With their 2 point advantage in the league table, Gençlerbirliği fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Kasımpaşa.
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.
Gençlerbirliği form and stats
When playing at home in the Super Lig, Gençlerbirliği have managed 5 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 14 games.
The fans are hoping that Gençlerbirliği will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Super Lig game against Kayserispor (placed 18th). Ahead of that match, Gençlerbirliği won a home game hosting Konyaspor (2-1).
This is expected to be a close game, with Gençlerbirliği perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Gençlerbirliği as a small favourite), we find five games. Gençlerbirliği has won two of these, drawn two and lost one.
Gençlerbirliği are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 14 games. On the other hand, Gençlerbirliği have conceded 17 goals.
Kasımpaşa form and stats
4-3-7 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Kasımpaşa in their Super Lig matches away. The fact that Kasımpaşa have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Kasımpaşa had fun at their own home (Eryaman Stadyumu) last time out, beating Fenerbahçe 2-0. Mame Thiam and Yusuf Erdoğan scored. Prior to that result Kasımpaşa won their away game at Yeni Malatyaspor. The scoreline was 2-1.
Goalkeeper Ramazan Köse was absolutely vital in the Kasımpaşa victory against Fenerbahçe, making six saves.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found eight similar matches played by Kasımpaşa in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Kasımpaşa, three draws and three defeats.
Kasımpaşa are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 14 games (in the league). The Kasımpaşa manager F. Çapa has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Kasımpaşa - Gençlerbirliği 1-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Gençlerbirliği, two draws and two wins for Kasımpaşa. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  B. Stancu 13 goals |  G. Sio 10 goals |   M. Thiam 9 goals |
Gençlerbirliği missing players
Kasımpaşa missing players
| Gençlerbirliği | Kasımpaşa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 14 | 28 |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 35 | 17 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 42 |
| 47 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 8 | 28 | 51 |
| 96% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 96% |
| 79% | 71% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 79% | 86% |
| 54% | 43% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 57% | 61% |
| 32% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 43% | 39% |
| 18% | 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 36% | 32% |
| 57% | 57% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 57% |
| 18% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 21% | 25% |
| 29% | 29% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 5.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.9 | 3.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 342 | 179 | 51 | Total Shots | T S | 26 | 144 | 323 |
| 138 | 74 | 24 | Shots on Target | S O | 11 | 50 | 127 |
| 25% | 23% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 34% | 33% |
- Kasımpaşa has the most conceded goals in the first half (29)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 26 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 28 | 59 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 33 | 58 |
| 3 | Sivasspor | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 50 | 31 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Galatasaray | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 47 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 51 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 29 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 49 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 50 |
| 6 | Fenerbahçe | 29 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 51 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 46 |
| 7 | Alanyaspor | 29 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 45 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 38 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 20 | -11 | 36 |
| 10 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 28 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 28 | -5 | 34 |
| 11 | Kasımpaşa | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | Gençlerbirliği | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 30 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 | Denizlispor | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -13 | 31 |
| 14 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 29 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 26 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Rizespor | 28 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -18 | 28 |
| 16 | Konyaspor | 29 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -16 | 27 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 29 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 49 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | -23 | 25 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 64 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 44 | -33 | 25 |