It's advantage Gençlerbirliği so far with their 1st position in the 1. Lig table, welcoming İstanbulspor who are placed 11th.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
Gençlerbirliği, who have the most points (32) at home in 1. Lig, are steadily winning games and points here. 10 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games.Gençlerbirliği's previous game was a 1. Lig match also played at home, ending 1-0 versus Balkesirspor. The home side are looking to build on that result. A strong away win before that one, visiting Giresunspor and winning 1-0.
The Gençlerbirliği fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 24 goals in 14 matches. Gençlerbirliği are not conceding a lot of goals here, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 14 matches.
İstanbulspor form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for İstanbulspor so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 1-9-5 (win-draw-lose).İstanbulspor won their last game, 1-0 versus Osmanlspor played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 5-1 at Balkesirspor.
İstanbulspor find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 15 goals from 15 away fixtures. 16 goals have been conceded by İstanbulspor in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: İstanbulspor - Gençlerbirliği 2-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last one meeting): Gençlerbirliği won 0 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and İstanbulspor has 1 win.Top Goalscorers
![]() N. Çiftçi 9 goals / 1 assists | ![]() İ. Yılmaz 9 goals / 3 assists | ![]() Mert Nobre 5 goals / 3 assists |
Gençlerbirliği missing players
İstanbulspor missing players
| Gençlerbirliği | İstanbulspor | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | Played | 15 | 29 |
| 42 | 24 | Scored | 15 | 37 |
| 23 | 8 | Conceded | 16 | 37 |
| 90% | 93% | Over 0.5 | 93% | 97% |
| 55% | 57% | Over 1.5 | 67% | 76% |
| 38% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 20% | 38% |
| 24% | 21% | Over 3.5 | 13% | 24% |
| 14% | 14% | Over 4.5 | 7% | 10% |
| 34% | 29% | Both teams to score | 67% | 59% |
| 55% | 57% | Clean Sheet | 7% | 17% |
| 21% | 21% | Failed To Score | 33% | 28% |
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners For (avg) | 4.9 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.6 | Corners Against (avg) | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 3 | Red Cards (total) | 2 | 3 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Gençlerbirliği | 29 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 19 | 61 |
| 2 | Denizlispor | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 59 |
| 3 | Hatayspor | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 25 | 54 |
| 4 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 29 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 26 | 52 |
| 5 | Osmanlıspor | 29 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 17 | 51 |
| 6 | Ümraniyespor | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 49 |
| 7 | Adana Demirspor | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 42 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 48 |
| 8 | Altınordu | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 45 |
| 9 | Boluspor | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 35 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 43 |
| 10 | Altay | 29 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 10 | 40 |
| 11 | İstanbulspor | 29 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Balıkesirspor | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Adanaspor | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | -4 | 33 |
| 14 | Eskişehirspor | 29 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 55 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 37 | -19 | 31 |
| 15 | Giresunspor | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -8 | 29 |
| 16 | Afjet Afyonspor | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 47 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 22 | -14 | 25 |
| 17 | Elazığspor | 29 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 30 | -20 | 23 |
| 18 | Karabükspor | 29 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 8 | 88 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 55 | -80 | 0 |