Super Lig preview: Can Konyaspor edge out victory against Hatayspor?

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 11.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu (41981 seats)

Look at this exciting match in the Super Lig. Konyaspor is in the 2nd spot after playing five fixtures. They receive Hatayspor who are placed 17th after four games.

Insights:
  • Konyaspor have the most clean sheets (5) in Super Lig
  • Hatayspor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Super Lig

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.

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Konyaspor form and stats

OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Konyaspor's two home games in the Super Lig so far this season, having collected 4 points here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu.

Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Ibrahim Sehic not having conceded a league goal in 450 minutes.

A good away victory last time out for Konyaspor, who won 1-0 against Giresunspor (placed 11th). The home team have an in-form goalscorer in Demir, having scored in three games in a row. The goalie Šehić was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.0 out of ten. Šehić topped it up with a clean sheet.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Fenerbahce in a game that was won 1-0.

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 13 games) they have won 6 times, drawn 5 and lost 2.

Some betting-related information: This side have played 5 league rounds in a row with only one (or none) side scoring.

Konyaspor has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.

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Hatayspor form and stats

No Super Lig points yet away for Hatayspor, from their first 2 matches. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Hatayspor have lost on their last two travels.

Hatayspor's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Adana Demirspor that finished 1-1. Kardeşler had red hot gloves after the game against Adana Demirspor, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made. Ergun got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, top player of the team. Ergun scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 42 successful passes (of 47 total).

Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Kasimpasa's place.

Hatayspor are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Hatayspor have the goal stats of 0-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Konyaspor victories, one draw and one Hatayspor win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less. The matches between these teams sometimes lean towards being "violent", having seen 3 sending-offs from the last five encounters.

Top Goalscorers

KonyasporM. Demir
M. Demir
3 goals
KonyasporG. Sitya
G. Sitya
1 goals
KonyasporE. Çekiçi
E. Çekiçi
1 goals

Konyaspor missing players

Hatayspor missing players

Konyaspor Hatayspor
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 2 0 Played P 0 2 4
3 1 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
0 0 0 Lost L 0 2 3
6 1 0 Scored S 0 0 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 2 5
60% 50% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
20% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 50%
20% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
20% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 50%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 50%
 
3.6 2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3 3.2
5.4 3.5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 8 6
1.6 2.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 3
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 5.5 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8 10.5
4.4 3.5 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4.2
27% 14% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 12%
 
9.8 7.5 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.5 14.8
3.6 2.5 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 5 5.2
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Hatayspor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (0) in Super Lig
  • Konyaspor have the most clean sheets (5) in Super Lig
Konyaspor Last season Hatayspor
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
3 1   Played P   3 4
1 0   Won W   1 1
1 1   Drew D   1 1
1 0   Lost L   1 2
5 1   Scored S   3 4
2 1   Conceded C   5 8
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
67% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 75%
33% 0%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 75%
33% 0%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   33% 50%
0% 0%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 0%
33% 100%   BTTS BTTS   33% 50%
33% 0%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 25%
33% 0%   Failed to Score F T   33% 25%
 
2 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
6 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1 0   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   0 0
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
3 0   Shots (avg) S (   0 0
1 0   Shots on Target (avg) S O   0 0
0% 0%   Goal Efficiency G E   0% 0%
 
10 0   Shots against (avg) S A   0 0
4 0   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   0 0

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Besiktas 5 4 1 0 14 7 3 3 0 0 8 2 2 1 1 0 6 5 7 13
2 Konyaspor 5 3 2 0 6 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 5 0 6 11
3 Fenerbahce 5 3 1 1 15 6 3 2 1 0 9 5 2 1 0 1 6 1 9 10
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 4 3 1 0 8 0 3 3 0 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 10
5 Gazisehir Gaziantep 4 3 1 0 9 4 2 2 0 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 5 10
6 Adana Demirspor 5 3 1 1 10 7 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 1 1 1 6 7 3 10
7 Trabzonspor 5 3 1 1 6 5 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 10
8 Galatasaray 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
9 Kayserispor 5 2 0 3 4 5 2 2 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 5 -1 6
10 Antalyaspor 5 2 0 3 8 10 3 1 0 2 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 5 -2 6
11 Giresunspor 5 2 0 3 4 7 3 1 0 2 3 4 2 1 0 1 1 3 -3 6
12 Kasimpasa 5 2 0 3 3 11 2 1 0 1 1 6 3 1 0 2 2 5 -8 6
13 Alanyaspor 5 1 2 2 8 9 2 0 1 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 5 5 -1 5
14 Fatih Karagümrük 4 1 1 2 7 9 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 1 4 -2 4
15 Sivasspor 5 0 3 2 3 8 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 3
16 Istanbulspor 4 1 0 3 1 7 2 0 0 2 0 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 -6 3
17 Hatayspor 4 0 1 3 2 5 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 -3 1
18 Umraniyespor 5 0 1 4 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 3 4 -4 1
19 Ankaragücü 4 0 1 3 3 8 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 1 5 -5 1

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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.