3. Lig: Group 2 prediction and preview: Halide Edip Adıvar modest favorites to beat Tokatspor

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Competition: Turkey 3. Lig: Group 2
Competition: Wed 17.February
Match begins: 10:00 (UTC)
Venue: Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadı (4600 seats)

This match features two teams living in the basement of the 3. Lig: Group 2, Halide Edip Adıvar holding 16th place and Tokatspor lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.

Insights:
  • Tokatspor has the the worst goal difference (-21) in 3. Lig: Group 2

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Halide Edip Adıvar form and stats

Halide Edip Adıvar have played 9 3. Lig: Group 2 games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Kütahyaspor as A. Huy's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. A goal frenzy last time out for Halide, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Kütahyaspor. Fun stuff to watch!

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Halide have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost one.

Halide are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Lig: Group 2 match at Ağrı 1970 awaits in four days.

Halide has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Halide are not conceding a lot of goals here at Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadı in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 9 matches.

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Tokatspor form and stats

Tokatspor, who have the the worst goal difference (-21) in 3. Lig: Group 2, have only collected 5 points from their away games in the 3. Lig: Group 2, after 1-2-6 (9 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on M. Altinay, the Tokatspor manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Tokatspor lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.

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

Tokatspor are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 4 goals from 9 away games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Tokatspor rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 16 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Tokatspor - Halide 1-0.

Halide Edip Adıvar missing players

Tokatspor missing players

Halide Edip Adıvar Tokatspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
3 3 0 Won W 0 1 5
9 4 2 Drew D 1 2 4
6 2 0 Lost L 1 6 10
18 9 0 Scored S 0 4 14
27 8 0 Conceded C 1 16 35
83% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 89% 89%
72% 56% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 56% 63%
56% 56% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 47%
28% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 22% 26%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
56% 56% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 11% 37%
22% 44% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 22% 26%
39% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 78% 47%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0.4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1.2 0.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
2.7 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 2.5 1.7
1.3 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 1.2 0.8
78% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 14% 71%
Key stats in 3. Lig: Group 2 this season:
  • Halide Edip Adıvar have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Tokatspor have scored away.
  • Tokatspor has the the worst goal difference (-21) in 3. Lig: Group 2
  • Tokatspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nazilli Belediyespor 19 12 3 4 39 15 10 6 3 1 21 6 9 6 0 3 18 9 24 39
2 Fethiyespor 19 11 4 4 38 16 9 8 1 0 24 3 10 3 3 4 14 13 22 37
3 Kütahyaspor 18 10 5 3 34 17 9 5 3 1 19 8 9 5 2 2 15 9 17 35
4 Yomraspor 19 8 6 5 25 21 9 4 3 2 12 11 10 4 3 3 13 10 4 30
5 Darıca Gençlerbırlığı 19 7 8 4 20 18 10 5 3 2 12 8 9 2 5 2 8 10 2 29
6 Ceyhanspor 19 8 5 6 31 36 9 3 4 2 14 13 10 5 1 4 17 23 -5 29
7 Tepecikspor 19 6 8 5 28 21 9 4 4 1 17 9 10 2 4 4 11 12 7 26
8 Mardin BB 19 6 6 7 21 21 9 3 3 3 12 9 10 3 3 4 9 12 0 24
9 Erzin Belediyespor 19 7 3 9 18 30 9 3 1 5 9 14 10 4 2 4 9 16 -12 24
10 Kahta 02 Spor 19 5 8 6 22 17 9 4 4 1 17 6 10 1 4 5 5 11 5 23
11 Karaman Belediyespor 18 5 7 6 27 27 9 3 4 2 17 15 9 2 3 4 10 12 0 22
12 Ağrı 1970 19 6 4 9 13 25 10 5 3 2 10 8 9 1 1 7 3 17 -12 22
13 Cengelkoyspor 19 5 6 8 22 27 10 3 3 4 12 13 9 2 3 4 10 14 -5 21
14 Tekirdağspor 19 4 8 7 23 24 10 3 3 4 10 10 9 1 5 3 13 14 -1 20
15 Tokatspor 19 5 4 10 14 35 10 4 2 4 10 19 9 1 2 6 4 16 -21 19
16 Halide Edip Adıvar 18 3 9 6 18 27 9 3 4 2 9 8 9 0 5 4 9 19 -9 18
17 Yozgatspor 19 2 6 11 14 30 10 2 2 6 8 14 9 0 4 5 6 16 -16 12

Read more about 3. Lig: Group 2

The TFF Third League, also known as the TFF 3. Lig, is the fourth level of football in Turkey. It is divided into three divisions, each with 18 teams. The winner of each divisions promotes directly to the 2. Lig, while more promotions are settled through a playoff. The bottom three teams in each division are relegated.