Possible nail-biting contest in Giresunspor - Boluspor game

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Mon 02.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu (12191 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 1. Lig, Giresunspor holding 13th place and Boluspor lying 16th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Boluspor could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a 1. Lig game only four sleeps ago.

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Giresunspor form and stats

Overall 1. Lig stats at home this season for Giresunspor are 5-3-2 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Giresunspor to get some points in this home game.

Stress levels are on the rise for Giresunspor's attacking players as they have now played 200 minutes without scoring in a league game. A. Kesim was their last goal scorer.

Giresunspor are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Akhisar Belediyespor. Before that game, the home loss against Balıkesirspor with the scoreline 0-3.

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

Giresunspor has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. On the other hand, Giresunspor have conceded 12 goals.

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Boluspor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Boluspor so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 0-5-6 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in eleven away games in a row. Boluspor are desperate to end a 15-game winless run, as they haven't won a game since the Keçiörengücü fixture.

Boluspor played 1-1 against Balıkesirspor in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Istanbulspor.

As mentioned above, Boluspor drew the match against Balıkesirspor. Manager O. Özköylü brought on K. Yılmaz to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Boluspor in our archives, and the results are: one win for Boluspor, two draws and six defeats.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Boluspor have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Boluspor - Giresunspor 2-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Giresunspor won two, Boluspor won five and three draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GiresunsporR. Rusescu
R. Rusescu
7 goals
BolusporR. Poepon
R. Poepon
6 goals
GiresunsporY. Del Valle Rodríguez
Y. Del Valle Rodríguez
4 goals

Giresunspor missing players

Boluspor missing players

Giresunspor Boluspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 10 3 Played P 3 11 24
7 5 2 Won W 0 0 2
7 3 1 Drew D 1 5 12
9 2 0 Lost L 2 6 10
24 13 6 Scored S 1 7 20
32 12 3 Conceded C 4 16 32
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 73% 83%
83% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 64% 79%
43% 50% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 45% 33%
17% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 18% 17%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 4%
52% 60% 100% BTTS BTTS 33% 45% 54%
22% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 27% 21%
35% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 55% 42%
 
5.3 5.5 7 Corners for (avg) C F 6 3.5 4.5
4 4.4 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 4.8
3 2.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.7 2.6 2.6
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
231 118 43 Total Shots T S 27 95 246
99 47 17 Shots on Target S O 8 35 95
24% 28% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 20% 21%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Boluspor has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
  • Boluspor has the most dropped points from leading position (19)
  • Boluspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Boluspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Boluspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Boluspor have yet to win a game away.
  • Giresunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Giresunspor 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 Hatayspor 24 14 6 4 34 20 12 9 2 1 18 7 12 5 4 3 16 13 14 48
2 BB Erzurumspor 24 12 6 6 27 19 12 9 2 1 18 8 12 3 4 5 9 11 8 42
3 Adana Demirspor 24 11 7 6 46 28 11 6 3 2 24 13 13 5 4 4 22 15 18 40
4 Bursaspor 24 13 4 7 37 31 12 8 2 2 19 12 12 5 2 5 18 19 6 40
5 Fatih Karagumruk 24 10 7 7 32 28 12 4 4 4 18 16 12 6 3 3 14 12 4 37
6 Altay 24 9 8 7 30 26 12 6 3 3 12 10 12 3 5 4 18 16 4 35
7 Akhisar Belediyespor 24 9 8 7 28 26 12 6 4 2 17 12 12 3 4 5 11 14 2 35
8 Umraniyespor 24 10 5 9 35 34 12 7 3 2 20 11 12 3 2 7 15 23 1 35
9 Keçiörengücü 24 8 9 7 18 17 13 7 3 3 12 7 11 1 6 4 6 10 1 33
10 Balıkesirspor 24 8 8 8 25 26 12 5 4 3 14 16 12 3 4 5 11 10 -1 32
11 Menemen Belediyespor 24 9 5 10 28 32 12 4 2 6 13 17 12 5 3 4 15 15 -4 32
12 Istanbulspor 23 6 10 7 34 29 12 4 5 3 17 14 11 2 5 4 17 15 5 28
13 Giresunspor 23 7 7 9 24 32 10 5 3 2 13 12 13 2 4 7 11 20 -8 28
14 Altnordu 24 6 9 9 28 35 13 6 5 2 20 14 11 0 4 7 8 21 -7 27
15 Osmanlspor 24 6 6 12 27 36 11 4 4 3 15 14 13 2 2 9 12 22 -9 21
16 Boluspor 24 2 12 10 20 32 13 2 7 4 13 16 11 0 5 6 7 16 -12 18
17 Adanaspor 24 3 9 12 23 37 13 3 7 3 17 16 11 0 2 9 6 21 -14 18
18 Eskisehirspor 24 7 4 13 29 37 11 4 2 5 16 14 13 3 2 8 13 23 -8 16

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.