Konyaspor manager Palut looking for three points in Giresunspor showdown

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Fri 04.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu (41981 seats)

Konyaspor - Giresunspor. 2nd spot welcomes 16th spot. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!

Insights:
  • Konyaspor have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Super Lig
  • Giresunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Super Lig

Konyaspor and Giresunspor should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Konyaspor form and stats

Konyaspor have performed here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu this season with 8 wins from 12 Super Lig matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 1.

The Konyaspor goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 204 minutes without conceding a goal in the Super Lig.

A strong away win for Konyaspor against Altay the last match, as Hassan were on target. Hassan, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the declared top player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.64 (out of 10). Hassan scored one goal and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Adana Demirspor.

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 Konyaspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won five times, drawn six and lost one.

Konyaspor are traveling soon after this match as the Turkish Cup match at Fatih Karagumruk awaits in four days.

The Konyaspor fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Konyaspor are not conceding a lot of goals here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 12 matches.

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Giresunspor form and stats

3-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Giresunspor in their Super Lig matches away.

Giresunspor might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Alanyaspor proved too strong as Giresunspor slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at Giresun Atatürk Stadyumu. Attacker Nayir got a player rating of 7.53 in the game. "Man of the match" Nayir scored one goal.

Before that, Giresunspor travelled to Trabzonspor and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

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

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Giresunspor's away games in the league this season with only 10 goals from 11 matches. The visitors have scored 10 goals from 11 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.

Head 2 Head

Giresunspor - Konyaspor 0-0 was the story when these squads last played each other, also in this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: two - three - two (Konyaspor wins - draws - Giresunspor wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 4 sending-offs from the last seven encounters.

Top Goalscorers

GiresunsporF. Diabaté
F. Diabaté
6 goals
KonyasporS. Cikalleshi
S. Cikalleshi
5 goals
KonyasporE. Çekiçi
E. Çekiçi
4 goals

Konyaspor missing players

Giresunspor missing players

Konyaspor Giresunspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
22 12 4 Played P 5 11 23
13 8 3 Won W 1 3 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 5
3 1 0 Lost L 3 5 11
34 18 7 Scored S 6 10 22
16 7 1 Conceded C 5 11 25
91% 92% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 91% 91%
59% 58% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 55% 61%
41% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 27% 30%
27% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 22%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
45% 42% 25% BTTS BTTS 40% 36% 39%
45% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 20% 36% 30%
18% 17% 25% Failed to Score F T 40% 36% 39%
 
5 6.1 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.5 4.6
4.7 4.7 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.1 5
2.2 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.5 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
12 12.7 8.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8.6 9.2 11
5 4.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.2 4.1 4.2
31% 32% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 22% 23%
 
11.1 10.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.8 11.2 9.8
4.3 4.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.5 4.2
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Giresunspor have the fewest scored goals in the first half (6) in Super Lig
  • Giresunspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Konyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Konyaspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Konyaspor have the fewest conceded goals (16) in Super Lig
  • Konyaspor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (7) in Super Lig
  • Konyaspor have the most clean sheets (10) in Super Lig
  • Konyaspor have the most points (27) at home in Super Lig
  • Konyaspor have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  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 23 16 6 1 41 17 11 7 4 0 19 7 12 9 2 1 22 10 24 54
2 Konyaspor 22 13 6 3 34 16 12 8 3 1 18 7 10 5 3 2 16 9 18 45
3 Alanyaspor 23 11 5 7 41 33 11 5 3 3 23 15 12 6 2 4 18 18 8 38
4 Adana Demirspor 23 10 7 6 35 25 11 6 3 2 18 6 12 4 4 4 17 19 10 37
5 Fenerbahce 23 10 7 6 36 28 11 6 3 2 21 12 12 4 4 4 15 16 8 37
6 Besiktas 23 10 6 7 35 31 11 8 1 2 22 14 12 2 5 5 13 17 4 36
7 Hatayspor 23 11 3 9 32 34 11 6 2 3 20 14 12 5 1 6 12 20 -2 36
8 Istanbul Basaksehir 22 10 4 8 31 23 11 7 1 3 18 10 11 3 3 5 13 13 8 34
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 22 9 5 8 27 28 10 8 2 0 21 8 12 1 3 8 6 20 -1 32
10 Sivasspor 23 7 10 6 30 24 12 3 8 1 18 10 11 4 2 5 12 14 6 31
11 Kayserispor 23 8 7 8 31 32 11 7 3 1 17 5 12 1 4 7 14 27 -1 31
12 Fatih Karagumruk 23 8 6 9 29 36 11 4 4 3 16 13 12 4 2 6 13 23 -7 30
13 Kasimpasa 23 7 6 10 30 31 12 5 3 4 20 16 11 2 3 6 10 15 -1 27
14 Goztepe 23 7 6 10 28 31 12 4 2 6 12 13 11 3 4 4 16 18 -3 27
15 Galatasaray 23 7 6 10 28 33 12 5 2 5 15 14 11 2 4 5 13 19 -5 27
16 Giresunspor 23 7 5 11 22 25 12 4 2 6 12 14 11 3 3 5 10 11 -3 26
17 Antalyaspor 23 6 6 11 23 34 12 5 4 3 17 13 11 1 2 8 6 21 -11 24
18 Rizespor 23 6 4 13 21 39 12 6 2 4 16 13 11 0 2 9 5 26 -18 22
19 Altay 23 5 3 15 24 38 11 3 1 7 11 16 12 2 2 8 13 22 -14 18
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 22 4 4 14 18 38 12 2 3 7 15 27 10 2 1 7 3 11 -20 16

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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.