Possible nail-biting contest in Tuzlaspor - İstanbulspor game

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Kocaeli Stadyumu (15462 seats)

1. Lig: Two sides in pretty good form get together for this fixture. İstanbulspor hold a small upper hand with their 5th place in the standings?

Insights:
  • Tuzlaspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor have the most scored goals in the second half (27) in 1. Lig

Tuzlaspor's stadium, Kocaeli Stadyumu, has a artifical turf surface. İstanbulspor have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for İstanbulspor when playing on artifical turf; 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses from nine matches. They have scored 15 goals in these games and conceded 11.

This is a game between neighbours, usually meaning more stress and significance.

Tuzlaspor have less rest than İstanbulspor in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a 1. Lig game only four days ago. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Boluspor.

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Tuzlaspor form and stats

The story so far in the 1. Lig for Tuzlaspor at their home stadium (Kocaeli Stadyumu) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.

Tuzlaspor enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Boluspor's place. The match ended 1-0 with Ezeh scoring.

Prior to that, an away loss at Keciorengucu.

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 four matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost one.

Tuzlaspor have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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İstanbulspor form and stats

6 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of İstanbulspor, who have the most scored goals (22) away in 1. Lig, playing as the away team in the 1. Lig this season. İstanbulspor has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Bandrmaspor.

İstanbulspor played 1-1 against Kocaelispor in their previous match.

Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at Balkesirspor.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eleven similar matches played by İstanbulspor in our archives, and the results are: two wins for İstanbulspor, five draws and four defeats.

İstanbulspor are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 22 times in 13 away games so far. As opposed to that, İstanbulspor have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these teams face each other this campaign, as the statistics show this recent fixture: İstanbulspor - Tuzlaspor 1-0. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - zero - four (Tuzlaspor wins - draws - İstanbulspor wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

İstanbulsporİ. Yılmaz
İ. Yılmaz
14 goals
İstanbulsporJ. Topalli
J. Topalli
5 goals
TuzlasporA. Yazar
A. Yazar
4 goals

Tuzlaspor missing players

İstanbulspor missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Tuzlaspor İstanbulspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
25 12 3 Played P 4 13 25
9 4 0 Won W 1 6 13
7 5 2 Drew D 1 2 4
9 3 1 Lost L 2 5 8
23 12 2 Scored S 5 22 41
23 11 5 Conceded C 6 16 29
92% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
52% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 77% 72%
28% 33% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 52%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 38% 28%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 23% 20%
36% 42% 67% BTTS BTTS 75% 54% 56%
32% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 31% 32%
40% 42% 33% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 16%
 
4.4 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.7 4.8
4.4 4.2 3 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.6 5
2 1.2 0.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.6 1.6
5 1 0 Red cards R C 1 3 3
 
9.5 11.3 13 Shots (avg) S ( 6.5 9.2 10.6
4 4.8 5.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.8 4.7
23% 21% 12% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 35% 35%
 
