17
10 Menemen Belediyespor 12 3 5 4 13 16 6 2 1 3 8 12 6 1 4 1 5 4 -3 14
11 Balıkesirspor 11 4 2 5 12 15 5 2 2 1 6 6 6 2 0 4 6 9 -3 14
12 Umraniyespor 12 3 4 5 14 20 6 1 2 3 6 10 6 2 2 2 8 10 -6 13
13 Akhisar Belediyespor 12 3 4 5 9 16 6 2 3 1 6 4 6 1 1 4 3 12 -7 13
14 Adanaspor 9 3 3 3 13 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 5 1 2 2 6 5 3 12
15 Bandrmaspor 13 3 3 7 15 17 7 2 2 3 6 9 6 1 1 4 9 8 -2 12
16 Boluspor 11 2 4 5 11 14 6 2 1 3 5 5 5 0 3 2 6 9 -3 10
17 Osmanlspor 11 2 2 7 7 17 5 1 2 2 5 7 6 1 0 5 2 10 -10 8
18 Eskişehirspor 13 0 4 9 5 26 7 0 3 4 3 9 6 0 1 5 2 17 -21 1

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.