Sakaryaspor will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 6 points behind Tuzlaspor.
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.
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Tuzlaspor have a different surface at their stadium (artificial turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 10-7-16 (win-draw-loss) from 33 matches.
Sakaryaspor form and stats
Sakaryaspor are steadily winning 2. Lig: Kirmizi games and points here at Sakarya Yeni Stadyumu. 5 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 9 games. Sakaryaspor has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Sakarya Yeni Stadyumu. We remember; it was Etimesgut Belediyespor.
Sakaryaspor manager Ş. Yıldırım and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Utas Usakspor (placed 13th) in the 2. Lig: Kirmizi. Before that, Sakaryaspor had a home game versus Elazığspor which ended with a victory 1-0.
The Sakaryaspor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 13 in 9 matches. From these home matches, Sakaryaspor have conceded only 7 goals.
Tuzlaspor form and stats
Playing away, Tuzlaspor have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 2 defeats in the 2. Lig: Kirmizi this season.
Two travels in a row for Tuzlaspor, whose manager could celebrate last time after the 2. Lig: Kirmizi win against Bayburt IOI. The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Kastamonuspor.
Tuzlaspor are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 14 times in 9 away games so far. Tuzlaspor are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 8 times in 9 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have met before this season: Tuzlaspor - Sakaryaspor 0-0.Top Goalscorers
  B. Ünsal 8 goals |   S. Baş 8 goals |  G. Türkdoğan 6 goals |
Sakaryaspor missing players
Tuzlaspor missing players
| Sakaryaspor | Tuzlaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | 13 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 14 | 30 |
| 19 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 80% | 78% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 89% |
| 55% | 44% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 74% |
| 35% | 33% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 44% | 47% |
| 25% | 33% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 22% | 21% |
| 20% | 22% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 11% | 11% |
| 30% | 33% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 33% | 37% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 56% | 53% |
| 35% | 22% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 21% |
| 2.8 | 2.7 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4 | 5 | 5.3 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4 | 3 | 2.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.7 | 5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2 | 2.3 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 116 | 58 | 1 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 34 | 138 |
| 64 | 30 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 8 | 17 | 67 |
| 22% | 23% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 59% | 34% |
- Sakaryaspor has the most matches under the total-line (13)
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 43 |
| 2 | Bandırmaspor | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 41 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 14 | 19 | 41 |
| 3 | Kastamonuspor | 20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 4 | Tuzlaspor | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 14 | 37 |
| 5 | Van BB | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 36 |
| 6 | Kırşehir Belediyespor | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Sakaryaspor | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 8 | Bayburt IOI | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | -4 | 29 |
| 9 | Ergene Velimeşespor | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 28 |
| 10 | Kahramanmaraşspor | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -6 | 28 |
| 11 | Etimesgut Belediyespor | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 27 |
| 12 | Sivas Belediyespor | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
| 13 | Utas Usakspor | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 25 |
| 14 | Bodrumspor | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -9 | 20 |
| 15 | Eyupspor | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | -15 | 17 |
| 16 | Elazığspor | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Niğde Belediyespor | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | -25 | 7 |
| 18 | Karabukspor | 20 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 29 | -45 | 2 |