Balanced ball game between Yeni Malatyaspor and Gazişehir Gaziantep expected

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Competition: Turkey Super Lig
Competition: Sat 28.August
Match begins: 16:15 (UTC)
Venue: Malatya İnönü Stadyumu (25745 seats)

Yeni Malatyaspor prepare to battle it out with Gazişehir Gaziantep in this Super Lig game. All you should know about the match is found here!

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.

Gazişehir Gaziantep have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats

Yeni Malatyaspor's first Super Lig home game here at Malatya İnönü Stadyumu ended in defeat. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 5 defeats from 20 matches.

Malatyaspor are returning here after visiting Goztepe in a Super Lig game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Benjamin Tetteh scored the goal(s). Benjamin Tetteh, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.81 (out of 10). Tetteh scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 5 of 10 times.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Trabzonspor (1-5).

This is expected to be a close game, with 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 twelve games. Yeni Malatyaspor has won five of these, drawn four and lost three.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Yeni Malatyaspor at home in the league. 1 on target and 5 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Gazişehir Gaziantep form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Super Lig ended in defeat. Last season Gazişehir Gaziantep had these away match statistics: Played 20; won 5, drew 7 and lost 8.

Gazişehir Gaziantep's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Besiktas that finished 0-0. Günay Güvenç was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.63. The agile goalkeeper Güvenç stopped the opponent with three saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, the Gazişehir manager E. Bulut faced defeat when travelling to Fatih Karagumruk and losing 2-3.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Gazişehir Gaziantep playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were two Gazişehir wins, two draws and two defeats.

2 goals so far away for Gazişehir Gaziantep, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 1 league match away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Yeni Malatyaspor four wins, four draws and Gazişehir Gaziantep two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Yeni MalatyasporA. Büyük
A. Büyük
1 goals
MalatyasporB. Tetteh
B. Tetteh
1 goals
Gazişehir GaziantepP. Djilobodji
P. Djilobodji
1 goals

Yeni Malatyaspor missing players

Gazişehir Gaziantep missing players

Yeni Malatyaspor Gazişehir Gaziantep
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 1
1 1 1 Lost L 0 1 1
2 1 1 Scored S 0 2 2
5 5 5 Conceded C 0 3 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
50% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 50%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 50%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 50%
 
4.5 8 8 Corners for (avg) C F 0 1 3
3 2 2 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4 3
1.5 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
12.5 16 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 8.5
4.5 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5 3
22% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 40% 33%
Yeni Malatyaspor Last season Gazişehir Gaziantep
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
40 20   Played P   20 40
10 7   Won W   5 15
15 8   Drew D   7 13
15 5   Lost L   8 12
49 26   Scored S   22 59
53 22   Conceded C   27 51
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 92%
75% 75%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 78%
45% 35%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 52%
32% 25%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   30% 35%
8% 10%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
60% 60%   BTTS BTTS   55% 60%
20% 25%   Clean Sheets C S   30% 30%
25% 20%   Failed to Score F T   25% 18%
 
4.3 5   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5.2
5.5 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5 5
1.9 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.4
4 2   Red cards R C   3 5
 
9 9.1   Shots (avg) S (   8.5 9
3.3 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.7
37% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Altay 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 6 6
2 Fenerbahce 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 6
3 Konyaspor 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 6
4 Besiktas 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
5 Kasimpasa 2 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 4
6 Fatih Karagumruk 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
7 Trabzonspor 1 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 4 3
8 Galatasaray 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
9 Alanyaspor 2 1 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
10 Yeni Malatyaspor 2 1 0 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -3 3
11 Hatayspor 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Gazişehir Gaziantep 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 1
13 Adana Demirspor 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
14 Goztepe 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1
15 Antalyaspor 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 1
16 Kayserispor 2 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
17 Rizespor 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1
18 Sivasspor 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 İstanbul Başakşehir 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
20 Giresunspor 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -4 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 Besiktas 40 26 6 8 89 44 20 14 3 3 49 14 20 12 3 5 40 30 45 84
2 Galatasaray 40 26 6 8 80 36 20 12 6 2 45 17 20 14 0 6 35 19 44 84
3 Fenerbahce 40 25 7 8 72 41 20 11 2 7 34 25 20 14 5 1 38 16 31 82
4 Trabzonspor 40 19 14 7 50 37 20 11 3 6 30 24 20 8 11 1 20 13 13 71
5 Sivasspor 40 16 17 7 54 43 20 7 9 4 19 15 20 9 8 3 35 28 11 65
6 Hatayspor 40 17 10 13 62 53 20 10 4 6 35 23 20 7 6 7 27 30 9 61
7 Alanyaspor 40 17 9 14 58 45 20 12 4 4 42 21 20 5 5 10 16 24 13 60
8 Fatih Karagumruk 40 16 12 12 64 52 20 12 4 4 42 20 20 4 8 8 22 32 12 60
9 Gazişehir Gaziantep 40 15 13 12 59 51 20 10 6 4 37 24 20 5 7 8 22 27 8 58
10 Goztepe 40 13 12 15 59 59 20 8 5 7 35 27 20 5 7 8 24 32 0 51
11 Konyaspor 40 12 14 14 49 48 20 7 9 4 27 19 20 5 5 10 22 29 1 50
12 İstanbul Başakşehir 40 12 12 16 43 55 20 5 8 7 26 28 20 7 4 9 17 27 -12 48
13 Rizespor 40 12 12 16 53 69 20 7 7 6 27 30 20 5 5 10 26 39 -16 48
14 Kasimpasa 40 12 10 18 47 57 20 9 4 7 26 25 20 3 6 11 21 32 -10 46
15 Yeni Malatyaspor 40 10 15 15 49 53 20 7 8 5 26 22 20 3 7 10 23 31 -4 45
16 Antalyaspor 40 9 17 14 41 55 20 6 7 7 24 28 20 3 10 7 17 27 -14 44
17 Kayserispor 40 9 14 17 35 52 20 5 7 8 20 25 20 4 7 9 15 27 -17 41
18 BB Erzurumspor 40 10 10 20 44 68 20 2 8 10 18 30 20 8 2 10 26 38 -24 40
19 Ankaragucu 40 10 8 22 46 65 20 8 3 9 26 25 20 2 5 13 20 40 -19 38
20 Genclerbirligi 40 10 8 22 44 76 20 6 5 9 27 35 20 4 3 13 17 41 -32 38
21 Denizlispor 40 6 10 24 38 77 20 4 6 10 17 27 20 2 4 14 21 50 -39 28

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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.