1. Lig duel: Close contest expected between Gençlerbirliği and BB Erzurumspor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 08.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

A short glance at the 1. Lig table hint of an edge to BB Erzurumspor when they travel to Gençlerbirliği. But; let's play before points are handed out!

Insights:
  • Gençlerbirliği haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • BB Erzurumspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for BB Erzurumspor, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.

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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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

When playing at home in the 1. Lig, Gençlerbirliği have managed 8 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Gençlerbirliği, who played 1-1 against BB Erzurumspor. That match was also played at this venue (Eryaman Stadyumu).

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Denizlispor.

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 Gençlerbirliği have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won four, drawn three and lost one.

Gençlerbirliği are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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BB Erzurumspor form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Lig travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats.

BB Erzurumspor are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Gençlerbirliği (placed 13th).

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Kocaelispor.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with BB Erzurumspor playing away and similar expectations, we found ten relevant matches. Results were four BB Erzurumspor wins, four draws and two defeats.

Erzurumspor are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). As opposed to that, BB Erzurumspor have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these sides face each other this season, as the history books show this recent game: BB Erzurumspor - Gençlerbirliği 2-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Gençlerbirliği one win, one draw and BB Erzurumspor one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GençlerbirliğiS. Cordovil de Lima
S. Cordovil de Lima
10 goals
BB ErzurumsporE. Tozlu
E. Tozlu
9 goals
BB ErzurumsporA. Olanare
A. Olanare
8 goals

Gençlerbirliği missing players

BB Erzurumspor missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gençlerbirliği BB Erzurumspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 4 Played P 6 17 34
12 8 1 Won W 2 5 16
7 3 0 Drew D 1 7 10
15 6 3 Lost L 3 5 8
38 24 4 Scored S 7 22 53
49 22 9 Conceded C 6 20 37
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 88% 94%
79% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 74%
47% 41% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 35% 41%
26% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 18% 24%
9% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 18% 15%
38% 29% 25% BTTS BTTS 17% 53% 59%
32% 41% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 29% 26%
38% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 67% 29% 21%
 
4.7 5.3 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 4.3
5 4.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 2.8 4.6 3.9
2.5 2.5 3.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 2.3
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10.7 12.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 7.3 9.5
4.3 5.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 3.4 4.2
26% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 38% 37%
 
9.1 8.2 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 9.7 8.3
3.8 3 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 3.2
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • BB Erzurumspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Gençlerbirliği haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 34 20 7 7 53 28 17 11 3 3 27 14 17 9 4 4 26 14 25 67
2 Ümraniyespor 33 20 6 7 58 32 17 12 3 2 36 18 16 8 3 5 22 14 26 66
3 İstanbulspor 33 17 6 10 56 39 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 2 6 32 22 17 57
4 BB Erzurumspor 33 16 9 8 52 36 17 11 3 3 31 17 16 5 6 5 21 19 16 57
5 Bandırmaspor 33 17 4 12 47 31 17 10 2 5 26 15 16 7 2 7 21 16 16 55
6 Eyüpspor 33 13 12 8 49 40 17 8 4 5 23 17 16 5 8 3 26 23 9 51
7 Samsunspor 33 12 11 10 49 42 17 8 7 2 30 16 16 4 4 8 19 26 7 47
8 Tuzlaspor 33 12 10 11 39 34 16 6 6 4 21 15 17 6 4 7 18 19 5 46
9 Manisa BBSK 34 13 7 14 40 41 17 8 4 5 24 21 17 5 3 9 16 20 -1 46
10 Adanaspor 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 9 6 3 25 15 16 3 2 11 13 24 -1 44
11 Keçiörengücü 33 12 8 13 40 42 16 9 4 3 25 18 17 3 4 10 15 24 -2 44
12 Denizlispor 33 12 6 15 40 49 16 7 2 7 23 26 17 5 4 8 17 23 -9 42
13 Gençlerbirliği 33 12 6 15 37 48 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -11 42
14 Boluspor 33 11 8 14 36 41 16 5 6 5 13 13 17 6 2 9 23 28 -5 41
15 Altınordu 33 13 2 18 40 57 17 9 0 8 21 27 16 4 2 10 19 30 -17 41
16 Kocaelispor 33 11 7 15 33 44 16 9 1 6 22 22 17 2 6 9 11 22 -11 40
17 Bursaspor 33 10 8 15 37 47 16 7 4 5 19 18 17 3 4 10 18 29 -10 38
18 Menemen Belediyespor 33 8 14 11 40 51 17 6 8 3 22 21 16 2 6 8 18 30 -11 38
19 Balıkesirspor 33 3 3 27 24 67 16 2 2 12 12 30 17 1 1 15 12 37 -43 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 34 20 7 7 53 28 17 11 3 3 27 14 17 9 4 4 26 14 25 67
2 Ümraniyespor 33 20 6 7 58 32 17 12 3 2 36 18 16 8 3 5 22 14 26 66
3 İstanbulspor 33 17 6 10 56 39 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 2 6 32 22 17 57
4 BB Erzurumspor 33 16 9 8 52 36 17 11 3 3 31 17 16 5 6 5 21 19 16 57
5 Bandırmaspor 33 17 4 12 47 31 17 10 2 5 26 15 16 7 2 7 21 16 16 55
6 Eyüpspor 33 13 12 8 49 40 17 8 4 5 23 17 16 5 8 3 26 23 9 51
7 Samsunspor 33 12 11 10 49 42 17 8 7 2 30 16 16 4 4 8 19 26 7 47
8 Tuzlaspor 33 12 10 11 39 34 16 6 6 4 21 15 17 6 4 7 18 19 5 46
9 Manisa BBSK 34 13 7 14 40 41 17 8 4 5 24 21 17 5 3 9 16 20 -1 46
10 Adanaspor 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 9 6 3 25 15 16 3 2 11 13 24 -1 44
11 Keçiörengücü 33 12 8 13 40 42 16 9 4 3 25 18 17 3 4 10 15 24 -2 44
12 Denizlispor 33 12 6 15 40 49 16 7 2 7 23 26 17 5 4 8 17 23 -9 42
13 Gençlerbirliği 33 12 6 15 37 48 16 8 2 6 23 21 17 4 4 9 14 27 -11 42
14 Boluspor 33 11 8 14 36 41 16 5 6 5 13 13 17 6 2 9 23 28 -5 41
15 Altınordu 33 13 2 18 40 57 17 9 0 8 21 27 16 4 2 10 19 30 -17 41
16 Kocaelispor 33 11 7 15 33 44 16 9 1 6 22 22 17 2 6 9 11 22 -11 40
17 Bursaspor 33 10 8 15 37 47 16 7 4 5 19 18 17 3 4 10 18 29 -10 38
18 Menemen Belediyespor 33 8 14 11 40 51 17 6 8 3 22 21 16 2 6 8 18 30 -11 38
19 Balıkesirspor 33 3 3 27 24 67 16 2 2 12 12 30 17 1 1 15 12 37 -43 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.