Open game expected at Gaziantep Stadyumu: Gazişehir Gaziantep vs Konyaspor preview

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Thu 09.July
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gaziantep Stadyumu (35558 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Gazişehir Gaziantep are in the 9th position while the guesting Konyaspor worry at 14th.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Super Lig.

Konyaspor are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Gazişehir Gaziantep form and stats

The story so far in the Super Lig for Gazişehir Gaziantep at their home stadium (Gaziantep Stadyumu) is 5 wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats. The home fans are hungry for more even though Gazişehir have been steadily collecting points here at Gaziantep Stadyumu through three straight draws.

Gazişehir enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Denizlispor's place. The match ended 1-0 with Güray Vural scoring. Before that, Gazişehir drew at home versus Antalyaspor.

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

There will be little rest for Gazişehir after this match as they are travelling to Kayserispor for a Super Lig game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Gazişehir in their home games so far, with 25 goals from 15 league matches. Gazişehir's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 18 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Konyaspor form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Konyaspor so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose). The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Konyaspor have lost on their last two travels.

Konyaspor won their last game, 1-0 versus Rizespor played at home. Prior to that match, the Konyaspor manager B. Korkmaz faced defeat when travelling to Besiktas and losing 0-3.

World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager B. Korkmaz when Farouk Miya scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 58th minute. The end of the last match, against Rizespor, was very satisfying as Farouk Miya scored the winning goal deep into overtime.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Konyaspor playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were two Konyaspor wins, seven draws and four defeats.

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

Konyaspor have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 15 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Konyaspor have conceded 24 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Gazişehir Gaziantep and Konyaspor have met before this season: Konyaspor - Gazişehir 0-0. Last seven meetings between the teams: Gazişehir won two, Konyaspor won three and two draws. zero games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

GazişehirO. Kayode
O. Kayode
10 goals
Gazişehir GaziantepP. Twumasi
P. Twumasi
6 goals
KonyasporF. Miya
F. Miya
6 goals

Gazişehir Gaziantep missing players

Konyaspor missing players

Gazişehir Gaziantep Konyaspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
30 15 5 Played P 5 15 30
9 5 2 Won W 1 3 6
11 6 2 Drew D 1 5 12
10 4 1 Lost L 3 7 12
42 25 8 Scored S 6 15 25
46 18 4 Conceded C 6 24 40
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 83%
87% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 73% 60%
47% 40% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 40%
27% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 27% 23%
23% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 13% 7%
67% 73% 60% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 47%
13% 13% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 20% 30%
23% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 27% 40%
 
5 5.3 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.2 2.9 3.7
5.6 5.1 5.4 Corners against (avg) C A 9 6.1 5.3
2.4 2.8 3.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.6 2.3 2.3
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 3 7
 
289 157 54 Total Shots T S 56 134 311
114 58 19 Shots on Target S O 18 44 105
37% 43% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 34% 24%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • All of Gazişehir Gaziantep's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Gazişehir Gaziantep haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Konyaspor has the fewest scored goals (25)
  • Konyaspor has the fewest scored goals in the second half (10)
  • Konyaspor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Konyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Konyaspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Istanbul Basaksehir 30 18 9 3 57 27 15 10 4 1 35 13 15 8 5 2 22 14 30 63
2 Trabzonspor 30 17 10 3 68 33 15 9 4 2 38 17 15 8 6 1 30 16 35 61
3 Sivasspor 30 15 9 6 50 33 15 10 4 1 25 11 15 5 5 5 25 22 17 54
4 Galatasaray 30 14 10 6 49 29 16 9 5 2 29 14 14 5 5 4 20 15 20 52
5 Besiktas 29 15 5 9 49 35 15 9 3 3 29 13 14 6 2 6 20 22 14 50
6 Fenerbahce 30 14 7 9 53 40 15 10 3 2 37 19 15 4 4 7 16 21 13 49
7 Alanyaspor 30 13 9 8 53 33 15 8 4 3 31 14 15 5 5 5 22 19 20 48
8 Goztepe 30 10 8 12 37 40 14 5 5 4 20 20 16 5 3 8 17 20 -3 38
9 Gazişehir Gaziantep 30 9 11 10 42 46 15 5 6 4 25 18 15 4 5 6 17 28 -4 38
10 Antalyaspor 30 9 10 11 35 48 15 4 5 6 19 27 15 5 5 5 16 21 -13 37
11 Kasimpasa 30 10 6 14 44 51 15 5 3 7 25 23 15 5 3 7 19 28 -7 36
12 Genclerbirligi 30 8 8 14 35 49 15 5 5 5 17 19 15 3 3 9 18 30 -14 32
13 Denizlispor 30 8 8 14 29 43 15 4 2 9 12 23 15 4 6 5 17 20 -14 32
14 Konyaspor 30 6 12 12 25 40 15 3 7 5 10 16 15 3 5 7 15 24 -15 30
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 30 7 8 15 43 46 15 4 4 7 22 20 15 3 4 8 21 26 -3 29
16 Rizespor 30 8 5 17 31 50 15 6 3 6 20 18 15 2 2 11 11 32 -19 29
17 Kayserispor 29 7 7 15 33 64 14 5 5 4 18 20 15 2 2 11 15 44 -31 28
18 Ankaragucu 30 5 10 15 27 53 15 3 4 8 14 29 15 2 6 7 13 24 -26 25

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.