Balanced ball game between Giresunspor and Göztepe expected

Giresunspor's stadium, Çotanak Stadyumu, has a grass surface. Göztepe have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Göztepe when playing on grass; 10 wins, 12 draws and 16 losses from 38 matches. They have scored 47 goals in these games and conceded 60.

It's quite the trip for Göztepe when visiting Giresunspor as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

Giresunspor form and stats

4-2-7 (win-draw-lost) are the Super Lig numbers at home for Giresunspor so far this season. When Giresunspor hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Yeni Malatyaspor, Kasimpasa, Antalyaspor, Rizespor, Giresunspor and Altay), they have won 3 of 5 matches! It's been an uphill battle for Giresunspor in their home games for quite some time now, as four matches in a row are lost here. Not since the Altay game have they avoided the disappointment of defeat.

Giresunspor lost their last game at Kayserispor (placed 9th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Midfield player Chiquinho got a match rating of 7.11 in that game, the max score being 10. Chiquinho hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 50 successful passes (of 57 total).

Ahead of that match, Giresunspor lost 1-2 at home to Fenerbahce.

This is expected to be a close game, with Giresunspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Giresunspor as a small favourite), we find eight games. Giresunspor has won five of these, drawn two and lost one.

On the other hand, Giresunspor have conceded 16 goals.

Göztepe form and stats

3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Göztepe playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Three has not been a lucky number for Göztepe as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Altnordu match.

Göztepe's previous game was their home loss versus Galatasaray (2-3). Attacker Ndiaye got a player rating of 8.13 in the game. "Man of the match" Ndiaye scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that game, the 1-2 loss visiting Hatayspor's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Göztepe in our archives, and the results are: one win for Göztepe, six draws and seven defeats.

Göztepe find the net regularly in their away games. 17 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Göztepe have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. When Göztepe is visiting a side on the bottom half, 4 of 5 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Yeni Malatyaspor, Kasimpasa, Antalyaspor, Rizespor, Göztepe and Altay.

Head 2 Head

The previous head to head game ended Göztepe - Giresunspor 0-1, played this season. Statistics for the former nine meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Giresunspor, three draws and two wins for Göztepe. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: seven games.

Top Goalscorers

P. Ndiaye 9 goals

F. Diabaté 6 goals

A. Jahović 4 goals

Giresunspor missing players

Göztepe missing players