Evenly matched teams: Denizlispor vs Kocaelispor match preview

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu (15427 seats)

The guesting Kocaelispor side should be odds-on at Denizlispor, as the visitors have a 6 point lead from their nine league fixtures this season.

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

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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Denizlispor form and stats

2 victories, 0 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Denizlispor have to build on here at Denizli Atatürk Stadyumu in the 1. Lig.

The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Sile Yldzspor (after extra-time, 4-3 on penalties) in the Turkish Cup last time out and are looking for a win here.

Before that, Denizlispor had a 1. Lig home game versus Balıkesirspor which ended with a victory 2-1.

Denizlispor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 6 goals in 5 games. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.

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Kocaelispor form and stats

Things could have gone better for Kocaelispor in their 1. Lig away matches, but 4 points from 3 games is all right.

Kocaelispor won their last game, 2-0 versus Bayburt IOI (after extra-time) played at home. Kocaelispor made it very difficult for themselves in their last game, J. Omolo receiving a red card in the 62nd minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Kocaelispor won the match 2-0!

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Gençlerbirliği.

Goals are few and far between in Kocaelispor's away league games. Only 1 goal from 3 travels. It's not easy to score on Kocaelispor as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Denizlispor-Kocaelispor H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Denizlispor one win, Kocaelispor one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KocaelisporD. Ndlovu
D. Ndlovu
7 goals
DenizlisporÖ. Şişmanoğlu
Ö. Şişmanoğlu
4 goals
DenizlisporK. Mayi
K. Mayi
2 goals

Denizlispor missing players

Kocaelispor missing players

Denizlispor Kocaelispor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
9 5 2 Played P 1 3 9
3 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
1 0 0 Drew D 0 1 1
5 3 2 Lost L 0 1 3
9 6 0 Scored S 1 1 9
12 9 5 Conceded C 0 2 9
89% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 89%
78% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 56%
44% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 44%
11% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 11%
11% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 40% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 44%
44% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 33%
 
3.3 4.8 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 3.9
5.1 4.8 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 3.7 4.3
2.7 3.6 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 2.6
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
8.2 10.2 10 Shots (avg) S ( 13 9 9.8
3.6 4.2 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3 4
28% 29% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 11% 25%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • All of Denizlispor's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Denizlispor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Denizlispor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kocaelispor have scored away.
  • Denizlispor have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Denizlispor haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals (1) away 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 Ümraniyespor 10 7 3 0 19 3 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 4 2 0 12 1 16 24
2 Ankaragucu 11 7 3 1 19 8 5 3 2 0 8 4 6 4 1 1 11 4 11 24
3 Eyupspor 11 7 2 2 19 12 6 4 0 2 8 6 5 3 2 0 11 6 7 23
4 Bandrmaspor 11 7 0 4 20 10 5 3 0 2 7 5 6 4 0 2 13 5 10 21
5 BB Erzurumspor 10 6 1 3 15 10 5 4 0 1 12 6 5 2 1 2 3 4 5 19
6 Kocaelispor 9 5 1 3 9 9 6 4 0 2 8 7 3 1 1 1 1 2 0 16
7 Tuzlaspor 9 4 2 3 9 8 5 2 2 1 5 5 4 2 0 2 4 3 1 14
8 Gençlerbirliği 9 4 2 3 12 14 4 2 0 2 6 9 5 2 2 1 6 5 -2 14
9 Boluspor 10 3 3 4 11 11 4 2 2 0 4 1 6 1 1 4 7 10 0 12
10 Samsunspor 10 3 3 4 14 16 5 2 3 0 8 4 5 1 0 4 6 12 -2 12
11 Bursaspor 9 3 2 4 12 13 5 2 1 2 8 9 4 1 1 2 4 4 -1 11
12 Menemen Belediyespor 10 3 2 5 12 18 5 3 1 1 8 7 5 0 1 4 4 11 -6 11
13 İstanbulspor 9 3 1 5 12 13 5 3 0 2 8 5 4 0 1 3 4 8 -1 10
14 Denizlispor 9 3 1 5 9 12 5 2 0 3 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 -3 10
15 Manisa BBSK 11 3 1 7 14 20 5 1 1 3 4 9 6 2 0 4 10 11 -6 10
16 Altnordu 10 3 1 6 12 22 5 3 0 2 6 7 5 0 1 4 6 15 -10 10
17 Adanaspor 10 2 3 5 12 16 4 1 2 1 7 7 6 1 1 4 5 9 -4 9
18 Keciorengucu 9 2 1 6 8 14 5 2 1 2 6 7 4 0 0 4 2 7 -6 7
19 Balıkesirspor 9 2 0 7 6 15 5 2 0 3 3 6 4 0 0 4 3 9 -9 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.