Here's what we know about the Yeni Malatyaspor - Ankaragücü match:

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Malatya İnönü Stadyumu (25745 seats)

Yeni Malatyaspor hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 37 points and a 15th position in the Super Lig table. Visiting Ankaragücü holds 14th place with 38 pts.

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 Ankaragücü have to travel 1300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

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Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats

Yeni Malatyaspor have played 17 Super Lig games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-6-5 (wins-draws-losses).

The fans are hoping that Malatyaspor will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Super Lig game against BB Erzurumspor (placed 18th). Before that, Malatyaspor had a home game versus Alanyaspor which ended with a victory 1-0.

The defeat against BB Erzurumspor was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored five minutes into stoppage time (by G. Obertan).

This is expected to be a close game, with Yeni Malatyaspor perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Yeni Malatyaspor as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Malatyaspor has won four of these, drawn four and lost three.

There will be little rest for Malatyaspor after this match as they are travelling to Sivasspor for a Super Lig game in only four days.

Malatyaspor has scored 22 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Malatyaspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 19 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Ankaragücü form and stats

Ankaragücü have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-5-10 (17 played). Two points from the last two away games for Ankaragücü, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

Ankaragücü played 1-1 against Denizlispor in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Besiktas.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Ankaragücü in our archives, and the results are: one win for Ankaragücü, three draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Gazisehir Gaziantep in just four days.

Ankaragücü have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Ankaragücü struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 33 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Ankaragücü - Malatyaspor 3-1, played this season. Malatyaspor-Ankaragücü H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Yeni Malatyaspor two wins, Ankaragücü three wins, one draw. three of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MalatyasporA. Büyük
A. Büyük
12 goals
AnkaragücüT. Børven
T. Børven
10 goals
AnkaragücüJ. Paintsil
J. Paintsil
9 goals

Yeni Malatyaspor missing players

Ankaragücü missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Yeni Malatyaspor Ankaragücü
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 6 Played P 4 17 34
8 6 2 Won W 1 2 10
13 6 3 Drew D 2 5 8
13 5 1 Lost L 1 10 16
40 22 10 Scored S 3 17 42
46 19 7 Conceded C 3 33 54
94% 94% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
74% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 65% 68%
44% 35% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 47% 50%
32% 29% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 41% 32%
9% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 24% 18%
59% 53% 67% BTTS BTTS 50% 59% 59%
21% 29% 33% Clean Sheets C S 25% 18% 21%
26% 24% 17% Failed to Score F T 50% 35% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 3 5 6
 
8.8 8.5 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.5 7.2 8.9
3.2 3.2 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.5 3.2 3.9
37% 41% 48% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 31% 31%

  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 Ankaragücü 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

Table
  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 Ankaragücü 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

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