Soccer betting preview: Fatih Karagümrük welcomes Keçiörengücü in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Date: Sun 22.December
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Vefa Stadium

Fatih Karagümrük and Keçiörengücü have both delivered a "par" performance so far, to use a golfing expression. Both hold mid-table positions in the 1. Lig.

It's no vacation for neither Fatih Karagümrük nor Keçiörengücü 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.

This pitch has grass, which is not Keçiörengücü's usual surface at their own ground. When playing on grass Keçiörengücü have performed like this: Played 33 matches resulting in 16 wins, 7 draws and 10 defeats with the goal stats 50-37 (scored/conceded).

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Fatih Karagümrük form and stats

The story so far in the 1. Lig for Fatih Karagümrük at their home stadium (Vefa Stadium) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Fatih Karagümrük are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

In their previous game, the manager G. Bulak led his Fatih Karagümrük to a defeat in the Turkish Cup match away at Goztepe. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Vefa Stadium. In the game before, an away victory in the 1. Lig match versus Boluspor with a 2-0 scoreline.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Fatih Karagümrük have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found two matches with the results: Won 1 Drawn 0 Lost 1.

Fatih Karagümrük are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. Fatih Karagümrük have conceded 9 in these home matches.

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Keçiörengücü form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Keçiörengücü so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-2 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Keçiörengücü's previous match, a Turkish Cup home game that ended 2-2 vs Yeni Malatyaspor. A loss against Hatayspor was the result prior to that, in a 1. Lig home game.

It looked so good for Keçiörengücü vs Yeni Malatyaspor, but the job was not completed and two points were lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Keçiörengücü in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Keçiörengücü, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Keçiörengücü have seen the ball go into their own net 7 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: 2 - 1 - 3 (Fatih Karagümrük wins - draws - Keçiörengücü wins). As for goals, 6 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 0 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Fatih KaragümrükI. Emeghara
I. Emeghara
5 goals
Fatih KaragümrükE. Sabo
E. Sabo
3 goals
Fatih KaragümrükR. Civelek
R. Civelek
3 goals

Fatih Karagümrük missing players

Keçiörengücü missing players

Fatih Karagümrük Keçiörengücü
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
6 2 0 Won W 0 0 5
5 2 1 Drew D 2 5 7
4 3 0 Lost L 0 2 3
20 10 0 Scored S 1 4 12
17 9 0 Conceded C 1 7 10
87% 86% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 71% 80%
73% 71% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 57% 47%
40% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 14% 13%
33% 43% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 7%
13% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
53% 57% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 40%
33% 29% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 47%
27% 29% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 43% 33%
 
4.3 5 10 Corners For (avg) C F 4 5.3 4.8
5.3 3.3 1 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 3.1 3.3
2.9 2.2 1 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3.1 2.7
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 2 2
 
129 63 12 Total Shots T S 7 54 140
56 21 2 Shots on Target S O 1 18 54
32% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 100% 22% 22%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Fatih Karagümrük has the fewest points from losing position (0)
  • Fatih Karagümrük have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fatih Karagümrük have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Keçiörengücü have scored away.
  • Keçiörengücü has the fewest matches over the total-line (2)
  • Keçiörengücü has the fewest scored goals (12)
  • Keçiörengücü has the most matches under the total-line (13)
  • Keçiörengücü have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Keçiörengücü have yet to win 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 Hatayspor 15 10 3 2 22 11 7 6 1 0 11 3 8 4 2 2 11 8 11 33
2 BB Erzurumspor 15 8 3 4 17 10 8 6 2 0 13 4 7 2 1 4 4 6 7 27
3 Akhisar Belediyespor 15 7 5 3 21 16 7 5 2 0 13 7 8 2 3 3 8 9 5 26
4 Umraniyespor 15 7 4 4 25 20 8 5 3 0 16 6 7 2 1 4 9 14 5 25
5 Menemen Belediyespor 15 7 4 4 19 16 7 2 2 3 6 8 8 5 2 1 13 8 3 25
6 Bursaspor 15 8 3 4 22 19 7 5 1 1 11 6 8 3 2 3 11 13 3 24
7 Fatih Karagümrük 15 6 5 4 20 17 7 2 2 3 10 9 8 4 3 1 10 8 3 23
8 Keçiörengücü 15 5 7 3 12 10 8 5 2 1 8 3 7 0 5 2 4 7 2 22
9 Balkesirspor 15 5 5 5 14 11 8 5 2 1 12 4 7 0 3 4 2 7 3 20
10 Altay 15 5 5 5 19 18 8 3 2 3 6 8 7 2 3 2 13 10 1 20
11 Giresunspor 15 5 4 6 16 22 7 4 2 1 10 7 8 1 2 5 6 15 -6 19
12 İstanbulspor 15 4 6 5 25 23 8 3 3 2 14 10 7 1 3 3 11 13 2 18
13 Adana Demirspor 15 4 6 5 17 15 7 3 2 2 10 6 8 1 4 3 7 9 2 18
14 Altnordu 15 3 5 7 13 19 8 3 3 2 11 9 7 0 2 5 2 10 -6 14
15 Osmanlıspor 15 4 2 9 16 24 7 3 2 2 10 9 8 1 0 7 6 15 -8 11
16 Boluspor 15 2 5 8 13 22 8 2 3 3 9 10 7 0 2 5 4 12 -9 11
17 Adanaspor 15 1 6 8 16 27 8 1 5 2 12 14 7 0 1 6 4 13 -11 9
18 Eskisehirspor 15 4 2 9 21 28 7 3 1 3 12 11 8 1 1 6 9 17 -7 5

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.