The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Giresunspor are in the 8th position while the guesting İstanbulspor worry at 13th.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
It's quite the trip for İstanbulspor when visiting Giresunspor as the cities are 900 kilometers apart.
Giresunspor form and stats
Giresunspor are steadily winning 1. Lig games and points here at Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu. 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu after three straight home wins.
A nice win for Giresunspor last time playing, versus Adanaspor. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with R. Rusescu (2) and A. Kesim scoring for the victors. 1-1 away at Osmanlspor before that.
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Giresunspor handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, three draws and three defeats.
Giresunspor are traveling soon after this match as the 1. Lig match at Adana Demirspor awaits in four days.
Giresunspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 13 games. Giresunspor have conceded 13 in these home matches.
İstanbulspor form and stats
There's been little loot from İstanbulspor's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the 1. Lig. İstanbulspor only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 7 draws. One point away has become something of a habit for İstanbulspor who have played out draws in their last three away games.
İstanbulspor's last game was the home draw against Hatayspor (2-2). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Menemen Belediyespor.
It looked so good for İstanbulspor vs Hatayspor, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
We have checked recent matches where İstanbulspor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eleven games were two victories, four draws and five defeats.
İstanbulspor are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. İstanbulspor have conceded 18 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: İstanbulspor - Giresunspor 2-1. Giresunspor-İstanbulspor H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Giresunspor two wins, İstanbulspor four wins, one draw. four of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  R. Rusescu 11 goals |   A. Čajič 8 goals |  P. Diouf 7 goals |
Giresunspor missing players
İstanbulspor missing players
| Giresunspor | İstanbulspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 28 |
| 11 | 8 | 4 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 | 19 | 11 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 40 |
| 34 | 13 | 4 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 92% | 93% |
| 82% | 77% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 77% | 79% |
| 39% | 46% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 54% | 54% |
| 18% | 23% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 38% | 32% |
| 7% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 15% | 7% |
| 50% | 54% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 69% | 64% |
| 29% | 31% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 40% | 15% | 21% |
| 29% | 15% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 23% | 21% |
| 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 284 | 159 | 76 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 143 | 284 |
| 128 | 67 | 33 | Shots on Target | S O | 20 | 67 | 119 |
| 26% | 28% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 30% | 32% |
- Giresunspor has the fewest dropped points from leading position (4)
- Giresunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Giresunspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- İstanbulspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | 29 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 54 |
| 2 | BB Erzurumspor | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Bursaspor | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 46 |
| 4 | Adana Demirspor | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 55 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 45 |
| 5 | Akhisar Belediyespor | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Fatih Karagumruk | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 34 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 43 |
| 7 | Altay | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 36 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 6 | 43 |
| 8 | Giresunspor | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 21 | -1 | 41 |
| 9 | Umraniyespor | 28 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 40 |
| 10 | Keciorengucu | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 35 |
| 11 | Balkesirspor | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 12 | -3 | 35 |
| 12 | Menemen Belediyespor | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | İstanbulspor | 28 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 40 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 4 | 34 |
| 14 | Altnordu | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 39 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 22 | -7 | 31 |
| 15 | Boluspor | 28 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 16 | Osmanlspor | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | -10 | 24 |
| 17 | Adanaspor | 29 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 45 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 27 | -18 | 20 |
| 18 | Eskisehirspor | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 24 | -14 | 17 |