Fenerbahçe vs Altay preview: Away side in for a rough job at Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Wed 19.January
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi (50509 seats)

Super Lig: Top level against below average, at least according to the table. Fenerbahçe - Altay. Home victory or a surprise result?

Insights:
  • Fenerbahçe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Altay have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Super Lig

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Fenerbahçe form and stats

Fenerbahçe have played 10 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-3-2 (wins-draws-losses).

An away draw last time out for Fenerbahçe, facing Antalyaspor in a game that ended 1-1. Kadıoğlu was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.6 out of 10. The defender Kadıoğlu won 14 of 18 duels.

Before that game, the home loss against Adana Demirspor with the scoreline 1-2.

Fenerbahçe are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found 14 matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won nine, drew two and lost three.

There will be little rest for Fenerbahçe after this match as they are travelling to Sivasspor for a Super Lig game in only three days.

A decent goal production from Fenerbahçe in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 10 league matches. 11 goals have been conceded.

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Altay form and stats

Altay have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-2-7 (11 played). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Altay, who have now gone 14 games without a victory. The Besiktas game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since.

Karayel was the last player to score for the away team. Altay haven't scored a league goal in the last 327 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super Lig home defeat versus Alanyaspor with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Lis was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.1. The agile goalkeeper Lis stopped the opponent with five saves.

Prior to that match, the Altay manager Denizli faced defeat when travelling to Kayserispor and losing 0-1.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Konyaspor in just four days.

Altay are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Altay have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The most recent logged history featuring both these squads is the Altay - Fenerbahçe 0-2 played previously this season. Head to head totals (for the previous two meetings): Fenerbahçe won two games, zero matches ended with a tie and Altay have zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

FenerbahçeM. Özil
M. Özil
7 goals
AltayD. Bamba
D. Bamba
7 goals
FenerbahçeS. Dursun
S. Dursun
5 goals

Fenerbahçe missing players

Altay missing players

Fenerbahçe Altay
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 10 5 Played P 2 11 21
9 5 5 Won W 0 2 5
6 3 0 Drew D 1 2 3
6 2 0 Lost L 1 7 13
33 19 12 Scored S 1 12 23
26 11 2 Conceded C 3 20 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 91% 95%
95% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 73% 81%
57% 70% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 64% 62%
24% 30% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 45% 29%
5% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 10%
71% 70% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 64% 62%
24% 30% 60% Clean Sheets C S 50% 9% 10%
5% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 33%
 
4.8 5.7 6 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.5 4.6
3 2.5 2.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 6.4 5.2
2.2 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
12.5 14.5 14.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 9.2 10.5
5.5 5.9 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.4 4.1
28% 32% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 27%
 
9.2 7.6 6.6 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 13.2 11.7
3.5 3.2 2.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.9 5.7
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Fenerbahçe's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Altay have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Altay have the most matches over the total-line (12) in Super Lig
  • Fenerbahçe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fenerbahçe have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Fenerbahçe have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Fenerbahçe 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 21 15 5 1 38 15 10 7 3 0 18 6 11 8 2 1 20 9 23 50
2 Konyaspor 20 11 6 3 32 16 11 7 3 1 17 7 9 4 3 2 15 9 16 39
3 Hatayspor 21 11 2 8 32 28 10 6 1 3 20 14 11 5 1 5 12 14 4 35
4 İstanbul Başakşehir 20 10 4 6 30 20 10 7 1 2 17 8 10 3 3 4 13 12 10 34
5 Adana Demirspor 21 9 7 5 30 24 10 5 3 2 13 6 11 4 4 3 17 18 6 34
6 Fenerbahçe 21 9 6 6 33 26 10 5 3 2 19 11 11 4 3 4 14 15 7 33
7 Besiktas 21 9 5 7 33 30 11 8 1 2 22 14 10 1 4 5 11 16 3 32
8 Alanyaspor 21 9 5 7 32 32 10 4 3 3 17 15 11 5 2 4 15 17 0 32
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 21 9 4 8 27 28 10 8 2 0 21 8 11 1 2 8 6 20 -1 31
10 Sivasspor 21 7 9 5 28 21 11 3 7 1 17 9 10 4 2 4 11 12 7 30
11 Fatih Karagumruk 21 8 6 7 29 30 10 4 4 2 16 12 11 4 2 5 13 18 -1 30
12 Kayserispor 21 7 7 7 29 29 10 6 3 1 16 5 11 1 4 6 13 24 0 28
13 Galatasaray 21 7 6 8 26 28 10 5 2 3 13 9 11 2 4 5 13 19 -2 27
14 Giresunspor 21 7 4 10 20 21 11 4 2 5 11 11 10 3 2 5 9 10 -1 25
15 Antalyaspor 21 6 5 10 22 32 11 5 3 3 17 13 10 1 2 7 5 19 -10 23
16 Goztepe 21 5 6 10 24 29 11 3 2 6 10 12 10 2 4 4 14 17 -5 21
17 Kasimpasa 21 5 6 10 24 29 11 4 3 4 17 15 10 1 3 6 7 14 -5 21
18 Altay 21 5 3 13 23 35 10 3 1 6 11 15 11 2 2 7 12 20 -12 18
19 Rizespor 21 5 3 13 19 38 11 5 2 4 14 12 10 0 1 9 5 26 -19 18
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 21 4 3 14 17 37 11 2 2 7 14 26 10 2 1 7 3 11 -20 15

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.