Turkish Cup: Buckle up for the Antalyaspor - Giresunspor clash

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Competition: Turkey Turkish Cup
Competition: Tue 28.December
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Antalya Stadyumu (33000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Antalyaspor or Giresunspor that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's quite the trip for Giresunspor when visiting Antalyaspor as the cities are 1000 kilometers apart.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Antalyaspor form and stats

Antalyaspor was eliminated in the final last season in the Turkish Cup.

Antalyaspor have collected 17 points from their Super Lig home games so far after 5-2-3.

Antalyaspor faced defeat in their previous match, away at Galatasaray (0-2). Floranus (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Floranus hit one key pass.

In the match before that, Antalyaspor hosted Kasımpaşa and drew the Super Lig game 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Antalyaspor have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won seven times, drawn three and lost one.

Antalyaspor have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Antalya Stadyumu with 16 goals in 10 league matches. Antalyaspor's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Giresunspor form and stats

Last season their Turkish Cup adventure ended in the 5th round.

Giresunspor have only collected 8 points from their away games in the Super Lig, after 2-2-5 (9 played).

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Super Lig home defeat versus Hatayspor with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Kocuk was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.41. The agile goalkeeper Kocuk stopped the opponent with four saves.

A 1-3 defeat away at Istanbul Basaksehir before that.

We have checked recent matches where Giresunspor have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were two victories, five draws and six defeats.

The attacking power of Giresunspor when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. 10 goals have been conceded by Giresunspor in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: five - two - zero (Antalyaspor wins - draws - Giresunspor wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

GiresunsporF. Diabaté
F. Diabaté
6 goals
AntalyasporA. Kulembe Ribeiro
A. Kulembe Ribeiro
5 goals
AntalyasporH. Wright
H. Wright
4 goals

Antalyaspor missing players

Giresunspor missing players

Antalyaspor Giresunspor
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   11 25
10 8   Won W   3 8
5 3   Drew D   2 5
10 4   Lost L   6 12
35 28   Scored S   10 26
30 15   Conceded C   14 30
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   91% 88%
80% 80%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   64% 64%
48% 60%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   45% 40%
24% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   18% 24%
12% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
48% 60%   BTTS BTTS   36% 40%
28% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   27% 28%
28% 7%   Failed to Score F T   45% 44%
 
5.1 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.1 4.8
3.7 3.1   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 4.3
2.1 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.2
0 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
10.2 10.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.1 11.5
4.4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 4.4
32% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 27%
 
9.8 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   9.5 9
3.5 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Trabzonspor 19 14 4 1 36 14 9 6 3 0 17 6 10 8 1 1 19 8 22 46
2 Konyaspor 18 10 6 2 31 15 9 6 3 0 16 6 9 4 3 2 15 9 16 36
3 Istanbul Basaksehir 19 10 3 6 29 19 10 7 1 2 17 8 9 3 2 4 12 11 10 33
4 Hatayspor 19 10 2 7 27 23 9 5 1 3 16 12 10 5 1 4 11 11 4 32
5 Fenerbahce 18 8 5 5 29 23 8 4 3 1 16 9 10 4 2 4 13 14 6 29
6 Adana Demirspor 18 8 5 5 26 21 9 5 2 2 12 5 9 3 3 3 14 16 5 29
7 Besiktas 18 8 4 6 30 27 10 7 1 2 21 14 8 1 3 4 9 13 3 28
8 Galatasaray 19 7 6 6 24 23 9 5 2 2 13 8 10 2 4 4 11 15 1 27
9 Alanyaspor 18 8 3 7 28 30 8 4 1 3 15 13 10 4 2 4 13 17 -2 27
10 Sivasspor 18 6 8 4 26 17 10 3 6 1 16 8 8 3 2 3 10 9 9 26
11 Fatih Karagumruk 18 7 5 6 25 26 9 3 4 2 14 12 9 4 1 4 11 14 -1 26
12 Gazisehir Gaziantep 18 7 4 7 23 26 9 7 2 0 18 7 9 0 2 7 5 19 -3 25
13 Giresunspor 19 6 4 9 19 19 10 4 2 4 11 9 9 2 2 5 8 10 0 22
14 Antalyaspor 19 6 4 9 21 27 10 5 2 3 16 12 9 1 2 6 5 15 -6 22
15 Kayserispor 18 5 6 7 24 28 8 4 3 1 12 5 10 1 3 6 12 23 -4 21
16 Altay 19 5 3 11 23 32 9 3 1 5 11 13 10 2 2 6 12 19 -9 18
17 Rizespor 18 5 2 11 17 33 9 5 1 3 12 9 9 0 1 8 5 24 -16 17
18 Kasımpaşa 19 3 6 10 19 28 10 3 3 4 14 14 9 0 3 6 5 14 -9 15
19 Yeni Malatyaspor 18 4 3 11 16 32 10 2 2 6 13 24 8 2 1 5 3 8 -16 15
20 Goztepe 18 3 5 10 17 27 9 2 1 6 5 11 9 1 4 4 12 16 -10 14