Alanyaspor - Hatayspor: Small difference between teams in Super Lig clash

It's no vacation for neither Alanyaspor nor Hatayspor as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Alanyaspor form and stats

When playing at home in the Super Lig, Alanyaspor have managed 4 wins, 3 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games. Two draws in a row at home now for Alanyaspor.

A strong away win for Alanyaspor against Altay the last match, as Akbaba and Aydın were on target. Marafona, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.02 out of 10 in that game. Marafona stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus İstanbul Başakşehir.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Alanyaspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won one, drawn zero and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Alanyaspor as they are travelling to their away game against Giresunspor in the Super Lig. That match is three days after this one.

A decent goal production from Alanyaspor in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 10 league matches. Alanyaspor have conceded 15 from these games.

Hatayspor form and stats

The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Super Lig.

Impressive finishing from Kamara, Diouf and Lobjanidze (2) secured the home win 4-2 against Galatasaray in their previous game. An insane game with lots of goals last time out for Hatayspor, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as exciting? The attacker Diouf got a match rating of 8.75 in that game. Diouf scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Prior to that match, the Hatayspor manager Erdogan faced defeat when travelling to Kasımpaşa and losing 1-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hatayspor playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were eight Hatayspor wins, three draws and six defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Rizespor in just three days.

Hatayspor have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 11 league away games 12 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Hatayspor have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these parties meet on the pitch this campaign, as the fixture list show this recent game: Hatayspor - Alanyaspor 5-0. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's one Alanyaspor victory, two draws and one Hatayspor win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

M. Diouf 8 goals

A. El Kaabi 8 goals

F. Diedhiou 7 goals

Alanyaspor missing players

Hatayspor missing players