Super Lig match prediction: Little separates Gaziantep F.K. and Adana Demirspor in quality

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gaziantep Stadyumu (35558 seats)

Super Lig: Two contenders in decent shape get together for this match. Adana Demirspor could have a tiny edge with their 3rd place in the table?

Insights:
  • Gaziantep F.K. have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super Lig
  • Adana Demirspor have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Super Lig

Gaziantep F.K. and Adana Demirspor should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Gaziantep F.K. form and stats

Gaziantep F.K. have been very solid at home in the Super Lig so far, with 29 points collected from 11 matches (9-2-0). This has contributed greatly to their 9th position in the table. The Gaziantep fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Gaziantep Stadyumu and will expect new points from this game. Gaziantep F.K. has played twelve games in a row here without a defeat.

Gaziantep F.K. lost their last game at Istanbul Basaksehir (placed 4th) after a 0-2 scoreline. The striker Maxim bested all the other players in that game and was awarded a match rating of 8.02 out of 10. Maxim hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 44 total).

This is expected to be a close game, with Gaziantep F.K. perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gaziantep F.K. as a small favourite), we find 13 games. Gaziantep F.K. has won nine of these, drawn four and lost zero.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Gaziantep F.K. as they have a new game in only three days, a Super Lig match thankfully also at home. Yeni Malatyaspor are visiting.

Goals decide football matches and Gaziantep are scoring many of them at home; 26 on target from 11 league matches. Gaziantep F.K. have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Adana Demirspor form and stats

5-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Adana Demirspor in their Super Lig matches away.

There were no winners in Adana Demirspor's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Besiktas (placed 8th). Akaydın was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.0. The defender Akaydın scored one goal and won 13 of 17 duels.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Adana Demirspor in our archives, and the results are: six wins for Adana Demirspor, two draws and eight defeats.

Demirspor has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 20 goals from 13 games. In the opposite end, Adana Demirspor have conceded 20 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Adana Demirspor - Gaziantep F.K. 4-0 was the output when these participants last played each other, also in this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Gaziantep two wins, three draws and Adana Demirspor five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Adana DemirsporM. Barwuah Balotelli
M. Barwuah Balotelli
10 goals
Adana DemirsporB. Assombalonga
B. Assombalonga
8 goals
Adana DemirsporY. Akgün
Y. Akgün
7 goals

Gaziantep F.K. missing players

Adana Demirspor missing players

Gaziantep F.K. Adana Demirspor
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 11 4 Played P 4 13 25
10 9 4 Won W 0 5 11
5 2 0 Drew D 3 4 8
9 0 0 Lost L 1 4 6
32 26 9 Scored S 5 20 39
31 9 5 Conceded C 9 20 27
88% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
75% 82% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 92% 80%
46% 55% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 62% 44%
29% 45% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 32%
21% 36% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 8% 8%
46% 64% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 77% 56%
29% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 24%
38% 9% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 23% 24%
 
4.7 4.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.5 4.6
4.6 5.2 7.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 6.3 6.4
2.4 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.1 1.9
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
10.9 10.6 11.2 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 11.9 12.8
4.4 5.2 6.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5.4 5.7
30% 46% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 29% 27%
 
10.6 11.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11.2 12.5 11.4
4.5 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.8 5
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Adana Demirspor have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Adana Demirspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Adana Demirspor have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Super Lig
  • Adana Demirspor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Gaziantep F.K. have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Gaziantep F.K. have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Gaziantep F.K. have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Gaziantep F.K. have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Super Lig
  • Gaziantep F.K. have the most scored goals (26) at home in Super Lig
  • Gaziantep F.K. have the the best goal difference (+17) at home 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 25 18 6 1 44 18 13 9 4 0 22 8 12 9 2 1 22 10 26 60
2 Konyaspor 24 14 6 4 36 18 13 9 3 1 19 7 11 5 3 3 17 11 18 48
3 Adana Demirspor 25 11 8 6 39 27 12 6 4 2 19 7 13 5 4 4 20 20 12 41
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 24 12 4 8 34 23 12 8 1 3 20 10 12 4 3 5 14 13 11 40
5 Alanyaspor 25 11 7 7 44 36 12 5 4 3 24 16 13 6 3 4 20 20 8 40
6 Fenerbahce 25 11 7 7 38 30 12 6 3 3 21 13 13 5 4 4 17 17 8 40
7 Hatayspor 25 12 3 10 37 39 12 7 2 3 22 15 13 5 1 7 15 24 -2 39
8 Besiktas 25 10 8 7 36 32 12 8 2 2 22 14 13 2 6 5 14 18 4 38
9 Gaziantep F.K. 24 10 5 9 32 31 11 9 2 0 26 9 13 1 3 9 6 22 1 35
10 Kayserispor 25 9 8 8 36 36 12 8 3 1 21 8 13 1 5 7 15 28 0 35
11 Sivasspor 25 8 10 7 33 30 13 4 8 1 20 11 12 4 2 6 13 19 3 34
12 Fatih Karagümrük 25 9 6 10 30 39 12 5 4 3 17 13 13 4 2 7 13 26 -9 33
13 Galatasaray 25 7 8 10 30 35 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 2 5 5 14 20 -5 29
14 Kasimpasa 25 7 7 11 32 34 13 5 4 4 22 18 12 2 3 7 10 16 -2 28
15 Antalyaspor 25 7 7 11 26 34 13 6 4 3 20 13 12 1 3 8 6 21 -8 28
16 Goztepe 25 7 6 12 29 35 13 4 2 7 12 15 12 3 4 5 17 20 -6 27
17 Giresunspor 25 7 5 13 23 28 13 4 2 7 13 16 12 3 3 6 10 12 -5 26
18 Rizespor 25 6 5 14 22 42 13 6 2 5 17 16 12 0 3 9 5 26 -20 23
19 Altay 25 6 4 15 26 38 12 3 2 7 11 16 13 3 2 8 15 22 -12 22
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 24 4 4 16 19 41 12 2 3 7 15 27 12 2 1 9 4 14 -22 16

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.