The Super Lig league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Yeni Malatyaspor and Antalyaspor are placed 18th and 8th respectively.
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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats
The first Super Lig game here at Malatya İnönü Stadyumu resulted in a draw. Last season Yeni Malatyaspor's home game statistics were 4 victories, 4 draws and 9 defeats from 17 games.
No payout for Malatyaspor in their previous match, an away game at Trabzonspor that ended in defeat 1-3. Before that, Yeni Malatyaspor drew at home versus Göztepe.
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 Malatyaspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost three.
Early season league goal statistics from Yeni Malatyaspor's 1 home game: 1 goal, 1 conceded.
Antalyaspor form and stats
One match played away so far in the Super Lig for Antalyaspor and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses from 17 games.
Antalyaspor has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Besiktas for a Super Lig game that ended a draw (1-1). That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Genclerbirligi.
As mentioned above, Antalyaspor drew the match against Besiktas. Manager T. Tuna brought on Gokdeniz Bayraktar to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Antalyaspor in our archives, and the results are: one win for Antalyaspor, two draws and one defeat.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Antalyaspor has managed 1 goal and let in 1 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Last six meetings between the teams: Yeni Malatyaspor won one, Antalyaspor won four and one draw. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Büyük 2 goals |   B. Balcı 1 goals |  H. Özmert 1 goals |
Yeni Malatyaspor missing players
Antalyaspor missing players
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Antalyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.7 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 4 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | 14 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 8 | 17 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 22% | 100% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Last season | Antalyaspor | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Won | W | 6 | 11 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 6 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 9 | Lost | L | 5 | 11 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 51 | 22 | Conceded | C | 23 | 52 | ||
| 94% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 53% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 53% | 59% | ||
| 29% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 24% | 35% | ||
| 15% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 6% | 6% | ||
| 53% | 53% | BTTS | BTTS | 47% | 50% | ||
| 24% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 26% | ||
| 29% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 6 | ||
| 364 | 203 | Total Shots | T S | 176 | 397 | ||
| 148 | 77 | Shots on Target | S O | 71 | 149 | ||
| 30% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 28% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Fatih Karagümrük | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2 | Hatayspor | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | Alanyaspor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | BB Erzurumspor | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Göztepe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 | Besiktas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Antalyaspor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Fenerbahçe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Trabzonspor | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Kasimpasa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Sivasspor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Kayserispor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Genclerbirligi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Denizlispor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
| 19 | Ankaragücü | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 20 | Rizespor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 21 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -6 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 65 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 31 | 69 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 76 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 43 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 19 | 34 | 65 |
| 3 | Besiktas | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 59 | 40 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 62 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 17 | 60 |
| 5 | Alanyaspor | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 57 |
| 6 | Galatasaray | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 56 |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 12 | 53 |
| 8 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 49 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 29 | -1 | 46 |
| 9 | Antalyaspor | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 23 | -11 | 45 |
| 10 | Kasimpasa | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 53 | 58 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 33 | -5 | 43 |
| 11 | Göztepe | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 44 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 42 |
| 12 | Konyaspor | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 36 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 30 | -16 | 36 |
| 13 | Genclerbirligi | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 33 | -17 | 36 |
| 14 | Denizlispor | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 48 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -17 | 35 |
| 15 | Rizespor | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 37 | -19 | 35 |
| 16 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 44 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 29 | -7 | 32 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 26 | -25 | 32 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 40 | 72 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 48 | -32 | 32 |