The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Sakaryaspor are in the 9th position while the guesting Elazığspor worry at 15th.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
It's quite the trip for Elazığspor when visiting Sakaryaspor as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.
Sakaryaspor form and stats
Sakaryaspor have collected 15 points from their 2. Lig: Kirmizi home games so far after 4-3-1. There’s a good atmosphere here at Sakarya Atatürk Stadium after three straight home wins.
In their previous game, the manager Ş. Yıldırım led his Sakaryaspor to a defeat in the 2. Lig: Kirmizi match away at Ergene Velimeşespor. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Sakarya Atatürk Stadium. Before that match, a win away at Bayburt IOI.
Sakaryaspor were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A decent goal production from Sakaryaspor in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Sakaryaspor have conceded only 7 goals.
Elazığspor form and stats
Elazığspor have only collected 7 points from their away games in the 2. Lig: Kirmizi, after 2-1-5 (8 played).
The attacking players of Elazığspor have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 281 minutes.
There were no winners in Elazığspor's previous match, a 2. Lig: Kirmizi home game that ended 0-0 vs Bayburt IOI (placed 7th). Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Kastamonuspor.
Elazığspor are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 8 away goals from 8 games (in the league). The opposition has been scoring high and low on Elazığspor's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 20 goals in 8 travels.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Elazığspor - Sakaryaspor 1-0. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's 3 Sakaryaspor victories, 1 draw and 5 Elazığspor wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 5 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ünsal 6 goals |  Y. Hacımustafaoğlu 5 goals |   K. Bekmezci 4 goals |
Sakaryaspor missing players
Elazığspor missing players
| Sakaryaspor | Elazığspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 23 | 12 | 3 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 18 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 20 | 31 |
| 78% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 72% |
| 39% | 38% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 75% | 56% |
| 28% | 38% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 38% | 28% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 25% | 17% |
| 28% | 38% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 61% |
| 56% | 62% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 39% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 2.6 | 2.3 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.1 |
| 4.2 | 4.7 | 7 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.1 |
| 2.1 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 87 | 40 | 5 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 52 | 52 |
| 49 | 20 | 1 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 25 | 25 |
| 24% | 30% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 32% | 44% |
- Elazığspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Elazığspor have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Elazığspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Elazığspor have won significantly more corners away than at home.
- Elazığspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Ankara Demirspor | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Bandrmaspor | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 37 |
| 3 | Kastamonuspor | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 34 |
| 4 | Tuzlaspor | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 34 |
| 5 | Krsehir Belediyespor | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | Van BB | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 30 |
| 7 | Bayburt IOI | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -1 | 28 |
| 8 | Ergene Velimeşespor | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 27 |
| 9 | Sakaryaspor | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | Kahramanmaraşspor | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Sivas Belediyespor | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 24 |
| 12 | Etimesgut Belediyespor | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Utaş Uşakspor | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Bodrumspor | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Elazığspor | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 20 | -13 | 16 |
| 16 | Eyupspor | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 12 | -13 | 14 |
| 17 | Nigde Belediyespor | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 20 | -19 | 7 |
| 18 | Karabukspor | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 26 | -38 | 2 |