Super Lig match prediction and preview for Gençlerbirliği vs Göztepe clash

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Date: Sat 14.December
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)

Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Gençlerbirliği languishing in the 13th position so far. The guesting Göztepe will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

This stadium uses grass, unlike Göztepe's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses.

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Gençlerbirliği form and stats

With 1 Super Lig win, 3 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Gençlerbirliği are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Gençlerbirliği lost their last game at Fenerbahce (placed 2nd) after a 2-5 scoreline. In the match before that, Gençlerbirliği hosted Yeni Malatyaspor and drew the game 3-3.

A goal frenzy last time out for Gençlerbirliği, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Fenerbahce. Fun stuff to watch! Gençlerbirliği's goalkeeper Ertaç Özbir was extremely busy against Fenerbahce, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning 8 saves.

The Gençlerbirliği fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 7 matches. Gençlerbirliği have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Göztepe form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Göztepe playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Having won their last three away games Göztepe has no reason to fear anyone.

It's the second away game in a row for Göztepe, but there's smiles all around after the 3-1 victory versus Ankaragucu (placed 17th) in the Super Lig last time out. Prior to that result Göztepe won their away game at Fatih Karagumruk in the Turkish Cup. The scoreline was 2-1.

After this away game Göztepe return home for a Turkish Cup game against Fatih Karagumruk. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Göztepe have scored 7 goals on their travels this season, from 7 away games in the league. 7 goals have been conceded by Göztepe in these games.

Head 2 Head

Gençlerbirliği-Göztepe H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Gençlerbirliği 1 win, Göztepe 1 win, 0 draws. 2 of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

GençlerbirliğiB. Stancu
B. Stancu
9 goals
GençlerbirliğiG. Sio
G. Sio
6 goals
GençlerbirliğiCandeias
Candeias
3 goals

Gençlerbirliği missing players

Göztepe missing players

Gençlerbirliği Göztepe
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
14 7 4 Played P 1 7 14
3 1 0 Won W 1 3 5
5 3 2 Drew D 0 2 5
6 3 2 Lost L 0 2 4
22 7 4 Scored S 3 7 16
25 10 7 Conceded C 1 7 15
93% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 86%
86% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 57% 57%
64% 43% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 43% 43%
36% 14% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 14% 29%
29% 14% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 7%
71% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 43% 43%
14% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 43% 43%
21% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 29% 29%
 
4.9 4.4 5.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3 3.4 4.3
4 3.9 3.8 Corners Against (avg) C A 2 5.4 4.4
2.7 3.4 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.7
4 2 1 Red Cards R C 0 1 3
 
182 91 54 Total Shots T S 13 56 127
76 38 21 Shots on Target S O 6 19 50
29% 18% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 37% 32%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Göztepe 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 Sivasspor 14 9 3 2 29 13 7 6 1 0 15 4 7 3 2 2 14 9 16 30
2 Fenerbahce 14 7 4 3 28 16 7 5 1 1 21 8 7 2 3 2 7 8 12 25
3 Istanbul Basaksehir 13 7 4 2 21 13 7 4 2 1 15 7 6 3 2 1 6 6 8 25
4 Besiktas 13 7 3 3 19 14 7 5 2 0 13 3 6 2 1 3 6 11 5 24
5 Trabzonspor 13 6 5 2 24 14 7 4 2 1 14 7 6 2 3 1 10 7 10 23
6 Galatasaray 14 6 5 3 15 11 7 4 2 1 8 4 7 2 3 2 7 7 4 23
7 Alanyaspor 14 6 4 4 24 14 7 4 2 1 18 6 7 2 2 3 6 8 10 22
8 Yeni Malatyaspor 14 5 5 4 29 19 7 3 2 2 16 8 7 2 3 2 13 11 10 20
9 Göztepe 14 5 5 4 16 15 7 2 3 2 9 8 7 3 2 2 7 7 1 20
10 Denizlispor 13 5 2 6 13 14 6 2 0 4 5 6 7 3 2 2 8 8 -1 17
11 Rizespor 13 5 2 6 14 21 7 4 1 2 10 6 6 1 1 4 4 15 -7 17
12 Gazisehir Gaziantep 13 4 4 5 18 24 7 2 2 3 11 11 6 2 2 2 7 13 -6 16
13 Gençlerbirliği 14 3 5 6 22 25 7 1 3 3 7 10 7 2 2 3 15 15 -3 14
14 Konyaspor 13 3 4 6 13 20 6 1 3 2 5 7 7 2 1 4 8 13 -7 13
15 Kasimpasa 13 3 3 7 17 22 6 1 2 3 8 10 7 2 1 4 9 12 -5 12
16 Antalyaspor 13 3 3 7 12 23 6 1 2 3 7 13 7 2 1 4 5 10 -11 12
17 Ankaragucu 14 2 3 9 9 28 7 1 2 4 5 14 7 1 1 5 4 14 -19 9
18 Kayserispor 13 1 4 8 12 29 6 1 2 3 6 10 7 0 2 5 6 19 -17 7

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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.