Giresunspor vs Altay: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Fri 17.December
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Çotanak Stadyumu

Giresunspor have delivered 3 home triumphs so far this season, Altay have won 2 away. Who enhances their records after this one?

Insights:
  • Giresunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Super Lig
  • Altay have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super Lig

Both participants have had enough rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's hope for an enthusiastic game!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1200 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Giresunspor form and stats

3 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Giresunspor have to build on here at Çotanak Stadyumu in the Super Lig. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Çotanak Stadyumu.

Giresunspor lost their last game at Adana Demirspor (placed 9th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Heartbreak for Giresunspor in their last match as Adana Demirspor's Stambouli scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Goalkeeper Okan Kocuk got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.12 out of ten. Kocuk stopped the opponent with four saves.

Before that game, the 3-1 home victory against Fatih Karagumruk.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Giresunspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won five times, drawn two and lost three.

The manager Keleş will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Istanbul Basaksehir in only four days.

Giresunspor has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Giresunspor have conceded only 7 goals.

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Altay form and stats

Altay have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-2-4 (8 played). Altay has drawn their two previous away games.

Altay's previous game was their home loss versus Hatayspor (1-2). César Pinares got a match rating of 7.13 in that game, top player of the team. Pinares scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 31 successful passes (of 34 total).

A 2-2 draw at Galatasaray's stadium before that.

Altay are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Altay are hosting Trabzonspor in the Super Lig only four days away.

Altay have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. Altay struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 14 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Giresunspor three wins, two draws and Altay five victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

AltayD. Bamba
D. Bamba
7 goals
GiresunsporF. Diabaté
F. Diabaté
5 goals
GiresunsporS. Doukara
S. Doukara
3 goals

Giresunspor missing players

Altay missing players

Giresunspor Altay
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
5 3 2 Won W 0 2 5
4 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
7 3 0 Lost L 1 4 8
15 8 4 Scored S 2 11 21
14 7 1 Conceded C 3 14 25
88% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
56% 62% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 81%
25% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 69%
12% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 12%
31% 38% 33% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 69%
38% 38% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 12%
44% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
4.7 5.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.6 4.4
4.2 3.4 5.7 Corners against (avg) C A 10 6.4 5.4
2.4 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.4 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
11.8 13 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.9 10.8
4.1 3.9 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 4.2
23% 26% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 35% 31%
 
8.4 7.9 6.3 Shots against (avg) S A 18.5 13.9 11.9
3.2 3.2 2.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.5 5.9 5.6
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Altay have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Altay have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Super Lig
  • Giresunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Super Lig
  • Giresunspor have the most matches under the total-line (10) 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 16 12 3 1 32 13 7 5 2 0 15 6 9 7 1 1 17 7 19 39
2 Konyaspor 16 8 6 2 27 14 8 5 3 0 15 6 8 3 3 2 12 8 13 30
3 Hatayspor 16 9 2 5 25 18 8 5 1 2 15 9 8 4 1 3 10 9 7 29
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 16 9 1 6 25 17 9 6 1 2 14 7 7 3 0 4 11 10 8 28
5 Fenerbahce 15 8 3 4 24 17 7 4 2 1 14 7 8 4 1 3 10 10 7 27
6 Alanyaspor 16 8 3 5 26 25 7 4 1 2 14 10 9 4 2 3 12 15 1 27
7 Besiktas 16 7 3 6 26 24 9 6 1 2 19 13 7 1 2 4 7 11 2 24
8 Galatasaray 15 6 5 4 21 19 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 2 4 2 11 12 2 23
9 Adana Demirspor 16 6 5 5 21 20 8 4 2 2 10 5 8 2 3 3 11 15 1 23
10 Fatih Karagumruk 16 6 4 6 23 25 8 3 3 2 13 11 8 3 1 4 10 14 -2 22
11 Antalyaspor 16 6 3 7 20 23 9 5 1 3 15 11 7 1 2 4 5 12 -3 21
12 Sivasspor 15 4 7 4 21 15 8 2 5 1 14 7 7 2 2 3 7 8 6 19
13 Giresunspor 16 5 4 7 15 14 8 3 2 3 8 7 8 2 2 4 7 7 1 19
14 Kayserispor 16 5 4 7 22 26 7 4 2 1 12 5 9 1 2 6 10 21 -4 19
15 Altay 16 5 3 8 21 25 8 3 1 4 10 11 8 2 2 4 11 14 -4 18
16 Gazisehir Gaziantep 15 5 3 7 18 23 7 5 2 0 13 4 8 0 1 7 5 19 -5 18
17 Goztepe 16 3 5 8 16 24 8 2 1 5 5 10 8 1 4 3 11 14 -8 14
18 Yeni Malatyaspor 16 4 2 10 14 29 9 2 1 6 11 22 7 2 1 4 3 7 -15 14
19 Rizespor 16 4 1 11 15 32 8 4 1 3 11 9 8 0 0 8 4 23 -17 13
20 Kasimpasa 16 2 5 9 15 24 8 2 3 3 11 11 8 0 2 6 4 13 -9 11

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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.