This fixture involves two contenders living in the cellar of the Super Lig, Yeni Malatyaspor holding 19th position and Kayserispor sitting at 15th. A nice chance for one of the contenders to boost their situation.
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (14) in Super Lig
- Kayserispor have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Super Lig
Kayserispor have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Malatyaspor and Kayserispor.
Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats
With 2 Super Lig wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats from their home games, Yeni Malatyaspor are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Malatyaspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Rizespor (0-1). Büyük (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Büyük hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Alanyaspor that was lost 2-6.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 13 games. Yeni Malatyaspor has won five of these, drawn four and lost four.
The manager Şumudică will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Fenerbahce in only three days.
Malatyaspor are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 9 games. Yeni Malatyaspor are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (22 from 9 played).
Kayserispor form and stats
Kayserispor have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 1-2-6 (9 played). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Kayserispor are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Kayserispor played 0-0 against Gaziantep F.K. in their previous match. Hosseini, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.64. Hosseini won 5 of 7 duels.
A 2-4 defeat away at Besiktas before that.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Kayserispor playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were zero Kayserispor wins, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sivasspor in just four days.
Kayserispor have scored 10 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. For Kayserispor, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Yeni Malatyaspor-Kayserispor H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Malatyaspor three wins, Kayserispor two wins, three draws. three of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  M. Thiam 8 goals |   B. Tetteh 6 goals |  A. Büyük 3 goals |
Yeni Malatyaspor missing players
Kayserispor missing players
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Kayserispor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 7 |
| 14 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| 30 | 22 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 26 |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 59% | 78% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 78% | 82% |
| 35% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | 47% |
| 24% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 18% |
| 18% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| 29% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 56% | 53% |
| 29% | 22% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 53% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 24% |
| 4.2 | 5.2 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| 5.2 | 4.7 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 2.2 | 3.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8.5 | 9.7 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 6.4 | 8.5 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 21% | 31% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 39% |
| 12.4 | 12.6 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 14.9 | 14.4 |
| 5.7 | 6.3 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
- Kayserispor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Kayserispor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Kayserispor have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Super Lig
- Kayserispor haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Yeni Malatyaspor have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Yeni Malatyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals (14) in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the fewest scored goals in the second half (6) in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the most conceded goals (22) at home in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have the the worst goal difference (-11) at home in Super Lig
- Yeni Malatyaspor have won significantly more corners at 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 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 42 |
| 2 | Konyaspor | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 |
| 3 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Hatayspor | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 29 |
| 5 | Fenerbahce | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 28 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Adana Demirspor | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 26 |
| 8 | Sivasspor | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 25 |
| 9 | Besiktas | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| 10 | Fatih Karagumruk | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 25 |
| 11 | Galatasaray | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| 12 | Giresunspor | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Gaziantep F.K. | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 19 | -4 | 22 |
| 14 | Antalyaspor | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -4 | 21 |
| 15 | Kayserispor | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 20 |
| 16 | Altay | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Rizespor | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 32 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 23 | -16 | 16 |
| 18 | Goztepe | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -9 | 14 |
| 19 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | -16 | 14 |
| 20 | Kasimpasa | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 11 |