Soccer betting preview: Fenerbahçe welcomes Trabzonspor in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 06.March
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi (50509 seats)

The Fenerbahçe & Trabzonspor head coaches Kartal and Avcı are both worrying about and looking forward to this crucial match in the higher regions of the Super Lig league table.

Insights:
  • Fenerbahçe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals (51) in Super Lig

It's quite the trip for Trabzonspor when visiting Fenerbahçe as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

Both contenders have had enough rest since their previous competitive action. Let's look for an animated fixture!

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Fenerbahçe form and stats

Fenerbahçe have played 13 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 7-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Happy days for Fenerbahçe in their previous game, a fixture away at Kasimpasa (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

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 Fenerbahçe have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won two, drawn one and lost four.

Fenerbahçe have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Ülker Stadyumu Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saracoğlu Spor Kompleksi with 23 goals in 13 league matches.

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Trabzonspor form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 10 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the Super Lig. In general it has been a productive period now for Trabzonspor as they haven't lost any of their last eleven games.

That result followed a home victory 3-2 versus Kayserispor in the Super Lig.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Trabzonspor playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were five Trabzonspor wins, one draw and zero defeats.

It's not easy to score on Trabzonspor as they have only conceded 10 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The duelists have fought before this season: Trabzonspor - Fenerbahçe 3-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - three - five (Fenerbahçe wins - draws - Trabzonspor wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

TrabzonsporA. Cornelius
A. Cornelius
12 goals
TrabzonsporA. Nwakaeme
A. Nwakaeme
9 goals
FenerbahçeS. Dursun
S. Dursun
8 goals

Fenerbahçe missing players

Trabzonspor missing players

Fenerbahçe Trabzonspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 2 13 27
13 7 0 Won W 1 10 20
7 3 1 Drew D 1 2 6
7 3 2 Lost L 0 1 1
42 23 3 Scored S 4 26 51
31 13 5 Conceded C 3 10 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
93% 92% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 77% 78%
56% 62% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 62% 56%
19% 23% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 23% 22%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
70% 62% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 59%
22% 31% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 41%
7% 8% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 4%
 
4.9 5.5 3.3 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.7 4.6
3.5 2.8 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.2 4.5
2.2 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 1.9
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 4
 
12.4 14.2 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 10.3 12.3
5.1 5.6 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 5.3
30% 32% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 45% 36%
 
9.6 7.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 20 13.4 12.4
3.9 3.5 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 4.2 4.4
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Fenerbahçe have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fenerbahçe haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Trabzonspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Trabzonspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Trabzonspor have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Trabzonspor have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the fewest conceded goals (20) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most clean sheets (5) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most points (32) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals (26) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals (51) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the most scored goals in the first half (29) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the the best goal difference (+16) away in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have the the best goal difference (+31) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Trabzonspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Trabzonspor is in the best form (5-1-0) in Super Lig

  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 27 20 6 1 51 20 14 10 4 0 25 10 13 10 2 1 26 10 31 66
2 Konyaspor 27 14 7 6 42 29 14 9 4 1 23 11 13 5 3 5 19 18 13 49
3 Istanbul Basaksehir 27 14 4 9 39 26 14 9 1 4 23 13 13 5 3 5 16 13 13 46
4 Fenerbahçe 27 13 7 7 42 31 13 7 3 3 23 13 14 6 4 4 19 18 11 46
5 Adana Demirspor 27 12 9 6 42 27 13 6 5 2 19 7 14 6 4 4 23 20 15 45
6 Besiktas 27 12 8 7 40 34 13 9 2 2 23 14 14 3 6 5 17 20 6 44
7 Alanyaspor 27 12 7 8 49 41 14 6 4 4 29 21 13 6 3 4 20 20 8 43
8 Hatayspor 27 13 3 11 42 43 13 8 2 3 27 17 14 5 1 8 15 26 -1 42
9 Fatih Karagümrük 27 11 6 10 33 40 13 6 4 3 18 13 14 5 2 7 15 27 -7 39
10 Kayserispor 27 10 8 9 40 40 13 9 3 1 23 9 14 1 5 8 17 31 0 38
11 Gazisehir Gaziantep 27 10 6 11 34 37 13 9 3 1 26 12 14 1 3 10 8 25 -3 36
12 Galatasaray 27 9 8 10 37 39 14 6 3 5 20 17 13 3 5 5 17 22 -2 35
13 Sivasspor 27 8 10 9 35 34 14 4 8 2 22 14 13 4 2 7 13 20 1 34
14 Antalyaspor 27 8 8 11 28 35 13 6 4 3 20 13 14 2 4 8 8 22 -7 32
15 Kasimpasa 27 7 8 12 37 40 14 5 4 5 23 20 13 2 4 7 14 20 -3 29
16 Giresunspor 27 8 5 14 27 31 14 5 2 7 16 17 13 3 3 7 11 14 -4 29
17 Goztepe 27 7 6 14 32 41 14 4 2 8 14 18 13 3 4 6 18 23 -9 27
18 Altay 27 7 4 16 29 41 13 4 2 7 14 18 14 3 2 9 15 23 -12 25
19 Rizespor 27 6 5 16 24 48 14 6 2 6 17 18 13 0 3 10 7 30 -24 23
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 27 4 5 18 22 48 13 2 3 8 16 29 14 2 2 10 6 19 -26 17

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.