Match preview 1. Lig: Eskişehirspor - Balıkesirspor at Yeni Eskişehir Stadyumu

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yeni Eskişehir Stadyumu (34930 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 1. Lig, Eskişehirspor holding 18th place and Balıkesirspor lying 14th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Eskişehirspor have the fewest scored goals (21) in 1. Lig

The visiting Balıkesirspor played their last game only four days ago, a 1. Lig match.

Eskişehirspor have had a bad season and will be relegated from 1. Lig. Balıkesirspor are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Eskişehirspor form and stats

Eskişehirspor's results here at Yeni Eskişehir Stadyumu in the 1. Lig have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 8 defeats. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Eskişehirspor to get some points in this home game.

Ahead of that match, Eskişehirspor lost 0-5 at home to Giresunspor.

A goal frenzy last time out for Eskişehirspor, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Tuzlaspor. Fun stuff to watch!

Eskişehirspor have scored 8 league goals here from 15 matches, not a lot. Eskişehirspor have conceded 28 from these games.

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Balıkesirspor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Balıkesirspor so far with only 13 points returning home. The records show 3-4-8 (win-draw-lose).

Prior to that match, the Balıkesirspor manager Y. Şimşek faced defeat when travelling to Samsunspor and losing 0-1.

Balıkesirspor were so close to getting something from the game against İstanbulspor, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal two minutes into overtime.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Balıkesirspor as they have only managed to score 11 times from 15 away games in the league. Balıkesirspor have conceded 21 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Balıkesirspor - Eskişehirspor 2-2 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Eskişehirspor three wins, two draws and Balıkesirspor five victories. As for goals, nine matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Eskişehirspor missing players

Balıkesirspor missing players

Eskişehirspor Balıkesirspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 15 4 Played P 4 15 30
1 1 0 Won W 1 3 8
8 6 3 Drew D 2 4 8
21 8 1 Lost L 1 8 14
21 8 2 Scored S 4 11 31
78 28 3 Conceded C 5 21 43
93% 87% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 90%
80% 73% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 60% 73%
57% 40% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 40% 57%
37% 27% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 23%
27% 13% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 3%
43% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 75% 47% 50%
7% 13% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 13% 17%
57% 67% 75% Failed to Score F T 25% 53% 43%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.7 2.4
5 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
6.5 6.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11.5 6.8 7.6
2.2 1.9 1.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 2.9 3
32% 28% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 26% 35%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Eskişehirspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Eskişehirspor have the fewest clean sheets (2) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the fewest points (9) at home in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the fewest scored goals (21) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the fewest scored goals (8) at home in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (7) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the most conceded goals (78) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the most conceded goals in the first half (35) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the most conceded goals in the second half (43) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the the worst goal difference (-20) at home in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor have the the worst goal difference (-57) in 1. Lig
  • Eskişehirspor is in the worst form (0-1-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Giresunspor 30 19 6 5 49 21 16 10 3 3 23 11 14 9 3 2 26 10 28 63
2 Adana Demirspor 30 17 7 6 51 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 15 8 3 4 22 15 25 58
3 Samsunspor 30 16 10 4 47 28 15 10 2 3 26 14 15 6 8 1 21 14 19 58
4 Altay 30 17 3 10 57 33 15 8 2 5 30 18 15 9 1 5 27 15 24 54
5 İstanbulspor 30 16 6 8 53 32 15 8 4 3 32 19 15 8 2 5 21 13 21 54
6 Altınordu 30 15 7 8 49 42 15 8 3 4 22 17 15 7 4 4 27 25 7 52
7 Keciorengucu 30 14 7 9 40 25 15 9 2 4 23 10 15 5 5 5 17 15 15 49
8 Umraniyespor 30 12 8 10 39 38 15 6 4 5 20 19 15 6 4 5 19 19 1 44
9 Tuzlaspor 30 13 5 12 42 45 15 8 1 6 23 22 15 5 4 6 19 23 -3 44
10 Bursaspor 29 12 4 13 47 46 14 7 1 6 24 21 15 5 3 7 23 25 1 40
11 Bandrmaspor 29 11 6 12 37 37 15 7 5 3 21 18 14 4 1 9 16 19 0 39
12 Boluspor 30 10 5 15 31 36 15 3 2 10 10 19 15 7 3 5 21 17 -5 35
13 Adanaspor 30 9 7 14 41 44 15 5 3 7 26 29 15 4 4 7 15 15 -3 34
14 Balıkesirspor 30 8 8 14 31 43 15 5 4 6 20 22 15 3 4 8 11 21 -12 32
15 Menemen Belediyespor 30 6 13 11 34 49 15 3 6 6 19 27 15 3 7 5 15 22 -15 31
16 Akhisar Belediyespor 30 7 4 19 32 54 14 4 3 7 14 16 16 3 1 12 18 38 -22 25
17 Osmanlspor 30 5 8 17 26 50 15 3 6 6 15 21 15 2 2 11 11 29 -24 23
18 Eskişehirspor 30 1 8 21 21 78 15 1 6 8 8 28 15 0 2 13 13 50 -57 8

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.