1. Lig match preview: Yeni Malatyaspor believed to be the weaker party when Eyüpspor pays a visit

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Competition: Turkey 1. Lig
Competition: Sun 29.January
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yeni Hatay Stadyumu (25000 seats)

Yeni Malatyaspor played 2-2 result against Adanaspor last fixture, a match to keep in mind. The next task is this resolute Eyüpspor side.

Insights:
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in 1. Lig
  • Eyüpspor have the most clean sheets (12) in 1. Lig

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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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Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats

Yeni Malatyaspor's struggle is real here at Yeni Hatay Stadyumu with only 6 points collected from 9 1. Lig games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-5.

Yeni Malatyaspor shared the glory with Adanaspor in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Adanaspor as Emeksiz's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. A painful moment in the game against Adanaspor was the missed penalty kick from Akgün in the 15th minute. A goal there would obviously have changed the match and probably the outcome.

Ahead of that match, Yeni Malatyaspor lost 1-3 at home to Bodrumspor.

Malatyaspor have scored {5 league goals} here from 9 matches, not a lot. Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded 15 from these games. When Yeni Malatyaspor hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Altnordu, Denizlispor, Altay, BB Erzurumspor, Tuzlaspor and Genclerbirligi), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Eyüpspor form and stats

Playing away, Eyüpspor, who have the most clean sheets (12) in 1. Lig, have won 3 games, drawn 4 and suffered 2 defeats in the 1. Lig this season.

This game can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Samsunspor with 1-4 on the scoreboard.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Denizlispor with the score of 1-0.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Eyüpspor as they have only managed to score 6 times from 9 away games in the league. Eyüpspor are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Yeni Malatyaspor and Eyüpspor have met earlier this season: Eyüpspor - Malatyaspor 3-2. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - one - one (Yeni Malatyaspor wins - draws - Eyüpspor wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Yeni MalatyasporC. Akgün
C. Akgün
6 goals
Yeni MalatyasporH. Osman
H. Osman
5 goals
EyüpsporR. Babel
R. Babel
4 goals

Yeni Malatyaspor missing players

Eyüpspor missing players

Yeni Malatyaspor Eyüpspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 4 9 20
3 1 1 Won W 3 3 12
7 3 0 Drew D 1 4 5
10 5 3 Lost L 0 2 3
19 5 2 Scored S 4 6 27
33 15 10 Conceded C 0 6 15
90% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 67% 80%
70% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 44% 55%
55% 44% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 22% 40%
40% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 20%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
45% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 22% 35%
25% 22% 25% Clean Sheets C S 100% 67% 60%
40% 56% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 25%
 
4.5 5.9 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6.2 4.6 5.1
5.8 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.4 3.5
2.7 2.1 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.8 2.1
6 4 3 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
9.9 9.1 8 Shots (avg) S ( 11 9 11.1
4.4 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.1 4.2
22% 15% 13% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 21% 32%
 
10.6 9.4 12.2 Shots against (avg) S A 6.2 7 7.4
4.7 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 1.8 2.2
Key stats in 1. Lig this season:
  • Eyüpspor have the fewest conceded goals (6) away in 1. Lig
  • Eyüpspor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in 1. Lig
  • Eyüpspor have the fewest scored goals (6) away in 1. Lig
  • Eyüpspor have the most clean sheets (12) in 1. Lig
  • Eyüpspor have the most clean sheets (6) away in 1. Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in 1. Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have won significantly more 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 Eyüpspor 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 Keçiörengücü 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 Bandrmaspor 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 Goztepe 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 Altnordu 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 Genclerbirligi 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.