Tuzlaspor vs Altay preview

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sat 24.December
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: 15 Temmuz Stadı (1920 seats)

15th- against 12th position might not seem all that inviting. But look: Here's the facts and figures that makes Tuzlaspor - Altay (even) more appealing!

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

The hosts Tuzlaspor saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Turkish Cup. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Ankaragücü.

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Tuzlaspor form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 1. Lig this season. Tuzlaspor have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at 15 Temmuz Stadı. Tuzlaspor has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Kocabıyık and the players.

Tuzlaspor haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 360 minutes ago. Sousa (own goal) scored that one.

The fans hope that Tuzlaspor will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away defeat in the Turkish Cup fixture against Ankaragücü.

Heartbreak before that as Tuzlaspor lost 0-1 at Manisa BBSK's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Tuzlaspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 1 and lost 1.

Tuzlaspor have scored {7 league goals} here from 8 matches, not a lot. Tuzlaspor have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Altay form and stats

As the visiting team in 1. Lig matches, Altay have produced an overall stat of 2-3-2 so far.

Altay lost away at Denizlispor (1-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Until that defeat this club had won at least a draw from seven league rounds in a row.

Before that, Altay secured a home win against Boluspor with the score 5-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Altay in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Altay, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Lacking goals? 10 of this club's last 13 league matches have contained two goals or less.

They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far). It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the former two meetings): Tuzlaspor won zero games, zero matches ended in a draw and Altay managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one.

Top Goalscorers

AltayM. Lopes Paixão
M. Lopes Paixão
10 goals
TuzlasporM. Nzuzi Mata
M. Nzuzi Mata
5 goals
TuzlasporS. Adeniyi
S. Adeniyi
4 goals

Tuzlaspor missing players

Altay missing players

Tuzlaspor Altay
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 1 Played P 4 7 16
4 1 0 Won W 1 2 5
4 2 0 Drew D 2 3 6
9 5 1 Lost L 1 2 5
17 7 0 Scored S 4 7 18
23 11 2 Conceded C 3 6 16
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 86% 88%
71% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 75%
35% 38% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 29% 25%
18% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 12%
12% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 6%
47% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 57% 50%
18% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 29% 31%
47% 50% 100% Failed to Score F T 25% 29% 31%
 
3.2 2.5 2 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3 2.9
4.4 3.9 8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4.7 4.8
2.1 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.4 2.4
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
8.6 6.4 3 Shots (avg) S ( 6.2 5.6 6.2
3.4 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 3.6 3.1
29% 28% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 37%
 
11.4 10.9 19 Shots against (avg) S A 7.8 9.4 9.1
4.4 4.9 9 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 4.1 4.1
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Altay have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Tuzlaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tuzlaspor have won significantly less corners at home than away.

  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 17 11 5 1 24 9 10 9 1 0 20 5 7 2 4 1 4 4 15 38
2 Samsunspor 17 7 8 2 26 14 8 4 3 1 15 7 9 3 5 1 11 7 12 29
3 Pendikspor 17 8 5 4 24 12 7 4 1 2 10 4 10 4 4 2 14 8 12 29
4 Bodrumspor 17 8 5 4 27 17 10 5 4 1 20 8 7 3 1 3 7 9 10 29
5 Rizespor 17 7 8 2 23 13 8 3 4 1 9 6 9 4 4 1 14 7 10 29
6 Keciorengucu 17 8 5 4 27 20 8 4 2 2 11 11 9 4 3 2 16 9 7 29
7 Bandrmaspor 17 7 7 3 22 21 8 4 3 1 9 7 9 3 4 2 13 14 1 28
8 Manisa BBSK 17 7 6 4 23 21 10 4 5 1 14 11 7 3 1 3 9 10 2 27
9 Boluspor 17 7 6 4 17 15 9 5 3 1 11 5 8 2 3 3 6 10 2 27
10 Sakaryaspor 18 8 1 9 28 29 10 7 1 2 20 11 8 1 0 7 8 18 -1 25
11 Goztepe 16 7 3 6 17 14 7 4 2 1 10 4 9 3 1 5 7 10 3 24
12 Altay 16 5 6 5 18 16 9 3 3 3 11 10 7 2 3 2 7 6 2 21
13 BB Erzurumspor 17 5 5 7 19 25 8 3 2 3 10 10 9 2 3 4 9 15 -6 20
14 Adanaspor 17 4 6 7 26 28 9 4 4 1 16 12 8 0 2 6 10 16 -2 18
15 Tuzlaspor 17 4 4 9 17 23 8 1 2 5 7 11 9 3 2 4 10 12 -6 16
16 Yeni Malatyaspor 17 3 6 8 16 25 8 1 3 4 4 12 9 2 3 4 12 13 -9 15
17 Altnordu 17 3 3 11 15 31 8 1 1 6 5 18 9 2 2 5 10 13 -16 12
18 Denizlispor 17 3 3 11 15 34 8 2 3 3 9 10 9 1 0 8 6 24 -19 12
19 Genclerbirligi 17 1 4 12 16 33 8 0 1 7 8 19 9 1 3 5 8 14 -17 7

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.