Gençlerbirliği supporters put their faith in manager Diyadin to deliver victory against Kocaelispor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 20.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

Gençlerbirliği are impatient to increase their points at their own stadium in the upcoming match vs Kocaelispor.

Insights:
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most matches over the total-line (12) in 1. Lig
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals (8) away in 1. Lig

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

Gençlerbirliği have collected 19 points from their 1. Lig home games so far after 6-1-6. When Gençlerbirliği hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Bursaspor, Balıkesirspor, Altnordu, Denizlispor, Tuzlaspor and Gençlerbirliği), they have won 4 of 5 matches!

The Gençlerbirliği followers enjoyed the previous fixture, watching their team host Balıkesirspor and win 2-0.

Heartbreak before that as Gençlerbirliği lost 1-3 at Boluspor's place.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Gençlerbirliği have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn zero and lost five.

Gençlerbirliği are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. More than 55 % of these goals (10 in all) were scored after at least 60 minutes had been played. Gençlerbirliği have conceded 20 from these games. Gençlerbirliği has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Kocaelispor form and stats

There's been little loot from Kocaelispor's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the 1. Lig. Kocaelispor only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. Visiting Kocaelispor has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Kocaelispor go into this game after a win, the home game against Keciorengucu that ended 1-0.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Istanbulspor.

Kocaelispor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is three wins, two draws and zero defeats. From a total of five matches.

The visitors have scored 8 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Kocaelispor have seen the ball go into their own net 17 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 duelists have met previously this season: Kocaelispor - Gençlerbirliği 1-2. Gençlerbirliği-Kocaelispor H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Gençlerbirliği two wins, Kocaelispor zero wins, one draw. one of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

KocaelisporD. Ndlovu
D. Ndlovu
9 goals
GençlerbirliğiS. Cordovil de Lima
S. Cordovil de Lima
8 goals
GençlerbirliğiB. Eleke
B. Eleke
7 goals

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Kocaelispor missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Gençlerbirliği Kocaelispor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
26 13 5 Played P 4 13 26
10 6 4 Won W 1 2 9
3 1 0 Drew D 2 4 5
13 6 1 Lost L 1 7 12
31 18 8 Scored S 5 8 25
41 20 3 Conceded C 5 17 32
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 85% 92%
81% 77% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 62% 69%
54% 54% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 31% 46%
31% 31% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 8% 8%
12% 23% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 4%
38% 23% 20% BTTS BTTS 75% 38% 50%
27% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 27%
38% 38% 20% Failed to Score F T 25% 54% 31%
 
4.8 5.3 5.4 Corners for (avg) C F 6 4.1 3.9
5 4.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 4.7 4.5
2.6 2.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.9
3 2 1 Red cards R C 0 3 6
 
11.2 13.5 13.4 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 8.4 9.8
4.3 5 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.4 3.9
27% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 18% 25%
 
8.9 8.7 5.8 Shots against (avg) S A 9.5 10 9.7
3.8 3.2 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 4.2
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Gençlerbirliği have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kocaelispor have scored away.
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most matches over the total-line (12) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Kocaelispor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals (8) away in 1. Lig

