Super Lig: Sivasspor - Kasımpaşa pre-match thoughts and all the data

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 22.Oct
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Yeni Sivas 4 Eylül Stadyumu (27532 seats)

Sneaking up on the top sides is on the list when these mid-table sides duel. Both are trying to strenghten their league status, Sivasspor in 9th and Kasımpaşa in 8th spot.

Insights:
  • Sivasspor have yet to win a game at home.
  • Kasımpaşa have not yet lost a game away.

It's quite the trip for Kasımpaşa when visiting Sivasspor as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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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Sivasspor form and stats

When playing at home in the Super Lig, Sivasspor have managed 0 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 4 games.

A strong away win for Sivasspor against Pendikspor the last match, as Appindangoyé, Manaj and Barrow were on target. Finally, a league victory after five matches without one. Midfield player Barrow got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Barrow scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

Before that, Sivasspor drew at home versus Hatayspor.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Sivasspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 5 and lost 4.

Sivasspor have scored {3 league goals} here from 4 matches, not a lot. Sivasspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Kasımpaşa form and stats

Things could have gone better for Kasımpaşa in their Super Lig away matches, but 5 points from 3 games is all right.

The manager Özdeş was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadyumu. Kasımpaşa suffered a 0-2 loss to Fenerbahçe (placed 1st). That defeat was their first after three consecutive league rounds winning points.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Fatih Karagumruk with the score of 3-2.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kasımpaşa playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Kasımpaşa wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

Kasımpaşa struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 5 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - one - four (Sivasspor wins - draws - Kasımpaşa wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

KasımpaşaA. Kara
A. Kara
5 goals
SivassporS. Sáiz Alonso
S. Sáiz Alonso
3 goals
KasımpaşaM. Ben Ouannes
M. Ben Ouannes
3 goals

Sivasspor missing players

Kasımpaşa missing players

Sivasspor Kasımpaşa
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 2 Played P 1 3 8
2 0 0 Won W 0 1 3
4 3 1 Drew D 1 2 3
2 1 1 Lost L 0 0 2
10 3 2 Scored S 3 6 13
11 5 4 Conceded C 3 5 16
88% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 67% 88%
88% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 88%
38% 25% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 62%
38% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 67% 50%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 67% 50%
75% 75% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 75%
12% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 12%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 25%
 
4 4.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 7 2.7 4.5
5.9 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.3 5.6
3 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 2.1
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 9.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 18 11 12.5
4.6 4.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3 4
27% 18% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 60% 67% 41%
 
12.5 9.8 12 Shots against (avg) S A 14 13 14.5
4.2 3.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 4.3 5.1
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Kasımpaşa have not yet lost a game away.
  • Kasımpaşa have won significantly less corners away then 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 Fenerbahçe 8 8 0 0 20 3 4 4 0 0 14 3 4 4 0 0 6 0 17 24
2 Galatasaray 8 7 1 0 16 4 3 3 0 0 8 3 5 4 1 0 8 1 12 22
3 Adana Demirspor 8 5 2 1 19 9 5 5 0 0 14 3 3 0 2 1 5 6 10 17
4 Besiktas 8 5 1 2 12 9 4 3 1 0 7 2 4 2 0 2 5 7 3 16
5 Hatayspor 8 3 5 0 14 7 4 2 2 0 9 6 4 1 3 0 5 1 7 14
6 Rizespor 8 4 2 2 9 11 4 2 2 0 3 1 4 2 0 2 6 10 -2 14
7 Trabzonspor 8 4 0 4 15 11 4 3 0 1 8 4 4 1 0 3 7 7 4 12
8 Kasımpaşa 8 3 3 2 13 16 5 2 1 2 7 11 3 1 2 0 6 5 -3 12
9 Sivasspor 8 2 4 2 10 11 4 0 3 1 3 5 4 2 1 1 7 6 -1 10
10 Kayserispor 8 2 4 2 7 8 4 2 2 0 4 1 4 0 2 2 3 7 -1 10
11 Alanyaspor 8 2 4 2 8 10 5 2 2 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 1 5 -2 10
12 Ankaragücü 8 2 3 3 12 10 4 1 2 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 7 7 2 9
13 Antalyaspor 8 2 3 3 9 10 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 5 6 -1 9
14 Konyaspor 8 2 3 3 8 10 4 1 1 2 4 5 4 1 2 1 4 5 -2 9
15 İstanbul Başakşehir 8 2 1 5 5 11 4 1 0 3 3 5 4 1 1 2 2 6 -6 7
16 Fatih Karagumruk 8 1 3 4 7 9 4 0 2 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 4 4 -2 6
17 Gazisehir Gaziantep 8 2 0 6 6 15 3 1 0 2 3 6 5 1 0 4 3 9 -9 6
18 Pendikspor 8 0 4 4 8 17 4 0 2 2 5 10 4 0 2 2 3 7 -9 4
19 İstanbulspor 7 0 2 5 3 11 4 0 1 3 2 6 3 0 1 2 1 5 -8 2
20 Samsunspor 7 0 1 6 5 14 2 0 0 2 1 4 5 0 1 4 4 10 -9 1

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.