Super Lig prediction and preview: Trabzonspor modest favorites to beat Fatih Karagümrük

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 24.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Medical Park Stadyumu (43223 seats)

Trabzonspor have performed better than Fatih Karagümrük so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Trabzonspor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Super Lig

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

These teams have little in common geographically as Fatih Karagümrük have to travel 1000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Trabzonspor are battling for top spots and have everything to play for.

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Trabzonspor form and stats

The story so far in the Super Lig for Trabzonspor at their home stadium (Medical Park Stadyumu) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Trabzonspor are splitting points both home and away, currently holding an interesting streak of five drawn games in a row. Two draws in a row at home now for Trabzonspor.

In the match before that, Trabzonspor hosted Hatayspor and drew the game 1-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Trabzonspor's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn one and lost one.

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

Trabzonspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. 22 goals have been conceded.

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Fatih Karagümrük form and stats

Fatih Karagümrük have only collected 17 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 3-8-6 (17 played). Visiting Karagümrük has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Fatih Karagümrük's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Goztepe that finished 1-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Galatasaray that ended 1-1.

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 Karagümrük playing away, we found three games. Results were one away win, two draws and zero home wins.

After this away game Karagümrük return home for a Super Lig game against Antalyaspor. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Karagümrük have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 19 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Karagümrük have conceded 24 goals in these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Fatih Karagümrük - Trabzonspor 1-2 entered in the official records.

Top Goalscorers

Fatih KaragümrükA. Ndao
A. Ndao
9 goals
TrabzonsporC. Ekuban
C. Ekuban
8 goals
Fatih KaragümrükA. Sobiech
A. Sobiech
7 goals

Trabzonspor missing players

Fatih Karagümrük missing players

Trabzonspor Fatih Karagümrük
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 5 17 34
16 8 4 Won W 0 3 13
12 3 1 Drew D 2 8 11
7 6 0 Lost L 3 6 10
42 24 11 Scored S 5 19 49
33 22 4 Conceded C 10 24 40
86% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 82% 91%
63% 71% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 71% 79%
34% 41% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 53% 53%
20% 35% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 41% 26%
6% 12% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 9%
54% 59% 80% BTTS BTTS 80% 65% 62%
37% 24% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 24% 29%
23% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.7 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.1 2.4
5 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 5
 
10.9 12.1 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.4 10.7 10
4.1 4.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 4.1 3.9
29% 29% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 28% 37%
Key stats in Super Lig this season:
  • Trabzonspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Trabzonspor have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (11) in Super Lig
  • Trabzonspor haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Besiktas 34 22 6 6 72 35 17 12 3 2 38 11 17 10 3 4 34 24 37 72
2 Fenerbahce 34 21 6 7 61 34 17 9 2 6 27 20 17 12 4 1 34 14 27 69
3 Galatasaray 34 20 6 8 66 33 17 9 6 2 38 15 17 11 0 6 28 18 33 66
4 Trabzonspor 35 16 12 7 42 33 17 8 3 6 24 22 18 8 9 1 18 11 9 60
5 Hatayspor 34 15 8 11 57 43 17 8 4 5 31 21 17 7 4 6 26 22 14 53
6 Alanyaspor 34 15 7 12 52 37 17 11 3 3 37 16 17 4 4 9 15 21 15 52
7 Gazisehir Gaziantep 33 13 12 8 49 39 17 10 6 1 31 15 16 3 6 7 18 24 10 51
8 Sivasspor 34 12 15 7 47 40 17 5 8 4 16 14 17 7 7 3 31 26 7 51
9 Fatih Karagümrük 34 13 11 10 49 40 17 10 3 4 30 16 17 3 8 6 19 24 9 50
10 Goztepe 35 12 11 12 51 48 17 8 4 5 33 23 18 4 7 7 18 25 3 47
11 Rizespor 34 10 12 12 44 54 17 7 7 3 25 21 17 3 5 9 19 33 -10 42
12 Antalyaspor 35 9 15 11 36 47 17 6 6 5 22 24 18 3 9 6 14 23 -11 42
13 Konyaspor 34 10 11 13 42 45 17 6 7 4 21 17 17 4 4 9 21 28 -3 41
14 Ankaragucu 34 10 8 16 42 54 17 8 3 6 25 21 17 2 5 10 17 33 -12 38
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 34 8 13 13 40 46 17 6 6 5 22 19 17 2 7 8 18 27 -6 37
16 Kasimpasa 34 9 10 15 37 50 17 7 4 6 20 23 17 2 6 9 17 27 -13 37
17 Kayserispor 34 8 11 15 26 43 17 4 6 7 13 20 17 4 5 8 13 23 -17 35
18 BB Erzurumspor 35 8 10 17 36 58 18 2 8 8 17 27 17 6 2 9 19 31 -22 34
19 Istanbul Basaksehir 33 8 9 16 36 53 17 4 6 7 24 27 16 4 3 9 12 26 -17 33
20 Genclerbirligi 34 8 8 18 34 60 17 4 5 8 20 29 17 4 3 10 14 31 -26 32
21 Denizlispor 34 6 9 19 32 59 17 4 5 8 15 21 17 2 4 11 17 38 -27 27

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.