Open game expected at Eryaman Stadyumu: Gençlerbirliği vs Göztepe preview

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 05.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

Gençlerbirliği want to sell some tickets for this game despite that the season has been grim up to now with 13 points and a 18th spot in the 1. Lig table. Guests Göztepe have 10th place with 30 pts.

Insights:
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (41) in 1. Lig
  • Göztepe have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 1. Lig

It should be mentioned that Göztepe play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Göztepe on grass are 11 victories, 9 draws and 17 defeats from 37 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 42-66. You can compare this with overall results below.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

With 1 1. Lig win, 1 draw and 8 defeats from their home games, Gençlerbirliği are certainly not brimming with confidence.

A strong away win for Gençlerbirliği against Pendikspor the last match, as Corozo were on target.

Before that game, the 5-1 home victory against Boluspor.

Gençlerbirliği have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Eryaman Stadyumu with 15 goals in 10 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Neutralizing the opposition is a challenge, Gençlerbirliği having conceded 25 goals here at Eryaman Stadyumu so far.

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Göztepe form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 1. Lig travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Göztepe has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Göztepe won their last game, 3-1 versus Bandrmaspor played at home.

Prior to that result Göztepe won their away game at BB Erzurumspor. The scoreline was 1-0.

Look out: 14 of the latest 17 league games featuring this side have ended with only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting).

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Göztepe as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The squads have met each other before in this season, with the final score Göztepe - Gençlerbirliği 0-0 logged in the official records. Gençlerbirliği-Göztepe H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Gençlerbirliği four wins, Göztepe two wins, one draw. six of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GöztepeY. Öztekin
Y. Öztekin
8 goals
GençlerbirliğiG. Gül
G. Gül
6 goals
GençlerbirliğiB. Alıcı
B. Alıcı
4 goals

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Göztepe missing players

Gençlerbirliği Göztepe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 10 20
3 1 1 Won W 2 4 9
4 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
14 8 2 Lost L 0 5 8
25 15 8 Scored S 2 8 21
41 25 9 Conceded C 0 10 17
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
86% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 40% 45%
67% 80% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 30% 30%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 15%
14% 30% 67% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 5%
67% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 20% 25%
10% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 40% 40%
29% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 40% 40%
 
3.3 3.3 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 2.7 4.3
4.9 5.1 7.7 Corners against (avg) C A 11 4.3 4.2
1.7 1.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9 8.5 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 3.5 7.1 9.4
3.7 3.8 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.9 3.5
32% 39% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 28% 30%
 
10.9 11.2 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.9 11.2
5.2 5.9 7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.3 4.2
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • All of Gençlerbirliği's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gençlerbirliği have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
  • Gençlerbirliği have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest clean sheets (0) at home in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest points (4) at home in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (25) at home in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (41) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Göztepe have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in 1. Lig
  • Göztepe have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Göztepe haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Samsunspor 21 11 8 2 36 18 11 7 3 1 21 10 10 4 5 1 15 8 18 41
2 Eyupspor 21 12 5 4 28 17 11 9 1 1 21 9 10 3 4 3 7 8 11 41
3 Bodrumspor 21 11 5 5 34 21 11 5 4 2 21 10 10 6 1 3 13 11 13 38
4 Keçiörengücü 21 10 7 4 33 24 11 5 4 2 15 14 10 5 3 2 18 10 9 37
5 Pendikspor 21 9 7 5 29 15 10 4 3 3 11 6 11 5 4 2 18 9 14 34
6 Rizespor 20 8 10 2 27 15 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 4 6 1 15 8 12 34
7 Bandrmaspor 20 9 7 4 32 27 9 5 3 1 13 8 11 4 4 3 19 19 5 34
8 Sakaryaspor 21 11 1 9 34 32 11 8 1 2 22 12 10 3 0 7 12 20 2 34
9 Boluspor 21 9 7 5 25 23 11 7 3 1 17 7 10 2 4 4 8 16 2 34
10 Göztepe 20 9 3 8 21 17 10 5 2 3 13 7 10 4 1 5 8 10 4 30
11 Manisa BBSK 20 7 8 5 25 25 10 4 5 1 14 11 10 3 3 4 11 14 0 29
12 Adanaspor 21 5 7 9 31 34 11 4 5 2 19 16 10 1 2 7 12 18 -3 22
13 Altay 20 5 7 8 23 30 10 3 3 4 12 14 10 2 4 4 11 13 -7 19
14 Tuzlaspor 21 5 4 12 24 33 11 2 2 7 13 17 10 3 2 5 11 16 -9 19
15 BB Erzurumspor 21 5 6 10 22 32 9 3 2 4 10 11 12 2 4 6 12 21 -10 18
16 Altnordu 21 4 5 12 19 35 11 2 3 6 8 20 10 2 2 6 11 15 -16 17
17 Yeni Malatyaspor 21 4 7 10 21 34 10 2 3 5 7 16 11 2 4 5 14 18 -13 16
18 Gençlerbirliği 21 3 4 14 25 41 10 1 1 8 15 25 11 2 3 6 10 16 -16 13
19 Denizlispor 21 4 4 13 20 39 11 3 4 4 13 12 10 1 0 9 7 27 -19 13

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.