The home crowds anticipate a win in this game, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a stumbling visitor. Altay are in 9th spot while the guesting Sivasspor panic at 14th.
- Altay have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Super Lig
- Sivasspor have scored in all their away matches so far.
The hosts Altay saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Turkish Cup. This match was also played here at Bornova Aziz Kocaoğlu Stadyumu. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Sivasspor have had more rest.
Sivasspor have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Altay form and stats
The total Super Lig stats playing at home this season for Altay are 3-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Altay has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager M. Denizli and the players.
Altay's previous game was a Turkish Cup match also played at home, ending 5-1 versus Derincespor. The home side are looking to build on that result. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Altay played a great game against Derincespor and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Heartbreak before that as Altay lost 1-2 at Yeni Malatyaspor's place.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 Altay have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won five, drawn zero and lost one.
The Altay fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 5 matches. Altay have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Sivasspor form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Super Lig.
Sivasspor delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Adana Demirspor (placed 10th) in their previous match; a Super Lig game. Midfielder Max Gradel was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.82. Gradel scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A draw for Sivasspor before that, at their own venue hosting Antalyaspor (2-2).So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Sivasspor playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were four Sivasspor wins, three draws and zero defeats.
Sivasspor have scored 4 goals on their travels this season, from 4 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Sivasspor have seen the ball go into their own net 5 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Bamba 5 goals |   D. Goutas 4 goals |  L. Kappel 2 goals |
Altay missing players
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| Altay | Sivasspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | 7 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 90% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 80% |
| 80% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 30% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 70% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 70% |
| 10% | 20% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 25% | 20% |
| 20% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.2 | 3.8 |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 12.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 9 | 8.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.4 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 3.7 |
| 39% | 32% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 25% | 38% |
- Altay have the most matches over the total-line (8) in Super Lig
- Altay have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Altay haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Sivasspor have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Sivasspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trabzonspor | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 24 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| 6 | Fatih Karagumruk | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Konyaspor | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Galatasaray | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 17 |
| 9 | Altay | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Adana Demirspor | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 11 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -2 | 12 |
| 13 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 12 |
| 14 | Sivasspor | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 15 | Kayserispor | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 11 |
| 16 | Giresunspor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Antalyaspor | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -5 | 9 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -5 | 8 |
| 19 | Kasimpasa | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -14 | 4 |