Super Lig news and pre-match guide: Konyaspor small favourite to overwhelm Kasımpaşa

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Fri 18.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu (41981 seats)

A good game and three points is the only event that will please the Konyaspor fans in this Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu duel with Kasımpaşa, having a robust lead on their opponents in the Super Lig table.

Insights:
  • Konyaspor have the most clean sheets (11) in Super Lig
  • Kasımpaşa have won significantly less corners away then at home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Konyaspor form and stats

30 points is a decent return from 13 Super Lig games here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu for Konyaspor. The data says 9 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Konyaspor has recorded two wins in a row here at Konya Büyükşehir Belediye Stadyumu, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

No payout for Konyaspor in their previous match, an away game at Trabzonspor that ended in defeat 1-2. Midfield player Hadžiahmetović got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Hadžiahmetović served one assist, hit one key pass and had 58 successful passes (of 65 total).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Konyaspor handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, six draws and two defeats.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Konyaspor as they are travelling to their away game against Istanbul Basaksehir in the Super Lig. That match is four days after this one.

The Konyaspor fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 19 in 13 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 have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kasımpaşa form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Kasımpaşa so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-7 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Kasımpaşa's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Alanyaspor (placed 5th). Midfield player Fall was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Fall scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

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

The attacking power of Kasımpaşa when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 12 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Kasımpaşa have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Here's what happened when the participants played each other previously this season; Kasımpaşa - Konyaspor 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Konyaspor wins - draws - Kasımpaşa wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KasımpaşaU. Bozok
U. Bozok
11 goals
KonyasporS. Cikalleshi
S. Cikalleshi
6 goals
KonyasporE. Çekiçi
E. Çekiçi
4 goals

Konyaspor missing players

Kasımpaşa missing players

Konyaspor Kasımpaşa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
24 13 5 Played P 5 12 25
14 9 4 Won W 0 2 7
6 3 1 Drew D 1 3 7
4 1 0 Lost L 4 7 11
36 19 8 Scored S 2 10 32
18 7 1 Conceded C 7 16 34
92% 92% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 96%
58% 54% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 83% 88%
42% 38% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 33% 48%
25% 15% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 32%
8% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
46% 38% 20% BTTS BTTS 40% 50% 60%
46% 54% 80% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 20%
17% 15% 20% Failed to Score F T 60% 42% 24%
 
5 6.1 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 4.3 5.5
4.7 4.5 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.4 5.2 4.3
2.2 2.4 2.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.6 2.8 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
12 12.8 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 10.8 11.7
5 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.9 4.4
30% 31% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 13% 21% 29%
 
11 10.2 10.4 Shots against (avg) S A 9.2 9.2 9.2
4.3 4 3.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.8 3.8 4.2
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Kasımpaşa have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Konyaspor have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Konyaspor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Super Lig
  • Konyaspor have the most clean sheets (11) 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 25 18 6 1 44 18 13 9 4 0 22 8 12 9 2 1 22 10 26 60
2 Konyaspor 24 14 6 4 36 18 13 9 3 1 19 7 11 5 3 3 17 11 18 48
3 Adana Demirspor 24 11 7 6 38 26 11 6 3 2 18 6 13 5 4 4 20 20 12 40
4 Istanbul Basaksehir 24 12 4 8 34 23 12 8 1 3 20 10 12 4 3 5 14 13 11 40
5 Alanyaspor 25 11 7 7 44 36 12 5 4 3 24 16 13 6 3 4 20 20 8 40
6 Fenerbahce 25 11 7 7 38 30 12 6 3 3 21 13 13 5 4 4 17 17 8 40
7 Besiktas 24 10 7 7 35 31 12 8 2 2 22 14 12 2 5 5 13 17 4 37
8 Hatayspor 24 11 3 10 35 38 11 6 2 3 20 14 13 5 1 7 15 24 -3 36
9 Gazisehir Gaziantep 24 10 5 9 32 31 11 9 2 0 26 9 13 1 3 9 6 22 1 35
10 Kayserispor 25 9 8 8 36 36 12 8 3 1 21 8 13 1 5 7 15 28 0 35
11 Sivasspor 25 8 10 7 33 30 13 4 8 1 20 11 12 4 2 6 13 19 3 34
12 Fatih Karagumruk 25 9 6 10 30 39 12 5 4 3 17 13 13 4 2 7 13 26 -9 33
13 Galatasaray 25 7 8 10 30 35 13 5 3 5 16 15 12 2 5 5 14 20 -5 29
14 Kasımpaşa 25 7 7 11 32 34 13 5 4 4 22 18 12 2 3 7 10 16 -2 28
15 Antalyaspor 25 7 7 11 26 34 13 6 4 3 20 13 12 1 3 8 6 21 -8 28
16 Goztepe 24 7 6 11 28 33 13 4 2 7 12 15 11 3 4 4 16 18 -5 27
17 Giresunspor 25 7 5 13 23 28 13 4 2 7 13 16 12 3 3 6 10 12 -5 26
18 Rizespor 25 6 5 14 22 42 13 6 2 5 17 16 12 0 3 9 5 26 -20 23
19 Altay 25 6 4 15 26 38 12 3 2 7 11 16 13 3 2 8 15 22 -12 22
20 Yeni Malatyaspor 24 4 4 16 19 41 12 2 3 7 15 27 12 2 1 9 4 14 -22 16

Read more about Super Lig

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.