2. Lig: Beyaz prediction and preview: Gümüşhanespor modest favorites to beat Kocaelispor

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Competition: Turkey 2. Lig: Beyaz
Competition: Wed 06.January
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gümüşhane Şehir Stadı

Struggling Gümüşhanespor will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Kocaelispor in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 6th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Gümüşhanespor has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 2. Lig: Beyaz
  • Kocaelispor is in the best form (5-0-1)

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Gümüşhanespor and Kocaelispor.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Kocaelispor, who are travelling more than 900 kilometers to play this game.

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Gümüşhanespor form and stats

Gümüşhanespor's results here at Gümüşhane Şehir Stadı in the 2. Lig: Beyaz have been very modest with 2 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. It's trouble wherever Gümüşhanespor are playing these days as they have suffered four straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways. The Gümüşhanespor manager E. Bölükbaş might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.

Gümüşhanespor's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Kahramanmaraşspor (placed 10th).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Gümüşhanespor handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are zero wins, one draw and three defeats.

A decent goal production from Gümüşhanespor in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Defensively there's plenty of potential for improvement as Gümüşhanespor have allowed the opposition to score 22 goals here at Gümüşhane Şehir Stadı.

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Kocaelispor form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Lig: Beyaz travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. Kocaelispor have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Momentum is building for Kocaelispor in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Kocaelispor play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-1 victory visiting Ankara Demirspor (placed 8th). Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Zonguldak Komurspor.

We have checked recent matches where Kocaelispor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those two games were two victories, zero draws and zero defeats.

Kocaelispor has another fixture away, a 2. Lig: Beyaz game, against 24 Erzincanspor in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!

Kocaelispor have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. In the opposite end, Kocaelispor have conceded 10 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Gümüşhanespor victory, three draws and one Kocaelispor win. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GümüşhanesporS. Kaya
S. Kaya
7 goals
KocaelisporB. Keser
B. Keser
5 goals
KocaelisporY. Bayrak
Y. Bayrak
4 goals

Gümüşhanespor missing players

Kocaelispor missing players

Gümüşhanespor Kocaelispor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
17 8 3 Played P 2 6 14
2 2 0 Won W 1 3 9
3 1 0 Drew D 1 1 2
12 5 3 Lost L 0 2 3
18 13 2 Scored S 1 6 20
42 22 9 Conceded C 0 10 13
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 83% 86%
82% 88% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 57%
76% 88% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
47% 62% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 21%
29% 62% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 7%
59% 75% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 29%
6% 12% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 57%
35% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 29%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.2 2.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.7 1.6
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
5.4 6.6 7 Shots (avg) S ( 12 8.7 9.5
2.8 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.5 4.2
44% 48% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 10% 29% 34%
Key stats in 2. Lig: Beyaz this season:
  • Gümüşhanespor has the most conceded goals (22) at home in 2. Lig: Beyaz
  • Gümüşhanespor has the most dropped points from leading position (13) in 2. Lig: Beyaz
  • Gümüşhanespor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Gümüşhanespor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gümüşhanespor have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Kocaelispor have scored away.
  • Gümüşhanespor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Kocaelispor has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4) in 2. Lig: Beyaz
  • Kocaelispor is in the best form (5-0-1)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manisa BBSK 18 15 3 0 56 14 9 6 3 0 29 7 9 9 0 0 27 7 42 48
2 Sarıyer 17 9 7 1 25 7 8 7 1 0 18 1 9 2 6 1 7 6 18 34
3 Duzyurtspor 16 10 3 3 34 15 8 5 1 2 18 8 8 5 2 1 16 7 19 33
4 24 Erzincanspor 16 9 5 2 28 14 7 6 0 1 19 8 9 3 5 1 9 6 14 32
5 Utas Usakspor 17 8 6 3 31 20 8 5 2 1 18 10 9 3 4 2 13 10 11 30
6 Kocaelispor 14 9 2 3 20 13 8 6 1 1 14 3 6 3 1 2 6 10 7 29
7 Amed SK 16 8 3 5 24 21 9 7 0 2 20 10 7 1 3 3 4 11 3 27
8 Ankara Demirspor 15 6 5 4 26 18 8 2 4 2 14 9 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 23
9 Sancaktepe Belediye 14 6 3 5 22 15 7 1 3 3 5 9 7 5 0 2 17 6 7 21
10 Kahramanmaraşspor 16 4 8 4 20 23 7 2 5 0 9 7 9 2 3 4 11 16 -3 20
11 Afjet Afyonspor 15 5 5 5 17 22 7 3 2 2 7 9 8 2 3 3 10 13 -5 20
12 Çorum Belediyespor 14 5 3 6 26 20 8 4 2 2 21 10 6 1 1 4 5 10 6 18
13 Zonguldak Komurspor 17 4 5 8 17 26 8 4 2 2 9 5 9 0 3 6 8 21 -9 17
14 Ergene Velimesespor 17 3 4 10 19 36 9 3 1 5 7 15 8 0 3 5 12 21 -17 13
15 Nigde Belediyespor 16 2 6 8 13 28 9 1 5 3 5 11 7 1 1 5 8 17 -15 12
16 Inegolspor 15 2 5 8 15 25 8 1 4 3 7 9 7 1 1 5 8 16 -10 11
17 Hacettepe 17 2 3 12 11 30 8 2 2 4 9 14 9 0 1 8 2 16 -19 9
18 Gümüşhanespor 17 2 3 12 18 42 8 2 1 5 13 22 9 0 2 7 5 20 -24 6
19 Sanlurfaspor 15 1 3 11 13 46 7 1 2 4 7 19 8 0 1 7 6 27 -33 3

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The TFF Second League, also known as the TFF 2. Lig, is the third level of the Turkish football league system. TFF stands for Turkish Football Federation. The 2. Lig has two divisions with 18 teams in each. In total, three teams are promoted while six are relegated.