Early betting action signal Pendikspor advantage versus Gençlerbirliği

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 28.January
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Pendik Stadyumu (5000 seats)

Pendikspor are enjoying their stay in the top table positions while Gençlerbirliği are more concerned with avoiding relegation. Who will get the points?

Insights:
  • Pendikspor have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (41) in 1. Lig

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Pendikspor form and stats

The 1. Lig statistics playing at home this season for Pendikspor are 4-3-2 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Happy days for Pendikspor in their previous game, a fixture away at Altay (placed 14th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Sweet to taste a league win after three games without one.

Before that, Pendikspor drew at home versus BB Erzurumspor.

The Pendikspor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 9 matches. Pendikspor are not conceding a lot of goals here at Pendik Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gençlerbirliği so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Gençlerbirliği, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Impressive finishing from Altıparmak, Demir, Torje, Alıcı and Akdemir secured the home win 5-1 against Boluspor in their previous game. That victory was so needed for this club, after a painful period of 17 league matches in a row not winning. As mentioned above, Gençlerbirliği was the only team on the pitch versus Boluspor in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task.

Prior to that match, the Gençlerbirliği manager Dalcı faced defeat when travelling to Altınordu and losing 1-2.

Observe that 9 of this team's 12 latest league matches have ended with three or more goals.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gençlerbirliği as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Gençlerbirliği have conceded 16 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams meet this season, as the records show this recent match: Gençlerbirliği - Pendikspor 1-2. Last three meetings between these teams: Pendikspor won one, Gençlerbirliği were winners in two and we saw zero draws. two games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

PendiksporL. Kappel
L. Kappel
7 goals
PendiksporA. Regattin
A. Regattin
7 goals
GençlerbirliğiG. Gül
G. Gül
6 goals

Pendikspor missing players

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Pendikspor Gençlerbirliği
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 2 Played P 2 10 20
9 4 1 Won W 0 1 2
7 3 1 Drew D 0 3 4
4 2 0 Lost L 2 6 14
29 11 2 Scored S 0 9 24
14 5 1 Conceded C 4 16 41
85% 78% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 95%
65% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 90%
40% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 60% 70%
15% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 35%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
40% 22% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 70%
45% 56% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 5%
30% 44% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 30%
 
4 4.1 3.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.6 3.5
3.2 2.9 0.5 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.5 4.8
1.9 1.6 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.6 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
8.7 9.6 10 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.6 9.1
3.6 3.9 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.5 3.8 3.8
40% 31% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 24% 32%
 
8.3 8.1 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 10.1 10.7
3.6 3.2 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 4.5 5.2
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals (41) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in 1. Lig
  • Gençlerbirliği have the most matches over the total-line (14) in 1. Lig
  • Pendikspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Pendikspor have the fewest conceded goals (14) in 1. Lig
  • Pendikspor have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in 1. Lig
  • Pendikspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) 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 Eyupspor 20 12 5 3 27 15 11 9 1 1 21 9 9 3 4 2 6 6 12 41
2 Samsunspor 20 10 8 2 34 17 10 6 3 1 19 9 10 4 5 1 15 8 17 38
3 Keciorengucu 20 10 6 4 32 23 10 5 3 2 14 13 10 5 3 2 18 10 9 36
4 Bodrumspor 20 10 5 5 32 20 11 5 4 2 21 10 9 5 1 3 11 10 12 35
5 Pendikspor 20 9 7 4 29 14 9 4 3 2 11 5 11 5 4 2 18 9 15 34
6 Rizespor 20 8 10 2 27 15 9 4 4 1 12 7 11 4 6 1 15 8 12 34
7 Bandırmaspor 19 9 7 3 31 24 9 5 3 1 13 8 10 4 4 2 18 16 7 34
8 Boluspor 20 9 6 5 24 22 11 7 3 1 17 7 9 2 3 4 7 15 2 33
9 Sakaryaspor 20 10 1 9 31 30 11 8 1 2 22 12 9 2 0 7 9 18 1 31
10 Manisa BBSK 19 7 7 5 24 24 10 4 5 1 14 11 9 3 2 4 10 13 0 28
11 Göztepe 19 8 3 8 18 16 9 4 2 3 10 6 10 4 1 5 8 10 2 27
12 Adanaspor 20 5 7 8 30 32 10 4 5 1 18 14 10 1 2 7 12 18 -2 22
13 Tuzlaspor 20 5 4 11 22 30 10 2 2 6 11 14 10 3 2 5 11 16 -8 19
14 Altay 19 5 6 8 22 29 10 3 3 4 12 14 9 2 3 4 10 12 -7 18
15 BB Erzurumspor 20 5 6 9 21 30 9 3 2 4 10 11 11 2 4 5 11 19 -9 18
16 Altınordu 20 4 4 12 18 34 10 2 2 6 7 19 10 2 2 6 11 15 -16 16
17 Yeni Malatyaspor 20 3 7 10 19 33 9 1 3 5 5 15 11 2 4 5 14 18 -14 13
18 Denizlispor 20 4 3 13 19 38 10 3 3 4 12 11 10 1 0 9 7 27 -19 12
19 Gençlerbirliği 20 2 4 14 24 41 10 1 1 8 15 25 10 1 3 6 9 16 -17 10

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.