İstanbulspor will want to make use of their home advantage to get one over today’s opponents. The hosting team are currently 3 points behind Samsunspor.
- İstanbulspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Samsunspor is in the best form (4-2-0) in 1. Lig
The hosts İstanbulspor saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 1. Lig. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Adanaspor.
İstanbulspor form and stats
İstanbulspor are steadily winning 1. Lig games and points here at Ziya Altınoğlu Stadyumu. 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 8 games.
İstanbulspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Adanaspor (0-1).
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Eyupspor in a game that was won 2-1.This is expected to be a close game, with İstanbulspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with İstanbulspor as a small favourite), we find five games. İstanbulspor has won two of these, drawn zero and lost three.
A decent goal production from İstanbulspor in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. İstanbulspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Samsunspor form and stats
There's been little loot from Samsunspor's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 7 away games in the 1. Lig. Samsunspor only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 1 draw.
Samsunspor delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Boluspor (placed 12th) in their previous match; a 1. Lig game.
That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Ankaragucu.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Samsunspor in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Samsunspor, zero draws and zero defeats.
The visiting Samsunspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. For Samsunspor, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last eight games between these two teams, there's two İstanbulspor victories, five draws and one Samsunspor win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  İ. Yılmaz 9 goals |   Y. Öztekin 6 goals |  A. Fernandes Mendes 5 goals |
İstanbulspor missing players
Samsunspor missing players
| İstanbulspor | Samsunspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 25 | 14 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 23 |
| 23 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 14 | 19 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 75% |
| 50% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 38% |
| 31% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 57% | 38% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 43% | 19% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 50% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 38% |
| 19% | 12% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 29% | 19% |
| 5.5 | 4.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 4 | 3.6 |
| 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.5 | 12.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 10.1 | 10.4 |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| 34% | 34% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| 8.7 | 7.6 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | 9.2 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 5 | 3.7 |
- Samsunspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Samsunspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Samsunspor is in the best form (4-2-0) in 1. Lig
- İstanbulspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Umraniyespor | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | BB Erzurumspor | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Ankaragucu | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 30 |
| 4 | Eyupspor | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 30 |
| 5 | Bandrmaspor | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 12 | 28 |
| 6 | Samsunspor | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 26 |
| 7 | İstanbulspor | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 23 |
| 8 | Adanaspor | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 9 | Kocaelispor | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | -1 | 23 |
| 10 | Genclerbirligi | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -5 | 23 |
| 11 | Tuzlaspor | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 22 |
| 12 | Boluspor | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Menemen Belediyespor | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Manisa BBSK | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | Bursaspor | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Keciorengucu | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 | -5 | 18 |
| 17 | Denizlispor | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 16 |
| 18 | Altnordu | 16 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 16 |
| 19 | Balkesirspor | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 18 | -18 | 7 |