Season ticket holders at Malatya İnönü Stadyumu haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Yeni Malatyaspor languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Göztepe will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Göztepe play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Göztepe when playing on grass are 8 wins, 8 draws and 15 defeats from 31 matches. They have scored 28 goals and conceded 39 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Göztepe when visiting Yeni Malatyaspor as the cities are 1400 kilometers apart.
Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats
With 3 Super Lig wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Yeni Malatyaspor are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Yeni Malatyaspor who hasn’t won a league-game in their last eleven attempts. Their previous win was against Besiktas, 111 days ago. Yeni Malatyaspor are slowly digging their own grave here at Malatya İnönü Stadyumu with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in seven attempts. The last victory here came in the Kayserispor match.
Yeni Malatyaspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Kayserispor (1-2). Preceding that match was the home game against Trabzonspor that was lost 1-3.
The Yeni Malatyaspor fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Göztepe form and stats
5 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Göztepe playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Göztepe seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
The supporters enjoyed Göztepe's previous game versus Rizespor (placed 16th), a Super Lig 2-0 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Göztepe manager E. Parlatan faced defeat when travelling to Kasimpasa and losing 0-2.
The visiting Göztepe have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 15 goals from 14 games. As opposed to that, Göztepe have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Göztepe - Yeni Malatyaspor 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Yeni Malatyaspor victories, two draws and four Göztepe wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Bifouma Koulossa 6 goals |   S. Gürler 6 goals | H. Akbunar 5 goals |
Yeni Malatyaspor missing players
Göztepe missing players
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Göztepe | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 26 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 38 | 19 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 40 | 17 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 30 |
| 96% | 92% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 92% |
| 88% | 83% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 64% | 69% |
| 58% | 58% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 43% | 46% |
| 35% | 42% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 21% | 23% |
| 15% | 17% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 58% | 58% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 43% | 46% |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 29% | 31% |
| 23% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 36% | 31% |
| 4.6 | 5.1 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 291 | 156 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 98 | 234 |
| 123 | 62 | 21 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 33 | 88 |
| 31% | 31% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 45% | 35% |
- Yeni Malatyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Trabzonspor | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 59 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 31 | 53 |
| 2 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 25 | 53 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 50 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 49 |
| 5 | Besiktas | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 44 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 44 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 43 |
| 7 | Fenerbahce | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 40 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 37 |
| 9 | Gazisehir Gaziantep | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 31 |
| 11 | Antalyaspor | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -14 | 30 |
| 12 | Genclerbirligi | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 28 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Kasimpasa | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 38 | 50 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -12 | 26 |
| 14 | Konyaspor | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -12 | 26 |
| 15 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 25 |
| 16 | Rizespor | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 25 |
| 17 | Ankaragucu | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 22 | -22 | 23 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 62 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 42 | -34 | 22 |