1. Lig match preview: İstanbulspor versus Menemen Belediyespor

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 18.April
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ziya Altınoğlu Stadyumu

The league table in 1. Lig tells a story about these teams so far, with İstanbulspor leading Menemen Belediyespor by 23 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • İstanbulspor have the most scored goals (32) at home in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Menemen Belediyespor have scored away.

It's no vacation for neither İstanbulspor nor Menemen Belediyespor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

The season is still full of potential for İstanbulspor as they can still win the whole 1. Lig. Menemen Belediyespor are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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İstanbulspor form and stats

İstanbulspor, who have the most scored goals (32) at home in 1. Lig, have collected 28 points from their 1. Lig home games so far after 8-4-3.

Ahead of that match, İstanbulspor won a home game hosting Tuzlaspor (2-1).

The victory against Balıkesirspor came after P. Etoga's winning goal. The İstanbulspor manager S. Akbaş was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 72nd minute. A late climax in the match against Balıkesirspor as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by P. Etoga.

Goals decide football matches and İstanbulspor are scoring many of them at home; 32 on target from 15 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 19 goals have been conceded.

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Menemen Belediyespor form and stats

3-7-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Menemen Belediyespor in their 1. Lig matches away. Menemen Belediyespor have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.

Before that, Belediyespor travelled to Bandrmaspor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Belediyespor find the net regularly in their away games. 15 goals from 15 away fixtures in the league. Belediyespor have conceded 22 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Menemen Belediyespor - İstanbulspor 1-2. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for İstanbulspor, four draws and two wins for Menemen Belediyespor. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

İstanbulspor missing players

Menemen Belediyespor missing players

İstanbulspor Menemen Belediyespor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
16 8 4 Won W 1 3 6
6 4 1 Drew D 2 7 13
8 3 0 Lost L 2 5 11
53 32 16 Scored S 6 15 34
32 19 5 Conceded C 10 22 49
93% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 87% 87%
77% 80% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 83%
60% 73% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 53%
27% 40% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 20% 23%
13% 27% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 10%
53% 67% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 57%
30% 27% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 20%
23% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 37%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 6
 
8.9 9.8 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.6 10.5 10.5
4.1 4.3 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.7 4.4
43% 50% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 21% 27%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • İstanbulspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • İstanbulspor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Menemen Belediyespor have scored away.
  • İstanbulspor have the most scored goals (32) at home 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 Giresunspor 30 19 6 5 49 21 16 10 3 3 23 11 14 9 3 2 26 10 28 63
2 Adana Demirspor 30 17 7 6 51 26 15 9 4 2 29 11 15 8 3 4 22 15 25 58
3 Samsunspor 30 16 10 4 47 28 15 10 2 3 26 14 15 6 8 1 21 14 19 58
4 Altay 30 17 3 10 57 33 15 8 2 5 30 18 15 9 1 5 27 15 24 54
5 İstanbulspor 30 16 6 8 53 32 15 8 4 3 32 19 15 8 2 5 21 13 21 54
6 Altınordu 30 15 7 8 49 42 15 8 3 4 22 17 15 7 4 4 27 25 7 52
7 Keciorengucu 30 14 7 9 40 25 15 9 2 4 23 10 15 5 5 5 17 15 15 49
8 Umraniyespor 30 12 8 10 39 38 15 6 4 5 20 19 15 6 4 5 19 19 1 44
9 Tuzlaspor 30 13 5 12 42 45 15 8 1 6 23 22 15 5 4 6 19 23 -3 44
10 Bursaspor 29 12 4 13 47 46 14 7 1 6 24 21 15 5 3 7 23 25 1 40
11 Bandrmaspor 29 11 6 12 37 37 15 7 5 3 21 18 14 4 1 9 16 19 0 39
12 Boluspor 30 10 5 15 31 36 15 3 2 10 10 19 15 7 3 5 21 17 -5 35
13 Adanaspor 30 9 7 14 41 44 15 5 3 7 26 29 15 4 4 7 15 15 -3 34
14 Balıkesirspor 30 8 8 14 31 43 15 5 4 6 20 22 15 3 4 8 11 21 -12 32
15 Menemen Belediyespor 30 6 13 11 34 49 15 3 6 6 19 27 15 3 7 5 15 22 -15 31
16 Akhisar Belediyespor 30 7 4 19 32 54 14 4 3 7 14 16 16 3 1 12 18 38 -22 25
17 Osmanlspor 30 5 8 17 26 50 15 3 6 6 15 21 15 2 2 11 11 29 -24 23
18 Eskişehirspor 30 1 8 21 21 78 15 1 6 8 8 28 15 0 2 13 13 50 -57 8

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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.