10.1 8 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 9.9 9.4
3.8 3.4 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.9
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Tuzlaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tuzlaspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in 1. Lig
  • Tuzlaspor have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • İstanbulspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • İstanbulspor have the most scored goals (22) away in 1. Lig
  • İstanbulspor have the most scored goals in the second half (27) 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 Ankaragucu 27 18 4 5 42 19 13 10 2 1 21 8 14 8 2 4 21 11 23 58
2 Ümraniyespor 26 16 4 6 46 26 13 10 2 1 28 13 13 6 2 5 18 13 20 52
3 Bandrmaspor 27 14 4 9 39 24 14 8 2 4 20 12 13 6 2 5 19 12 15 46
4 BB Erzurumspor 27 12 8 7 40 31 14 10 2 2 28 14 13 2 6 5 12 17 9 44
5 İstanbulspor 25 13 4 8 41 29 12 7 2 3 19 13 13 6 2 5 22 16 12 43
6 Eyüpspor 25 11 9 5 37 28 12 7 3 2 17 10 13 4 6 3 20 18 9 42
7 Samsunspor 26 10 9 7 43 34 14 7 6 1 26 12 12 3 3 6 17 22 9 39
8 Manisa BBSK 26 10 6 10 30 31 13 6 3 4 17 17 13 4 3 6 13 14 -1 36
9 Adanaspor 26 9 7 10 29 27 13 6 5 2 17 11 13 3 2 8 12 16 2 34
10 Boluspor 25 9 7 9 28 27 12 5 5 2 11 6 13 4 2 7 17 21 1 34
11 Tuzlaspor 25 9 7 9 23 23 12 4 5 3 12 11 13 5 2 6 11 12 0 34
12 Keciorengucu 26 9 7 10 33 35 13 7 4 2 22 16 13 2 3 8 11 19 -2 34
13 Genclerbirligi 26 10 3 13 31 41 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 2 7 13 21 -10 33
14 Kocaelispor 26 9 5 12 25 32 13 7 1 5 17 15 13 2 4 7 8 17 -7 32
15 Menemen Belediyespor 27 7 11 9 33 42 13 5 6 2 16 14 14 2 5 7 17 28 -9 32
16 Altnordu 27 9 1 17 30 51 15 7 0 8 18 27 12 2 1 9 12 24 -21 28
17 Denizlispor 26 7 6 13 25 39 13 5 2 6 15 18 13 2 4 7 10 21 -14 27
18 Bursaspor 24 6 6 12 26 35 12 4 3 5 14 16 12 2 3 7 12 19 -9 24
19 Balkesirspor 25 3 2 20 19 46 12 2 1 9 10 21 13 1 1 11 9 25 -27 11

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ankaragucu 27 18 4 5 42 19 13 10 2 1 21 8 14 8 2 4 21 11 23 58
2 Ümraniyespor 26 16 4 6 46 26 13 10 2 1 28 13 13 6 2 5 18 13 20 52
3 Bandrmaspor 27 14 4 9 39 24 14 8 2 4 20 12 13 6 2 5 19 12 15 46
4 BB Erzurumspor 27 12 8 7 40 31 14 10 2 2 28 14 13 2 6 5 12 17 9 44
5 İstanbulspor 25 13 4 8 41 29 12 7 2 3 19 13 13 6 2 5 22 16 12 43
6 Eyüpspor 25 11 9 5 37 28 12 7 3 2 17 10 13 4 6 3 20 18 9 42
7 Samsunspor 26 10 9 7 43 34 14 7 6 1 26 12 12 3 3 6 17 22 9 39
8 Manisa BBSK 26 10 6 10 30 31 13 6 3 4 17 17 13 4 3 6 13 14 -1 36
9 Adanaspor 26 9 7 10 29 27 13 6 5 2 17 11 13 3 2 8 12 16 2 34
10 Boluspor 25 9 7 9 28 27 12 5 5 2 11 6 13 4 2 7 17 21 1 34
11 Tuzlaspor 25 9 7 9 23 23 12 4 5 3 12 11 13 5 2 6 11 12 0 34
12 Keciorengucu 26 9 7 10 33 35 13 7 4 2 22 16 13 2 3 8 11 19 -2 34
13 Genclerbirligi 26 10 3 13 31 41 13 6 1 6 18 20 13 4 2 7 13 21 -10 33
14 Kocaelispor 26 9 5 12 25 32 13 7 1 5 17 15 13 2 4 7 8 17 -7 32
15 Menemen Belediyespor 27 7 11 9 33 42 13 5 6 2 16 14 14 2 5 7 17 28 -9 32
16 Altnordu 27 9 1 17 30 51 15 7 0 8 18 27 12 2 1 9 12 24 -21 28
17 Denizlispor 26 7 6 13 25 39 13 5 2 6 15 18 13 2 4 7 10 21 -14 27
18 Bursaspor 24 6 6 12 26 35 12 4 3 5 14 16 12 2 3 7 12 19 -9 24
19 Balkesirspor 25 3 2 20 19 46 12 2 1 9 10 21 13 1 1 11 9 25 -27 11

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