Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Sivasspor in 14th and Göztepe in 12th place.
- Sivasspor has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Super Lig
- Göztepe have not yet lost a game away.
It's no vacation for neither Sivasspor nor Göztepe as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
This stadium uses grass, unlike Göztepe's home stadium. The visitors last 31 games on grass have ended in 8 wins, 9 draws and 14 losses.
It's quite the trip for Göztepe when visiting Sivasspor as the cities are 1200 kilometers apart.
Sivasspor form and stats
The story so far in the Super Lig for Sivasspor, who have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Super Lig, at their home stadium (Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats. The Sivasspor manager R. Çalımbay might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Happy days for Sivasspor in their previous game, a Europa League match away at Qarabag that ended with a 3-2 victory. 1-1 away at Fatih Karagümrük before that.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Sivasspor matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and one defeat (from three games).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Sivasspor as they have a new game in only three days, a Europa League match thankfully also at home. Villarreal are visiting.
The lack of attacking qualities in Sivasspor means that they have only scored 1 goal in 4 league home games, less than half a goal per match. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 6 goals have been conceded.
Göztepe form and stats
The visitors are W0-D4-L0 on the road this term. That's in the Super Lig. It's been quite a sequence of draws for Göztepe when traveling as their last four away games have all ended all square. Not since the Yeni Malatyaspor match has the points been distributed unevenly.
Göztepe had fun at their own home (Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu) last time out, beating Krklarelispor 2-0. Guilherme and H. Akbunar scored. Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Ankaragucu in the Super Lig.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Göztepe playing away, we found four games. Results were one away win, one draw and two home wins.
Goals are few and far between in Göztepe's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. Göztepe are tight as a drum on their travels, having allowed the opposition only 2 goals away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Sivasspor, one draw and four wins for Göztepe. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Top Goalscorers
  H. Akbunar 3 goals | P. Ndiaye 3 goals |   M. Gradel 2 goals |
Sivasspor missing players
Göztepe missing players
| Sivasspor | Göztepe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 75% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 38% | 75% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8.4 | 7.2 | 6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.5 | 5.2 | 7.2 |
| 3.5 | 2.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 29% | 9% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 40% | 58% |
- Göztepe have not yet lost a game away.
- Göztepe have yet to win a game away.
- Sivasspor has the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Super Lig
- Sivasspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Sivasspor have yet to win a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Alanyaspor | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 20 |
| 2 | Fenerbahce | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Fatih Karagümrük | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 8 | Konyaspor | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| 9 | Rizespor | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 10 | Kasımpaşa | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Hatayspor | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 12 | Göztepe | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 13 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 14 | Sivasspor | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Trabzonspor | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 9 |
| 16 | Antalyaspor | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 9 |
| 17 | BB Erzurumspor | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Gençlerbirliği | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 20 | Denizlispor | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 5 |
| 21 | Ankaragucu | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 2 |