It's match week two of the Super Lig season and important points to play for. Check out our thorough preview of Gaziantep F.K.-Sivasspor!
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.
Gaziantep F.K. form and stats
Last season, Gaziantep F.K.'s league stats were 12 wins, 10 draws and 16 losses, leading to 15th position in the Super Lig. Over these 38 matches they scored {48 goals} and gave away 56. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Gaziantep F.K. managed 11-7-1 (win-draw-lost) with {35 goals} and 17 conceded.
Gaziantep F.K. lost their last game at Fenerbahce (placed 4th) after a 1-2 scoreline. M'Bakata was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.25 out of 10. The defender M'Bakata won 3 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Gaziantep F.K. lost 2-4 at Kasimpasa's place.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 9 games. Gaziantep F.K. has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Sivasspor form and stats
Let's have a look at how Sivasspor performed last season in the Super Lig: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 12 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 52 and conceded {50 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 4 and lost 8 with 24/29 goals scored/conceded.
Sivasspor's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Samsunspor that finished 1-1. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie seven games in a row for the away team? The correct answer is N'Jie and that is solid stuff! Midfield player Sáiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.82/10. Sáiz served one assist, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Kayserispor in the Club Friendlies 2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 7 similar matches played by Sivasspor in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sivasspor, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Gaziantep F.K.-Sivasspor H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Gaziantep F.K. two wins, Sivasspor four wins, four draws. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  A. Kızıldağ 1 goals |   C. N'Jie 1 goals |
Gaziantep F.K. missing players
Sivasspor missing players
| Gaziantep F.K. | Sivasspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 20 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Gaziantep F.K. | Last season | Sivasspor | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 5 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 43% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | ||
| 80% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 29% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 71% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 2.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 1.4 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 140% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 1.1 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hatayspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Kasimpasa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Adana Demirspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Fenerbahce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Trabzonspor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Konyaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sivasspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Samsunspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Istanbulspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kayserispor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Alanyaspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Besiktas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Fatih Karagumruk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Ankaragucu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Rizespor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Gaziantep F.K. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Antalyaspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Pendikspor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
