Super Lig match preview: Ankaragücü believed to be the weaker party when Fenerbahçe pays a visit

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Eryaman Stadyumu (22000 seats)

Struggling Ankaragücü will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Fenerbahçe in the upcoming league round. It’s 16th vs 5th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

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.

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Ankaragücü form and stats

Ankaragücü's struggle is real here at Eryaman Stadyumu with only 7 points collected from 10 Super Lig games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-4-5. Ankaragücü are slowly digging their own grave here at Eryaman Stadyumu with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Genclerbirligi match.

Ankaragücü are returning here after visiting Yeni Malatyaspor in a Super Lig game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Dever Orgill scored the goal(s). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Kasimpasa that ended 1-1.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Ankaragücü here at Eryaman Stadyumu in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (8 from 10 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 18 goals have been conceded.

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Fenerbahçe form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Super Lig travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.

There were no winners in Fenerbahçe's previous match, a Super Lig home game that ended 1-1 vs Alanyaspor (placed 3rd). Preceding that game was the away Turkish Cup victory against Krklarelispor with the score of 3-0.

Fenerbahçe have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Fenerbahçe have seen the ball go into their own net 14 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fenerbahçe - Ankaragücü 2-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's three Ankaragücü victories, one draw and six Fenerbahçe wins. eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

FenerbahçeV. Muriqi
V. Muriqi
12 goals
FenerbahçeM. Kruse
M. Kruse
6 goals
Ankaragücüİ. Parlak
İ. Parlak
5 goals

Ankaragücü missing players

Fenerbahçe missing players

Ankaragücü Fenerbahçe
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 10 1 Played P 1 11 21
3 1 0 Won W 0 4 11
8 4 0 Drew D 0 3 5
10 5 1 Lost L 1 4 5
18 8 0 Scored S 0 13 40
37 18 3 Conceded C 1 14 24
90% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 90%
76% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 73% 81%
57% 60% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 64% 62%
33% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 38%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 19%
57% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 64% 67%
19% 10% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 24%
33% 40% 100% Failed to Score F T 100% 27% 19%
 
3.2 3.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4.8 5.3
6.8 5.1 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 4.1 3.7
2.7 2.3 5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.4
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 5 6
 
217 112 11 Total Shots T S 23 139 353
68 32 2 Shots on Target S O 6 47 133
26% 25% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 30%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Ankaragücü have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
  • Ankaragücü have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Ankaragücü have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fenerbahçe has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (9)
  • Fenerbahçe has the most points from losing position (11)
  • Fenerbahçe have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Fenerbahçe have scored more than double the goals of Ankaragücü.

  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 20 12 5 3 45 20 11 7 2 2 29 12 9 5 3 1 16 8 25 41
2 Sivasspor 20 12 5 3 39 23 10 8 2 0 20 6 10 4 3 3 19 17 16 41
3 Alanyaspor 21 11 6 4 41 20 11 7 3 1 27 9 10 4 3 3 14 11 21 39
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 20 11 6 3 39 21 11 7 3 1 28 11 9 4 3 2 11 10 18 39
5 Fenerbahçe 21 11 5 5 40 24 10 7 2 1 27 10 11 4 3 4 13 14 16 38
6 Galatasaray 20 10 6 4 32 17 11 7 3 1 21 8 9 3 3 3 11 9 15 36
7 Besiktas 21 11 3 7 34 27 11 7 2 2 21 8 10 4 1 5 13 19 7 36
8 Goztepe 20 8 6 6 25 22 9 4 3 2 13 10 11 4 3 4 12 12 3 30
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 21 7 6 8 31 35 11 4 3 4 20 15 10 3 3 4 11 20 -4 27
10 Yeni Malatyaspor 20 6 6 8 34 29 9 3 2 4 16 11 11 3 4 4 18 18 5 24
11 Denizlispor 21 6 6 9 21 29 10 2 2 6 8 16 11 4 4 3 13 13 -8 24
12 Rizespor 20 7 3 10 21 30 11 5 1 5 14 13 9 2 2 5 7 17 -9 24
13 Genclerbirligi 21 5 6 10 30 39 11 3 4 4 13 15 10 2 2 6 17 24 -9 21
14 Konyaspor 21 4 8 9 16 27 10 1 5 4 5 11 11 3 3 5 11 16 -11 20
15 Antalyaspor 20 4 6 10 18 36 10 1 4 5 10 21 10 3 2 5 8 15 -18 18
16 Ankaragücü 21 3 8 10 18 37 10 1 4 5 8 18 11 2 4 5 10 19 -19 17
17 Kasimpasa 20 4 4 12 28 43 9 1 2 6 14 19 11 3 2 6 14 24 -15 16
18 Kayserispor 20 2 5 13 19 52 9 2 3 4 9 15 11 0 2 9 10 37 -33 11

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.