Kocaelispor fights Gençlerbirliği in 1. Lig face-off

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 24.October
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kocaeli Stadyumu (15462 seats)

Kocaelispor get everything set for this game after their 1-0 result vs Keçiörengücü, a game that produced some answers. How will this affect the battle against Gençlerbirliği?

Insights:
  • Kocaelispor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Kocaelispor and Gençlerbirliği should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Kocaelispor form and stats

The story so far in the 1. Lig for Kocaelispor at their home stadium (Kocaeli Stadyumu) is 4 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. After failing to beat Ümraniyespor here at Kocaeli Stadyumu, Kocaelispor has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A good away victory last time out for Kocaelispor, who won 1-0 against Keçiörengücü (placed 19th).

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Tuzlaspor in a game that was won 1-0.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Kocaelispor, as the Turkish Cup home game vs Bayburt IOI is only three days away.

Kocaelispor has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. 5 goals have been conceded.

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the 1. Lig.

Gençlerbirliği have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Ubeyd Adiyaman. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in 1. Lig.

Gençlerbirliği play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Balıkesirspor (placed 18th).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Balıkesirspor at their stadium, the result 2-0.

After this away game Gençlerbirliği return home for a Turkish Cup game against Pendikspor. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Gençlerbirliği have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 4 goals from 4 games. 4 goals have been conceded by Gençlerbirliği in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Kocaelispor victories, one draw and one Gençlerbirliği win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

KocaelisporD. Ndlovu
D. Ndlovu
6 goals
GençlerbirliğiB. Alıcı
B. Alıcı
3 goals
GençlerbirliğiB. Eleke
B. Eleke
3 goals

Kocaelispor missing players

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Kocaelispor Gençlerbirliği
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
8 5 3 Played P 1 4 8
5 4 3 Won W 0 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 2 2
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
8 7 4 Scored S 0 4 10
7 5 1 Conceded C 2 4 13
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 88%
50% 60% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 75%
38% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 25% 50%
12% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 40% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 38%
50% 40% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 38%
38% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 38%
 
3.8 4 0.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4 3.9
4.5 5 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5 7.5 5.9
2.4 3.2 3.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.8 2.8
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.8 10.2 8.7 Shots (avg) S ( 5 10.2 11.2
4 4.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.2 4.1
25% 30% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 30%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Kocaelispor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • 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 Ümraniyespor 9 6 3 0 17 3 4 3 1 0 7 2 5 3 2 0 10 1 14 21
2 Ankaragucu 9 6 3 0 17 5 4 2 2 0 6 3 5 4 1 0 11 2 12 21
3 BB Erzurumspor 9 6 0 3 15 10 5 4 0 1 12 6 4 2 0 2 3 4 5 18
4 Eyupspor 9 5 2 2 16 12 4 2 0 2 5 6 5 3 2 0 11 6 4 17
5 Kocaelispor 8 5 1 2 8 7 5 4 0 1 7 5 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 16
6 Bandırmaspor 9 5 0 4 15 10 4 2 0 2 5 5 5 3 0 2 10 5 5 15
7 Tuzlaspor 8 4 2 2 9 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 2 0 2 4 3 4 14
8 Samsunspor 8 3 2 3 14 14 4 2 2 0 8 4 4 1 0 3 6 10 0 11
9 Gençlerbirliği 8 3 2 3 10 13 4 2 0 2 6 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 -3 11
10 Menemen Belediyespor 9 3 2 4 12 17 5 3 1 1 8 7 4 0 1 3 4 10 -5 11
11 İstanbulspor 8 3 1 4 10 10 5 3 0 2 8 5 3 0 1 2 2 5 0 10
12 Denizlispor 9 3 1 5 9 12 5 2 0 3 6 9 4 1 1 2 3 3 -3 10
13 Altınordu 9 3 1 5 12 20 4 3 0 1 6 5 5 0 1 4 6 15 -8 10
14 Adanaspor 9 2 3 4 12 15 4 1 2 1 7 7 5 1 1 3 5 8 -3 9
15 Manisa BBSK 9 3 0 6 11 16 4 1 0 3 2 7 5 2 0 3 9 9 -5 9
16 Boluspor 8 2 2 4 8 9 3 1 2 0 3 1 5 1 0 4 5 8 -1 8
17 Bursaspor 8 2 2 4 10 13 5 2 1 2 8 9 3 0 1 2 2 4 -3 8
18 Balıkesirspor 8 2 0 6 6 13 4 2 0 2 3 4 4 0 0 4 3 9 -7 6
19 Keçiörengücü 8 1 1 6 5 12 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 0 0 4 2 7 -7 4

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.