Kocaelispor vs Ankaragücü: Soccer match preview

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 15.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kocaeli Stadyumu (15462 seats)

Kocaeli Stadyumu: Prepare for a football party when Kocaelispor put their fighting gear on for Ankaragücü. Get the latest news on the game here at Tipsway!

Insights:
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lig

Both contenders have had a decent time to rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's hope for an in-your-face match!

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Kocaelispor form and stats

When playing at home in the 1. Lig, Kocaelispor have managed 6 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

Diop was the last player to score a league goal for Kocaelispor and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Kocaelispor haven't scored in 191 minutes.

Kocaelispor lost their last game at Umraniyespor (placed 1st) after a 0-1 scoreline. The defeat against Umraniyespor was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by Napoleoni).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Kasimpasa (after extra-time) (3-5).

Kocaelispor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 10 games. Kocaelispor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 11 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ankaragücü form and stats

5-1-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Ankaragücü, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lig, in their 1. Lig matches away.

Ankaragücü won their last game, 1-0 versus Tuzlaspor played at home. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Erkmen when Babacan scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 82nd minute. The end of the last match, against Tuzlaspor, was very satisfying as Babacan scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Sivasspor's place.

Ankaragücü find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Ankaragücü are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 9 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Ankaragücü - Kocaelispor 0-0 was the score in these contenders' previous H2H match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - three - one (Kocaelispor wins - draws - Ankaragücü wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KocaelisporD. Ndlovu
D. Ndlovu
9 goals
AnkaragücüE. Derdiyok
E. Derdiyok
9 goals
KocaelisporB. Keser
B. Keser
4 goals

Kocaelispor missing players

Ankaragücü missing players

Kocaelispor Ankaragücü
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
19 10 4 Played P 4 10 19
7 6 2 Won W 1 5 12
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 3
9 3 1 Lost L 2 4 4
19 14 5 Scored S 3 14 30
23 11 5 Conceded C 4 9 14
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
68% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 80% 79%
42% 60% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 47%
11% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 10% 11%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
47% 60% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 30% 37%
26% 30% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 40% 47%
32% 10% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 30% 21%
 
3.9 3.9 5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 5.2
4.4 4.5 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 4.2 4.1
3.1 3.3 2.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.7 1.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.6 11.3 8.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.2 10.1
3.6 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.4 4.8
28% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 32% 33%
 
9.9 10 11 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13.2 9.9
4.2 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 4.7 3.2
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Ankaragücü have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in 1. Lig
  • Ankaragücü haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Kocaelispor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Kocaelispor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (8) in 1. Lig
  • Kocaelispor 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 Umraniyespor 19 13 3 3 35 15 9 7 1 1 18 7 10 6 2 2 17 8 20 42
2 Ankaragücü 19 12 3 4 30 14 9 7 2 0 16 5 10 5 1 4 14 9 16 39
3 BB Erzurumspor 19 11 4 4 33 22 11 9 1 1 26 12 8 2 3 3 7 10 11 37
4 Eyupspor 19 10 5 4 30 22 10 6 2 2 14 9 9 4 3 2 16 13 8 35
5 Bandrmaspor 19 10 2 7 31 19 10 5 1 4 15 11 9 5 1 3 16 8 12 32
6 Istanbulspor 19 9 3 7 29 25 9 6 1 2 16 10 10 3 2 5 13 15 4 30
7 Adanaspor 19 8 5 6 23 20 10 6 3 1 16 9 9 2 2 5 7 11 3 29
8 Samsunspor 18 7 6 5 26 23 10 5 5 0 15 7 8 2 1 5 11 16 3 27
9 Genclerbirligi 19 8 2 9 23 26 9 5 0 4 14 12 10 3 2 5 9 14 -3 26
10 Boluspor 19 6 6 7 21 21 9 4 4 1 8 4 10 2 2 6 13 17 0 24
11 Tuzlaspor 19 6 6 7 19 19 9 3 4 2 10 8 10 3 2 5 9 11 0 24
12 Kocaelispor 19 7 3 9 19 23 10 6 1 3 14 11 9 1 2 6 5 12 -4 24
13 Keciorengucu 19 6 4 9 27 32 9 5 2 2 17 14 10 1 2 7 10 18 -5 22
14 Manisa BBSK 19 6 4 9 21 26 9 3 2 4 9 13 10 3 2 5 12 13 -5 22
15 Menemen Belediyespor 19 5 7 7 22 32 9 4 4 1 12 10 10 1 3 6 10 22 -10 22
16 Altnordu 19 7 1 11 26 38 11 6 0 5 16 18 8 1 1 6 10 20 -12 22
17 Bursaspor 19 5 4 10 23 31 9 3 2 4 13 15 10 2 2 6 10 16 -8 19
18 Denizlispor 19 5 4 10 19 29 9 3 1 5 10 15 10 2 3 5 9 14 -10 19
19 Balkesirspor 19 2 2 15 14 34 9 2 1 6 8 14 10 0 1 9 6 20 -20 8

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.