The league table in 1. Lig tells a story about these teams so far, with Giresunspor leading Balıkesirspor by 19 points. Match preview to follow:
- Giresunspor has the most clean sheets (5) at home in 1. Lig
- Balıkesirspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
These teams have little in common geographically as Balıkesirspor have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Giresunspor form and stats
20 points is a decent return from 9 1. Lig games here at Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu for Giresunspor. The data says 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Giresunspor haven’t lost a league-game in ten attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Umraniyespor, 85 days ago. Giresunspor has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu. We remember; it was Samsunspor.
The Giresunspor goalkeeper Onurcan Piri is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 547 minutes without conceding a goal in the 1. Lig.
A nice win for Giresunspor last time playing, versus Tuzlaspor. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-0 with S. Piçinciol and I. Baldé (2) scoring for the victors. In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Akhisar Belediyespor.
Giresunspor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu with 16 goals in 9 league matches. From these home matches, Giresunspor have conceded only 6 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Balıkesirspor form and stats
There's been little loot from Balıkesirspor's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 9 away games in the 1. Lig. Balıkesirspor only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 1 draw.
Balıkesirspor have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 308 minutes ago. A. Mrsic was the goal scorer.
A 0-0 draw at Altnordu's stadium before that.
Balıkesirspor lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.
The attacking power of Balıkesirspor when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 9 league matches away. In the opposite end, Balıkesirspor have conceded 16 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Balıkesirspor - Giresunspor 3-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Giresunspor won four, Balıkesirspor won three and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  I. Baldé 7 goals |   A. Mršić 6 goals | E. Tozlu 5 goals |
Giresunspor missing players
Balıkesirspor missing players
| Giresunspor | Balıkesirspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 25 | 16 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 13 | 6 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 16 | 28 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 88% |
| 71% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 33% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 59% |
| 12% | 11% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 35% |
| 6% | 11% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 6% |
| 47% | 33% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 56% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 12% |
| 12% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 47% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 7.2 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.4 | 7.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 39% | 57% | 64% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 23% | 29% |
- Balıkesirspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Giresunspor has the most clean sheets (5) at home in 1. Lig
- Giresunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Giresunspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Giresunspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Balıkesirspor have scored away.
- Giresunspor is in the best form (6-0-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Giresunspor | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Istanbulspor | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 34 |
| 3 | Samsunspor | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| 4 | Altay | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 32 |
| 5 | Adana Demirspor | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 6 | Tuzlaspor | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Keçiörengücü | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| 8 | Altnordu | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| 9 | Bursaspor | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 10 | Bandrmaspor | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 11 | Umraniyespor | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -8 | 20 |
| 12 | Boluspor | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 19 |
| 13 | Menemen Belediyespor | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 19 |
| 14 | Adanaspor | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | -2 | 18 |
| 15 | Balıkesirspor | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -12 | 16 |
| 16 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 13 |
| 17 | Osmanlspor | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 9 |
| 18 | Eskisehirspor | 17 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 21 | -24 | 3 |