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ankaragücü 27 18 4 5 42 19 13 10 2 1 21 8 14 8 2 4 21 11 23 58
2 Umraniyespor 28 17 4 7 47 27 14 10 2 2 28 14 14 7 2 5 19 13 20 55
3 Istanbulspor 27 14 5 8 44 30 13 7 3 3 20 14 14 7 2 5 24 16 14 47
4 Bandırmaspor 27 14 4 9 39 24 14 8 2 4 20 12 13 6 2 5 19 12 15 46
5 Eyupspor 27 12 9 6 40 29 14 8 3 3 20 11 13 4 6 3 20 18 11 45
6 BB Erzurumspor 28 12 8 8 41 33 15 10 2 3 29 16 13 2 6 5 12 17 8 44
7 Samsunspor 27 11 9 7 45 35 14 7 6 1 26 12 13 4 3 6 19 23 10 42
8 Adanaspor 27 10 7 10 31 27 14 7 5 2 19 11 13 3 2 8 12 16 4 37
9 Manisa BBSK 27 10 6 11 30 33 13 6 3 4 17 17 14 4 3 7 13 16 -3 36
10 Boluspor 27 9 8 10 31 31 13 5 6 2 12 7 14 4 2 8 19 24 0 35
11 Keciorengucu 27 9 8 10 34 36 13 7 4 2 22 16 14 2 4 8 12 20 -2 35
12 Menemen Belediyespor 28 8 11 9 36 44 14 6 6 2 19 16 14 2 5 7 17 28 -8 35
13 Tuzlaspor 26 9 7 10 23 25 13 4 5 4 12 13 13 5 2 6 11 12 -2 34
14 Gençlerbirliği 26 10 3 13 31 41 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 2 7 13 21 -10 33
15 Kocaelispor 26 9 5 12 25 32 13 7 1 5 17 15 13 2 4 7 8 17 -7 32
16 Altnordu 28 10 1 17 31 51 15 7 0 8 18 27 13 3 1 9 13 24 -20 31
17 Denizlispor 27 8 6 13 26 39 13 5 2 6 15 18 14 3 4 7 11 21 -13 30
18 Bursaspor 26 6 7 13 27 39 12 4 3 5 14 16 14 2 4 8 13 23 -12 25
19 Balıkesirspor 26 3 2 21 19 47 13 2 1 10 10 22 13 1 1 11 9 25 -28 11

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 Ankaragücü 27 18 4 5 42 19 13 10 2 1 21 8 14 8 2 4 21 11 23 58
2 Umraniyespor 28 17 4 7 47 27 14 10 2 2 28 14 14 7 2 5 19 13 20 55
3 Istanbulspor 27 14 5 8 44 30 13 7 3 3 20 14 14 7 2 5 24 16 14 47
4 Bandırmaspor 27 14 4 9 39 24 14 8 2 4 20 12 13 6 2 5 19 12 15 46
5 Eyupspor 27 12 9 6 40 29 14 8 3 3 20 11 13 4 6 3 20 18 11 45
6 BB Erzurumspor 28 12 8 8 41 33 15 10 2 3 29 16 13 2 6 5 12 17 8 44
7 Samsunspor 27 11 9 7 45 35 14 7 6 1 26 12 13 4 3 6 19 23 10 42
8 Adanaspor 27 10 7 10 31 27 14 7 5 2 19 11 13 3 2 8 12 16 4 37
9 Manisa BBSK 27 10 6 11 30 33 13 6 3 4 17 17 14 4 3 7 13 16 -3 36
10 Boluspor 27 9 8 10 31 31 13 5 6 2 12 7 14 4 2 8 19 24 0 35
11 Keciorengucu 27 9 8 10 34 36 13 7 4 2 22 16 14 2 4 8 12 20 -2 35
12 Menemen Belediyespor 28 8 11 9 36 44 14 6 6 2 19 16 14 2 5 7 17 28 -8 35
13 Tuzlaspor 26 9 7 10 23 25 13 4 5 4 12 13 13 5 2 6 11 12 -2 34
14 Gençlerbirliği 26 10 3 13 31 41 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 2 7 13 21 -10 33
15 Kocaelispor 26 9 5 12 25 32 13 7 1 5 17 15 13 2 4 7 8 17 -7 32
16 Altnordu 28 10 1 17 31 51 15 7 0 8 18 27 13 3 1 9 13 24 -20 31
17 Denizlispor 27 8 6 13 26 39 13 5 2 6 15 18 14 3 4 7 11 21 -13 30
18 Bursaspor 26 6 7 13 27 39 12 4 3 5 14 16 14 2 4 8 13 23 -12 25
19 Balıkesirspor 26 3 2 21 19 47 13 2 1 10 10 22 13 1 1 11 9 25 -28 11

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