Altay supporters put their faith in manager Özbalta to deliver victory against Yeni Malatyaspor

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 12.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)

Important face-off in the cellar of the Super Lig, with both Altay and Yeni Malatyaspor feeling more worry than happiness. This fixture is a classic "six-pointer" with the home side placed 18th and the visiting team in 20th place.

Insights:
  • Altay have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (23) in Super Lig

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Both squads have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's look for an animated match!

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Altay form and stats

4-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Altay, who have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Super Lig, so far this season.

Altay shared the glory with Fatih Karagümrük in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Goalkeeper Lis got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.94 out of ten. Lis topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Altay had a home game versus Gazisehir Gaziantep which ended with a victory 3-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Altay handle that role? We have found eleven games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, four draws and four defeats.

Altay are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 14 goals in 13 games. Altay have conceded 18 in these home matches. Altay has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Yeni Malatyaspor so far with only 8 points returning home. The records show 2-2-10 (win-draw-lose). Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

The fans enjoyed Yeni Malatyaspor's previous game versus Adana Demirspor (placed 6th), a 1-0 win played at home. Zeffane, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.85. Zeffane hit two key passes and won 5 of 6 duels.

Preceding that game, the 2-5 loss visiting Hatayspor's place.

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

Goals are few and far between in Yeni Malatyaspor's away league games. Only 6 goals from 14 travels. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 19 goals have been conceded by Yeni Malatyaspor in these games.

Head 2 Head

Yeni Malatyaspor - Altay 2-1 was the output when this pair of participants formerly did battle, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Altay two wins, one draw and Yeni Malatyaspor two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AltayD. Bamba
D. Bamba
7 goals
Yeni MalatyasporB. Tetteh
B. Tetteh
6 goals
AltayA. Mohamed
A. Mohamed
4 goals

Altay missing players

Yeni Malatyaspor missing players

Altay Yeni Malatyaspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 5 14 28
7 4 1 Won W 1 2 5
5 2 2 Drew D 0 2 5
16 7 0 Lost L 4 10 18
29 14 3 Scored S 2 6 23
41 18 2 Conceded C 6 19 48
89% 92% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 89%
71% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 40% 43% 61%
54% 54% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 21% 39%
25% 15% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 7% 21%
11% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 14%
54% 54% 67% BTTS BTTS 20% 14% 39%
18% 15% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 29% 25%
39% 38% 33% Failed to Score F T 60% 71% 46%
 
4.5 5.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 3 4
5.1 3.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.4 5
2.3 2.1 2.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.6 2
4 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.5 11.2 11.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.6 7.3 9
3.7 4.7 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.4 3.3 3.6
28% 23% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 13% 23%
 
12.3 10.4 11.3 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 13.2 13.1
5.6 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.6 5.8 5.8
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Altay have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Altay have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Yeni Malatyaspor have scored away.
  • Altay have the fewest scored goals (14) at home in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (23) in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (6) away in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (11) in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Super Lig
  • Yeni Malatyaspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 28 20 7 1 52 21 14 10 4 0 25 10 14 10 3 1 27 11 31 67
2 Konyaspor 28 15 7 6 44 29 15 10 4 1 25 11 13 5 3 5 19 18 15 52
3 Istanbul Basaksehir 28 14 5 9 41 28 14 9 1 4 23 13 14 5 4 5 18 15 13 47
4 Fenerbahce 28 13 8 7 43 32 14 7 4 3 24 14 14 6 4 4 19 18 11 47
5 Alanyaspor 28 13 7 8 51 42 14 6 4 4 29 21 14 7 3 4 22 21 9 46
6 Adana Demirspor 28 12 9 7 42 28 13 6 5 2 19 7 15 6 4 5 23 21 14 45
7 Besiktas 28 12 9 7 42 36 14 9 3 2 25 16 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 45
8 Hatayspor 28 13 4 11 44 45 13 8 2 3 27 17 15 5 2 8 17 28 -1 43
9 Fatih Karagümrük 28 11 7 10 33 40 14 6 5 3 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 27 -7 40
10 Kayserispor 28 10 8 10 41 42 14 9 3 2 24 11 14 1 5 8 17 31 -1 38
11 Gazisehir Gaziantep 28 10 7 11 36 39 14 9 4 1 28 14 14 1 3 10 8 25 -3 37
12 Galatasaray 28 9 8 11 37 41 14 6 3 5 20 17 14 3 5 6 17 24 -4 35
13 Antalyaspor 28 9 8 11 29 35 14 7 4 3 21 13 14 2 4 8 8 22 -6 35
14 Sivasspor 28 8 10 10 35 35 14 4 8 2 22 14 14 4 2 8 13 21 0 34
15 Kasımpaşa 28 8 8 12 40 42 14 5 4 5 23 20 14 3 4 7 17 22 -2 32
16 Giresunspor 28 9 5 14 29 32 14 5 2 7 16 17 14 4 3 7 13 15 -3 32
17 Göztepe 28 7 6 15 34 44 15 4 2 9 16 21 13 3 4 6 18 23 -10 27
18 Altay 28 7 5 16 29 41 13 4 2 7 14 18 15 3 3 9 15 23 -12 26
19 Rizespor 28 6 5 17 25 50 15 6 2 7 18 20 13 0 3 10 7 30 -25 23
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 28 5 5 18 23 48 14 3 3 8 17 29 14 2 2 10 6 19 -25 20

Read more about Super Lig

The Süper Lig is the top league in Turkish football. It has 18 teams who play a season from August to May, meeting each other home and away. After all fixtures have been played the final league table is ready and the champion of Turkey celebrated. The three bottom teams are relegated.