This match features two teams living in the basement of the Super Lig, Yeni Malatyaspor holding 13th place and Konyaspor lying 15th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Yeni Malatyaspor form and stats
The story so far in the Super Lig for Yeni Malatyaspor at their home stadium (Malatya İnönü Stadyumu) is 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. The season ticket holders are starting to dread their visits here at Malatya İnönü Stadyumu, with the home team losing four in a row. They have not avoided a defeat here since the Fenerbahçe game. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Yeni Malatyaspor with their six defeats in a row. Not since the Gazişehir Gaziantep game, 68 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
No payout for Yeni Malatyaspor in their previous match, an away game at Denizlispor that ended in defeat 0-2. Preceding that match was the home game against Antalyaspor that was lost 1-2.
Yeni Malatyaspor's goalkeeper Fabien Farnolle was extremely busy against Denizlispor, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning nine saves.
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 Yeni Malatyaspor have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Yeni Malatyaspor as they have a new game in only four days, a Super Lig match thankfully also at home. Trabzonspor are visiting.
Yeni Malatyaspor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Malatya İnönü Stadyumu with 17 goals in 10 league matches. 13 goals have been conceded.
Konyaspor form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Konyaspor playing as the away team in the Super Lig this season. Two points from the last two away games for Konyaspor, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Konyaspor delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Kasımpaşa (placed 16th) in their previous match; a Super Lig game. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Kayserispor.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Konyaspor playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Konyaspor wins, six draws and four defeats.
The visiting Konyaspor have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. As for defending, Konyaspor rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Konyaspor - Yeni Malatyaspor 0-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Yeni Malatyaspor two wins, two draws and Konyaspor one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  T. Bifouma Koulossa 6 goals |  F. Miya 5 goals |  M. Donald 3 goals |
Yeni Malatyaspor missing players
Konyaspor missing players
| Yeni Malatyaspor | Konyaspor | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 35 | 17 | 4 | Scored | S | 8 | 13 | 19 |
| 34 | 13 | 3 | Conceded | C | 6 | 18 | 32 |
| 96% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 79% |
| 87% | 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 58% |
| 57% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 42% | 38% |
| 35% | 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 33% | 25% |
| 17% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 17% | 8% |
| 52% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 46% |
| 26% | 30% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 25% | 29% |
| 26% | 30% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 46% |
| 4.6 | 5.2 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.8 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.7 | 5.5 |
| 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 264 | 143 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 43 | 102 | 261 |
| 107 | 55 | 15 | Shots on Target | S O | 16 | 34 | 86 |
| 33% | 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 38% | 22% |
- Konyaspor has the fewest scored goals (19)
- Konyaspor has the fewest scored goals in the second half (8)
- Konyaspor have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Konyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Konyaspor have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Yeni Malatyaspor have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Yeni Malatyaspor is in the worst form (0-0-6)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Istanbul Basaksehir | 24 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 49 |
| 2 | Trabzonspor | 23 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 54 | 25 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 29 | 48 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 48 |
| 4 | Sivasspor | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 48 |
| 5 | Beşiktaş | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 6 | Alanyaspor | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 39 |
| 7 | Fenerbahçe | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 39 |
| 8 | Göztepe | 23 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 34 |
| 9 | Gazişehir Gaziantep | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 35 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 24 | -4 | 31 |
| 10 | Denizlispor | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | -9 | 27 |
| 11 | Genclerbirligi | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | -10 | 27 |
| 12 | Antalyaspor | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 27 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | -15 | 26 |
| 13 | Yeni Malatyaspor | 23 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 24 |
| 14 | Rizespor | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 24 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -15 | 24 |
| 15 | Konyaspor | 24 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -13 | 22 |
| 16 | Kasımpaşa | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 49 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 27 | -18 | 20 |
| 17 | Ankaragücü | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -22 | 20 |
| 18 | Kayserispor | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 56 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 37 | -31 | 19 |