Tuzlaspor vs Akhisar Belediyespor: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 24.January
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Ümraniye Hekimbaşı Şehir Stadyumu (1600 seats)

The league table in 1. Lig tells a story about these teams so far, with Tuzlaspor leading Akhisar Belediyespor by 17 points. Match preview to follow:

Insights:
  • Tuzlaspor has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 1. Lig
  • Akhisar Belediyespor is in the worst form (0-0-6)

Tuzlaspor and Akhisar Belediyespor 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.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on artifical turf and that the visiting Akhisar Belediyespor have a different surface at their stadium (grass). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on artifical turf is 1-0-6 (win-draw-loss) from seven matches.

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Tuzlaspor form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 1. Lig games here at Ümraniye Hekimbaşı Şehir Stadyumu for Tuzlaspor. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Tuzlaspor haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 180 minutes ago. Aias Aosman scored that one.

The Tuzlaspor crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-5 to Istanbul Basaksehir here at Ümraniye Hekimbaşı Şehir Stadyumu in a Turkish Cup match. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Giresunspor (0-3).

Tuzlaspor were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.

The Tuzlaspor fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Akhisar Belediyespor form and stats

Akhisar Belediyespor have only collected 4 points from their away games in the 1. Lig, after 1-1-7 (9 played). Belediyespor are generally in trouble as the list of consecutive losses is growing into an ugly monster. Regardless of home/away, the visitors have now lost eight in a row. It's been 10 weeks since they last avoided defeat. (The Boluspor game.) It's all red in the travel logs of Belediyespor, having lost five matches in a row as the visiting team.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Umraniyespor wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Belediyespor as they have only managed to score 7 times from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. The Belediyespor manager M. Dilsöz has some worries about the defense as 19 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Akhisar Belediyespor - Tuzlaspor 0-0 played earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

TuzlasporR. Conceicao do Rosario
R. Conceicao do Rosario
6 goals
Akhisar BelediyesporI. Hadžić
I. Hadžić
5 goals
TuzlasporE. Özgenç
E. Özgenç
3 goals

Tuzlaspor missing players

Akhisar Belediyespor missing players

Tuzlaspor Akhisar Belediyespor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 4 9 17
9 5 2 Won W 0 1 3
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 4
5 2 0 Lost L 3 7 10
27 13 3 Scored S 3 7 13
24 11 0 Conceded C 7 19 25
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
76% 62% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 67% 53%
47% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 56% 41%
35% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 24%
24% 38% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 22% 12%
41% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 35%
35% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 24%
29% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 44% 53%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.8 3.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.5 8.9 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.3 8
4.4 4.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.2 2.9 3
36% 39% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 27% 25%
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Akhisar Belediyespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Akhisar Belediyespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Akhisar Belediyespor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Akhisar Belediyespor is in the worst form (0-0-6)
  • Tuzlaspor has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have scored more than double the goals of Akhisar Belediyespor.
  • Tuzlaspor 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 Giresunspor 17 10 5 2 25 13 9 6 2 1 16 6 8 4 3 1 9 7 12 35
2 Istanbulspor 17 10 4 3 37 19 9 6 3 0 26 12 8 4 1 3 11 7 18 34
3 Samsunspor 17 9 6 2 24 16 9 6 2 1 15 8 8 3 4 1 9 8 8 33
4 Altay 17 10 2 5 30 16 9 6 2 1 20 7 8 4 0 4 10 9 14 32
5 Adana Demirspor 17 9 4 4 30 16 9 5 4 0 19 7 8 4 0 4 11 9 14 31
6 Tuzlaspor 17 9 3 5 27 24 8 5 1 2 13 11 9 4 2 3 14 13 3 30
7 Keçiörengücü 17 8 4 5 22 13 9 5 1 3 13 5 8 3 3 2 9 8 9 28
8 Altnordu 17 8 4 5 22 22 8 5 1 2 10 7 9 3 3 3 12 15 0 28
9 Bursaspor 17 8 3 6 31 27 8 5 0 3 16 12 9 3 3 3 15 15 4 27
10 Bandrmaspor 17 7 3 7 22 19 9 4 2 3 10 10 8 3 1 4 12 9 3 24
11 Umraniyespor 17 5 5 7 18 26 9 3 2 4 9 13 8 2 3 3 9 13 -8 20
12 Boluspor 17 5 4 8 18 20 8 2 1 5 5 8 9 3 3 3 13 12 -2 19
13 Menemen Belediyespor 17 4 7 6 19 25 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 2 5 2 10 11 -6 19
14 Adanaspor 17 5 3 9 23 25 8 2 1 5 13 17 9 3 2 4 10 8 -2 18
15 Balıkesirspor 17 4 4 9 16 28 8 2 3 3 9 12 9 2 1 6 7 16 -12 16
16 Akhisar Belediyespor 17 3 4 10 13 25 8 2 3 3 6 6 9 1 1 7 7 19 -12 13
17 Osmanlspor 17 2 3 12 12 31 8 1 3 4 6 11 9 1 0 8 6 20 -19 9
18 Eskisehirspor 17 0 6 11 10 34 9 0 4 5 5 13 8 0 2 6 5 21 -24 3

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.